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Prediction: Titans 23, Jaguars 17
by Mike Krueger | Follow @FF_Today

Player Rankings and Projections

Jacksonville Jaguars
Rank  Player Projections
QB 23 Blake Bortles Pass: 245, 1 TD Rush: 20, 0
 RB 32 Storm Johnson Rush: 40, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 39 Denard Robinson Rush: 25, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 38 Allen Robinson Rec: 5-60, 0 TD
WR 49 Allen Hurns Rec: 5-60, 0 TD
 WR 75 Cecil Shorts Rec: 2-25, 0 TD
 WR 86 Marqise Lee Rec: 1-10, 0 TD
TE 16 Clay Harbor Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
K 30 Josh Scobee FG: 1/1 XP: 2/2
DEF 26 Defense / ST  
 
Tennessee Titans
Rank  Player Projections
QB 25 Charlie Whitehurst Pass: 250, 1 TD Rush: 15, 0
 RB 24 Bishop Sankey Rush: 70, 0 TD Rec: 2-20, 0
RB 50 Dexter McCluster Rush: 25, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 35 Kendall Wright Rec: 4-65, 0 TD
WR 36 Justin Hunter Rec: 5-65, 0 TD
WR 78 Nate Washington Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 5 Delanie Walker Rec: 5-60, 1 TD
K 18 Ryan Succop FG: 3/3 XP: 2/2
DEF 11 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Jaguars In only career road start (vs. SD in Week 4), rookie QB Blake Bortles (No. 3 overall) completed 29 of 37 passes (78.4 pct.) for 254 yards with 1 TD for 81.6 rating. Has 68 rush yards on 11 att. (6.2 avg.)... In only meeting (10/7/12 with Min.), RB Toby Gerhart rushed for 41 yards on 6 att. (6.8 avg.)... Jags are only NFL team this season with 2 rookies with 200+ receiving yards each (WRs Allen Hurns & Allen Robinson). Robinson led team in catches (5) & rec. yards (51) vs. Pit. Aims for 5th in row with 4+ catches. Hurns has 3 TD catches, tied for most among NFL rookies. WR Cecil Shorts III has TD catch in 3 of past 4... Defense has 16 sacks, 3rd most in NFL... LB Paul Posluszny leads AFC with 53 tackles, including team-high 12 tackles & sack last week. DT ABRY JONES had career-high 2 sacks & FF vs. Pit. Had 1st career half sack in last meeting. DE Andre Branch has 2 sacks in past 3 on road. In past 11 on road, DE Chris Clemons has 7.5 sacks & 3 FF.

Titans QB Jake Locker had rush TD & pass TD last week. QB Charlie Whitehurst set career-highs in pass yards (194), TDs (2) & rating (123.9) vs. Cle... RB Shonn Greene has rush TD in 3 of past 4 games vs. Jax. Has 3,908 career rush yards & needs 92 to reach 4,000 career... Last week, WR Kendall Wright had 6 catches for 47 yards & 2 TDs & added 43 rush yards on 2 att. (21.5 avg.). Has 3+ catches in 19 of past 20 overall. WR Nate Washington had 4 catches for 57 yards last week. Since joining Titans in 2009, leads team in rec. (277), rec. yards (4,081) & TD catches (26). TE Delanie Walker leads AFC TEs in catches (26) & rec. yards (364)... S Michael Griffin leads team with 37 tackles. LB Kamerion Wimbley has 4 sacks in past 5 vs. Jax. LB Derrick Morgan has 4 sacks in past 3 vs. Jax. S George Wilson had INT in last meeting. Since 2007, S Bernard Pollard is 1 of 4 NFL players with 12+ INTs (12) & 10+ sacks (10.5).


Results and Schedule

Jacksonville Jaguars
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2014-09-07 PHI A L 17-34 -17
2 2014-09-14 WAS A L 10-41 -31
3 2014-09-21 IND H L 17-44 -27
4 2014-09-28 SD A L 14-33 -19
5 2014-10-05 PIT H L 9-17 -8
6 2014-10-12 TEN A    
7 2014-10-19 CLE H    
8 2014-10-26 MIA H    
9 2014-11-02 CIN A    
10 2014-11-09 DAL H    
11   Bye      
12 2014-11-23 IND A    
13 2014-11-30 NYG H    
14 2014-12-07 HOU H    
15 2014-12-14 BAL A    
16 2014-12-18 TEN H    
17 2014-12-28 HOU A    
   

Tennessee Titans
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2014-09-07 KC A W 26-10 +16
2 2014-09-14 DAL H L 10-26 -16
3 2014-09-21 CIN A L 7-33 -26
4 2014-09-28 IND A L 17-41 -24
5 2014-10-05 CLE H L 28-29 -1
6 2014-10-12 JAC H    
7 2014-10-19 WAS A    
8 2014-10-26 HOU H    
9   Bye      
10 2014-11-09 BAL A    
11 2014-11-17 PIT H    
12 2014-11-23 PHI A    
13 2014-11-30 HOU A    
14 2014-12-07 NYG H    
15 2014-12-14 NYJ H    
16 2014-12-18 JAC A    
17 2014-12-28 IND H    

