Heartbreak in Nashville
by pallen722 | 4 years ago | 0 Comments
By: Earl Mojica (Jacksonville Sun)
“I woke up in a car”
-Andrew McMahon
-SeaShacks – Team BM
I always thought the day that I finally lived that quote it would be on a beautiful mountainside, waking up to the sunrise, a slow burning fire, and a cup of coffee. Let us just say the song holds completely different meaning in my heart now. Instead I woke up in the back seat of an unlocked car in the basement of the Airbnb, because I lost the key to my room and was locked out. I also must admit that I did not make it to the game this Sunday morning, it is now 8pm and I just finished watching the replay from my laptop in a new hotel room. I am thankful I did not make it to the game as my old alcohol-soaked heart would not have made it thru the final seconds.
Much like the story from last week Minshew needs to eliminate the turnovers. The Titans offense is scary, it seems that any play can break for a touchdown. A.J Brown broke a 73 yard TD, and Derrick Henry had an untouched 45 yard TD which was just one of three on the day. Even with two early interceptions thrown by Minshew, one going back for 6 and the offensive onslaught directed by Ryan Tannehill, the Jaguars were never out of this game.
With just over 5 minutes left in the 4th Minshew drives down the field completing his first TD pass of the season to rookie WR Laviska Shenault Jr to take the lead. The Titans then find themselves on the Jags 6 yard line with the score being 31-28. 2nd and goal just out of the 2 minute warning, Derrick Henry lines up in the wildcat. FUMBLE FUMBLE, the jags have the ball. The game is all but over. Then in what felt like hours (I don’t know how to work the fast forward on the DVR) the refs review the play and the call on the field is overturned. 3rd and goal, after being hit in the backfield Henry somehow reaches over into the endzone to take the lead. For any healthy soul that is enough to deal with, but it is not over and I don’t know if I can take anymore. Minshew constructs a drive for the ages and brings his team into the red zone. On the 16-yardline with 4 chances and 26 seconds. 3rd and 10, Eifert catches the ball in the endzone in what many thought was the end of this game, but somehow the ball is punched out and the Titans stand tall on 4th down.
At the end of the day the Jags fought and stayed in the game with a team no one said they had a chance to compete with. Looking forward to the Dolphins next week I am hopeful for what this team is capable of. For now, it is time for me to sleep and maybe make some apologies to anyone who saw me last night. Remember, its always better to fall down then lay down.
P.S. – That is me with Gardner there, striking resemblance to someone right?