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Some early notes about Tennessee from watching Titans @ Falcons:
-Titans had 3 fumbles (1 by Mariota), all of which were not turned over (1 out-of-bounds, 2 recovered)
-they took their chances - 24 points in a half is great, and more than enough to take care of the Falcons
-Mariota threw the ball away when under pressure - no sacks yesterday (which is much improved on the 17 he took in the first 3 weeks). This will be key next week.
-On the other hand, the defence has 13 sacks (5 yesterday). This is also a problem.
-Mariota has not thrown an INT this season.
-Solid ST: very good punting (average 45 yards, and 5/5 end inside 20), perfect kicking, no fumbles/muffs
-Good bend-not-break defence in Q4. Two Falcons drives end on downs inside Titans territory.
Some similarities:
-no interceptions, no lost fumbles (only 1 in total)
-several sacks (4), and achieved stops in their territory 3 times in the first half
-solid punting, recovered muff.
Overall solid no-turnover Offence, solid D and good punting.
But some interesting differences.
-didn't take their chances
-particularly different with the kicking
-Mariota didn't really throw the ball away, and we managed 5 sacks
-able to achieve 3-and-outs in the second half (and an INT), but on key drives, gave up a TD and a long drive to end the game. Unable to stop the Bills once in Titans territory.