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Jaguars vs. Titans Live Game Thread

Get all the latest regular season action with our Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Tennessee Titans Week 17 live game updates thread.

John Shipley

The new logo for the Jacksonville Jaguars hangs on the exterior of the indoor football field at the newly-opened Miller Electric Center practice facility at EverBank Stadium Wednesday, July 19, 2023 in Jacksonville.
The new logo for the Jacksonville Jaguars hangs on the exterior of the indoor football field at the newly-opened Miller Electric Center practice facility at EverBank Stadium Wednesday, July 19, 2023 in Jacksonville. / Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK
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JACKSONVILLE -- The Jacksonville Jaguars (3-12) will take on the Tennessee Titans (3-12) in their home finale at EverBank Stadium on Sunday, with the Jaguars looking to at least end a terrible season on some kind of high note in the AFC South.

Remember the rule of five. The game is over if the Jacksonville Jaguars win that key statistical battle. For those who don't remember it, it has to do with sacks and turnovers. If the Jaguars have three sacks and give up two, they are plus one. They are plus three if they get four turnovers and give up only one. That would give them a plus-four for the day. They want to get to a plus-five ratio every game. On average, teams that reach the rule of five scenarios win 91 percent of their NFL games.

The Jaguars are 4-1 against the Titans under Pederson, including a 10-6 win in Week 14 in Nashville. With a win over the Titans on Sunday, the Jaguars would improve to 3-2 in the AFC South with a Week 19 game against the Indianapolis Colts on the horizon.

"As we know, we're trying to win them all. Hasn't gone our way this year, but we do have a great opportunity this weekend," Jaguars quarterback Mac Jones said this week.

"If you're a competitor and you get a chance to play in the NFL, you're going to go out there and play your heart out. So, that's how I view it. I know the guys on our team are feeling the same way. Obviously, it's a circumstance we may not want to be in, but you’ve got to really view it as a challenge and take it one play at a time, like I always say, and go out there and put good stuff on tape because somebody's watching.”

The Jaguars will get one of their last chances to build positive momentum on Sunday, but a rebuilding Titans team will be trying to do the same exact thing. In a few hours, we will know which team was able to execute the goal, and which team will go into Week 18 with another loss on their record.

Be sure to follow with our live game updates.

START OF THE FIRST QUARTER

SCORE UPDATE NO. 1: Cam Little gets the Jaguars on the board with a 48-yard field goal on the opening drive. Jaguars lead 3-0.

PENALTY: Pass interference on Jaguars.

PENALTY: Intentional grounding by Mac Jones.

START OF THE SECOND QUARTER

PENALTY: Holding on Titans.

TURNOVER: Devin Lloyd intercepts Mason Rudolph, gets the ball to the Titans 43.

SCORE UPDATE NO. 2: Parker Washington catches a two-yard pass to give the Jaguars a 10-0 lead.

SCORE UPDATE NO. 3: Cam Little makes a 44-yard field goal to cap off a 12-play drive. Jaguars lead 13-0.

PENALTY: False start on the Titans.

TWO-MINUTE WARNING

PENALTY: Too many men on the field for the Jaguars.

SCORE UPDATE NO. 4: Matthew Wright makes a 39-yard field goal to get the Titans on the board. Jaguars lead 13-3.

The Jaguars are leading 13-3 at halftime after a sloppy and relatively uneventful first half. The biggest difference between the two teams has been Tennessee's one turnover compared to Jacksonville's perfect ball security, while the Titans also did not have a Brian Thomas Jr. to get the ball to like the Jaguars did.

The Jaguars are seeing better play out of the quarterback position than the Titans are as well, with Mac Jones 10-of-15 for 117 yards and a touchdown compared to Mason Rudolph's performance of 6-of-11 passing for just 42 yards.

START OF THIRD QUARTER

PENALTY: Holding on Titans.

PENALTY: False start on Titans.

SCORE UPDATE NO. 5: Nick Vannett scores from eight yards out to make it a one-score game. Jaguars lead 13-10.

PENALTY: False start on the Jaguars.

PENALTY: False start on the Jaguars.

START OF THE FOURTH QUARTER

PENALTY: Holding on the Jaguars.

SCORE UPDATE NO. 6: Brian Thomas Jr. catches an 11-yard touchdown to give the Jaguars a 20-10 lead with 7:05 left.

SCORE UPDATE NO. 7: Wright makes a 28-yard field goal to make it 20-13 with 2:02 left.

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John Shipley
JOHN SHIPLEY

John Shipley has been covering the Jacksonville Jaguars as a beat reporter and publisher of Jaguar Report since 2019. Previously, he covered UCF's undefeated season as a beat reporter for NSM.Today, covered high school prep sports in Central Florida, and covered local sports and news for the Palatka Daily News. Follow John Shipley on Twitter at @_john_shipley.

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