Injury Report

Jacksonville Jaguars
Out  RB Toby Gerhart (ankle)
Probable  DT Ryan Davis (shoulder)
 CB Dwayne Gratz (concussion)
 TE Clay Harbor (back)
 WR Allen Hurns (foot)
 RB Storm Johnson (ankle)
 WR Marqise Lee (hamstring)
 DT Roy Miller (ankle)
 MLB Paul Posluszny (knee)
 WR Cecil Shorts (hamstring)
 SLB Dekoda Watson (shoulder)
IR  WR Tandon Doss (ankle, 8/29/2014)
 TE Marcedes Lewis (ankle, 9/16/2014)
   

Tennessee Titans
Out  TE Craig Stevens (thigh)
Doubtful  RB Shonn Greene (hamstring)
Questionable  QB Jake Locker (hand)
 CB Coty Sensabaugh (knee)
 TE Taylor Thompson (knee)
Probable  TE Delanie Walker (shoulder)
 CB Blidi Wreh-Wilson (concussion)
IR  ILB Zach Brown (shoulder, 9/16/2014)
 ILB Colin McCarthy (shoulder, 8/26/2014)
 SS Bernard Pollard (achilles-tendon, 10/8/2014)

Offense Stats Comparison

  JAC
 Offense 
TEN
 Offense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points for 13.7 17.7 23.2 TEN
Rushing yards 68.3 127.7 114.0 TEN
Rushing yards per attempt 3.53 5.02 4.21 TEN
Completion % 61.1% 57.1% 63.8% JAC
Passing yards 220.0 217.3 241.9 JAC
Passing yards per completion 9.58 11.84 10.77 TEN
Passing yards per attempt 5.86 6.76 6.87 TEN
Interceptions 1.7 1.3 0.8 TEN
Fumbles lost 0.7 0.0 0.6 TEN
Sacks allowed 3.3 2.7 2.0 TEN
3rd down conversions 33.3% 32.8% 42.1% JAC
4th down conversions 20.0% 25.0% 45.1% TEN
Time of possession 25:49 27:04 30:10 TEN
  Defense Stats Comparison

  JAC
 Defense 
TEN
 Defense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points against 36.0 29.3 23.2 TEN
Rushing yards 133.3 132.0 114.0 TEN
Rushing yards per attempt 4.19 4.07 4.21 TEN
Completion % 69.8% 62.5% 63.8% TEN
Passing yards 300.3 215.7 241.9 TEN
Passing yards per completion 11.11 11.31 10.77 JAC
Passing yards per attempt 7.76 7.07 6.87 TEN
INT return 0.0 1.0 0.8 TEN
Fumble recoveries 0.3 0.0 0.6 JAC
Sacks 3.0 1.7 2.0 JAC
3rd down conversions 49.4% 38.1% 42.1% TEN
4th down conversions 50.0% 20.0% 45.1% TEN
Time of possession 34:11 32:56 30:10 TEN

Special Teams Stats Comparison

   JAC   TEN  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Yards per punt return 6.4 3.7 8.6 JAC
Yards per kick return 25.2 17.7 23.0 JAC
Yards allowed per punt return 8.9 6.9 8.6 TEN
Yards allowed per kick return 20.5 21.5 23.0 JAC
  Misc Stats Comparison

   JAC   TEN  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 4.3 8.0 6.9 JAC
Penalty yards 36.7 78.3 59.2 JAC

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 5 of the 2014 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 1 to 5 with no adjustment.

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Team vs. Team History

Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Tennessee Titans
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 7 2000-10-16 JAC TEN 13-27 TEN
2000 13 2000-11-26 TEN JAC 13-16 JAC
2001 2 2001-09-23 TEN JAC 6-13 JAC
2001 8 2001-11-04 JAC TEN 24-28 TEN
2002 6 2002-10-13 JAC TEN 14-23 TEN
2002 16 2002-12-22 TEN JAC 28-10 TEN
2003 8 2003-10-26 TEN JAC 30-17 TEN
2003 11 2003-11-16 JAC TEN 3-10 TEN
2004 3 2004-09-26 JAC TEN 15-12 JAC
2004 11 2004-11-21 TEN JAC 18-15 TEN
2005 11 2005-11-20 JAC TEN 31-28 JAC
2005 17 2006-01-01 TEN JAC 13-40 JAC
2006 9 2006-11-05 TEN JAC 7-37 JAC
2006 15 2006-12-17 JAC TEN 17-24 TEN
2007 1 2007-09-09 TEN JAC 13-10 TEN
2007 10 2007-11-11 JAC TEN 28-13 JAC
2008 1 2008-09-07 JAC TEN 10-17 TEN
2008 11 2008-11-16 TEN JAC 24-14 TEN
2009 4 2009-10-04 TEN JAC 17-37 JAC
2009 8 2009-11-01 JAC TEN 13-30 TEN
2010 6 2010-10-18 TEN JAC 30-3 TEN
2010 13 2010-12-05 JAC TEN 17-6 JAC
2011 1 2011-09-11 TEN JAC 14-16 JAC
2011 16 2011-12-24 JAC TEN 17-23 TEN
2012 12 2012-11-25 TEN JAC 19-24 JAC
2012 17 2012-12-30 JAC TEN 20-38 TEN
2013 10 2013-11-10 JAC TEN 29-27 JAC
2013 16 2013-12-22 TEN JAC 20-16 TEN

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.