Marcus Mariota came off the bench and directed three scoring drives Garrett Bradbury Jersey , including one in the fourth quarter, and Tennessee beat Jacksonville 9-6 Sunday for their third straight victory in the series. after Gabbert was knocked out of the game with a concussion.Mariota sat out last week’s victory against Houston because of an elbow injury sustained in the season opener.Mariota had been experiencing arm weakness along with numbness and tingling in two fingers. The injury affects the velocity and spin he gets on the football.Mariota wore a glove on his injured right hand and was able to do just enough to beat the Jaguars (2-1) for the third straight time and fifth time in the past six meetings.Mariota completed 12 of 18 passes for 100 yards and ran for 51 more, including a 15-yard gain on a third-and-1 play late.The Titans (2-1) milked the clock from there and ended up celebrating an early lead in the AFC South.Blake Bortles had one final chance to rally Jacksonville, but did little to get into field-goal range with 19 seconds remaining.The Titans talked openly about feeling as if they should have been division champs after sweeping Jacksonville last year. The Jags won the division and ended up advancing to the AFC title game.Jacksonville welcomed a chance to make a statement about the division, but flopped on the field.Bortles was mediocre at best, and the Jaguars mounted little on the ground.Bortles completed 21 of 34 passes for 155 yards.Josh Lambo‘s 38-yard field goal tied the game with 10:48 remaining. It was Lambo’s 16th consecutive made field goal, the third-best streak in franchise history.But Jacksonville’s vaunted defense couldn’t hold down the stretch, allowing a 65-yard drive with the game on the line.NO FOURNETTEJaguars running back Leonard Fournette missed his second straight game because of a strained right hamstring. Jacksonville ran for 87 yards without him. It didn’t help that the team was down two offensive line starters — left tackle Cam Robinson and right guard A.J. Cann.KEY INJURIESTitans punt returner Adoree Jackson joined Gabbert in the locker room in the second quarter and was later ruled out with a concussion. … Titans LB Jayon Brown got hurt late in the game but jogged off the field.Jaguars defensive end Calais Campbell left the game in the fourth quarter with a right ankle injury. Defensive tackle Marcell Dareus left briefly in the second half with a shoulder injury.UP NEXTTitans return home to take on defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia.Jaguars complete a three-game homestand against the New York Jets. Predicting what’s ahead in an NFL season is no easier than forecasting the weather. Given all the variables, it’s probably harder.The team of September, the Chiefs Noah Fant Jersey , went mediocre on us in October and early November. Those struggling Patriots who were 2-2 now seem on course for yet another hosting role in the AFC playoffs.Early season woes for the Giants that were dismissed as temporary have become chronic. That ugly 0-2 start for the Saints has turned into a beautiful six-game winning streak.See?No matter. Here are some things to look for as we move through November and December.MORE QB INJURIESThis has been the overriding story of the season, with Aaron Rodgers, Carson Palmer, sensational rookie Deshaun Watson and Sam Bradford all going down. Ryan Tannehill didn’t even make it out of the preseason, and Andrew Luck’s shoulder didn’t heal enough after winter surgery for him to suit up.Speculating who might be the next quarterback or three who will suffer a major injury is ghoulish. Consider, though, that nine teams (Tampa Bay, Minnesota, Green Bay, Arizona http://www.cowboyscheapauthenticstore.com/trysten-hill-jersey-cheap , Tennessee, Oakland, Houston, Miami and Baltimore) have had to go to backups because of injured starters.OFFICIATING CONTROVERSYThis one is unavoidable, and will occur weekly. Seems as if no weekend goes by without a pool reporter being sent to talk to game officials about a decision.As video replay becomes more refined — we can just about count the blades of grass under a receiver’s hands as he cradles (or doesn’t) a pass — and the NFL rulebook remains far too complex, officiating will continue to play a huge role in outcomes of games.One request: no more reversals like what we saw in Falcons-Lions and Patriots-Jets that fans will be questioning into the new year.HOTTER SEATSOther than Hue Jackson in Cleveland, the fire figures to burn very hot under the Buccaneers’ Dirk Koetter; the Giants’ Ben McAdoo; the Bengals’ Marvin Lewis, whose contract is up this year; the Colts’ Chuck Pagano, who could get a pass because he’s had no, ahem Drew Lock Jersey , luck with his passer; and possibly the Lions’ Jim Caldwell. New York and Detroit are among the league’s biggest underachievers, and that likely won’t change in 2017.PASSION IF NOT SKILLIt would be difficult to find a club that would trade its roster for what the Jets or Bears have. It also would be tough to point out any teams that play with more passion and dedication.There’s no reason to believe either of them will stop giving their all for 60 minutes. New York is 4-5 in a year some projected it wouldn’t win a game and was tanking for the top overall draft pick. With any finishing power, the Jets would be in the playoff hunt.Chicago is 3-5 despite an inept passing game, and has beaten Pittsburgh and Carolina. The Bears simply don’t go away. Maybe they aren’t the Monsters of the Midway, but they sure are pesky.Give tremendous credit to coaches Todd Bowles and John Fox. And expect more of the same from both teams the rest of the way.A TIE OR TWOOne thing we’ve learned from the reduced overtime period (from 15 minutes to 10) is that a tie is hardly unlikely. Indeed, getting more than one possession in OT can be problematic.So expect at least one deadlock down the stretch, and let’s hope it won’t figure into playoff tiebreakers.EARLY CLINCHINGSWith two highly regarded divisions, the AFC West and North, turning soft, watch for the Steelers and Chiefs to be selling playoff tickets by mid-December. Same for the Patriots http://www.broncoscheapauthenticstore.com/dre_mont-jones-jersey-cheap , but that’s a yearly occurrence in the mediocre AFC East.Barring a stunning turnaround, the Eagles, at 8-1 the league’s top team, will be making postseason plans about a month from now. The Saints, too, if their defense remains stout.A WIN FOR SAN FRANCISCO. AND FOR CLEVELAND.Just kidding.Actually, the 49ers beating the Giants this Sunday hardly is farfetched, though the odds would be much shorter if Jimmy Garoppolo was ready.San Francisco then has a bye before hosting Seattle, visiting Chicago and Houston, home for Tennessee and Jacksonville and at the Rams.The road for Cleveland has a trip to Detroit http://www.eaglescheapauthenticstore.com/shareef-miller-jersey-cheap , home for Jacksonville, at Cincinnati and the Chargers, home for Green Bay and Baltimore, then road games at Chicago and Pittsburgh.You decide which team — if either — has a better shot at a victory.