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NASHVILLE http://www.houstontexansteamon…..ing-jersey , Tenn. (AP) — has the hot-hand when it comes to Tennessee’s offensive line — whoever that might be.Who plays is not etched in stone.So even though changes in the offensive line may have jump-started a comeback victory against the New York Jets that kept the Titans’ playoff hopes alive for another week, there may be more tweaks on the horizon.“Just kind of something that I felt like needed to be done at that time,” Vrabel said Monday. “Again, that may change each week. But, at that point in time, I wanted to try to get Corey (Levin) in there at center and see if Ben (Jones) looked like a left guard.”Trailing 16-6 at halftime, the Titans benched left guard Quinton Spain, a lineman with 44 career starts as an undrafted free agent out of West Virginia http://www.indianapoliscoltste…..eke-jersey , after a mere 126 yards of total offense against the Jets. They slid Jones from center to left guard and put Levin, a sixth-round draft pick in 2017 out of Chattanooga, at center.The combination seemed to work.The Titans (6-6) rallied and beat the Jets 26-22 on Sunday while piling up 277 yards and 20 points in the second half.Vrabel fielded plenty of questions about the offensive line going into this game. The Titans had allowed the most sacks in the NFL (39) with the offense anemic. Even after a season-high 403 yards total offense against the Jets, the Titans still rank only 28th in the NFL for both total yards and points per game.Levin started at left guard Oct. 21 in a loss to the Chargers with Spain out with an injury. Jones has started every game at center since signing with the Titans in March 2016, but he started 16 games at left guard for Houston in 2014. Vrabel said both did OK in the new spots.“Keeping the quarterback clean and giving us a chance to throw certainly was big in being able to come back,” Vrabel said. “So again, we all have to play better and coach better than what we did at times in that game. That’s my challenge.”After the tweaks to the middle of the line, the Titans turned in their biggest comeback since their playoff victory in Kansas City last January with Mariota posting his third game-winning drive this season.The Titans have plenty of issues to fix. They failed to convert their first 10 third downs with the lone conversion coming on the game-winning touchdown pass from Mariota to Davis. They also continue to struggle with penalties http://www.jacksonvillejaguars…..lor-jersey , racking up eight for 75 yards.Left tackle Taylor Lewan was so unhappy with referee Jerome Boger’s crew that he yelled at officials after the game . Lewan said in the locker room that the Titans are really good at beating themselves right now and the officials didn’t help with calls the tackle described with an expletive.“It’s frustrating, man it’s frustrating with some of those calls, like the one with Jack where he’s just finishing on the play and the guy actually hits him,” Lewan said of Conklin being flagged for a late hit. “Calling me for holding after the ball is out, there were just some absolutely ridiculous calls. That being said, we shot ourselves in the foot so many times even without their help.”The Titans have little time to clean up their mistakes; they host the Jacksonville Jaguars (4-8) Thursday night.Now only four teams stand between themselves and the final AFC playoff berth with four games to play. Tennessee loses the head-to-head tiebreaker to Baltimore, Miami and Indianapolis and even the Broncos are ahead of the Titans.“We play in four days,” Lewan said. “So we’ve got to get going and finish strong.”Notes: The Titans signed RB Jeremy McNichols off the Denver practice squad and waived RB Dalyn Dawkins. They signed CB Kenneth Durden to the practice squad to replace OL Jordan Morgan. Most teams would not want their bye-week break to happen during a four-game winning streak. It comes at a good time http://www.jacksonvillejaguars…..-ii-jersey , though, for the Los Angeles Chargers.At 5-2, they have a winning record during their off week for the first time since 2014 despite not having one of their key defensive standouts play a game. Los Angeles is hoping Joey Bosa will be available when it begins preparations for its Nov. 4 game at Seattle.Bosa has been out since early in training camp with a foot injury. He has spent the last two weeks rehabbing at the team facility during the team’s road games at Cleveland and Tennessee in London.“I think it’s going to be really important for him,” coach Anthony Lynn said last week about the bye week for Bosa. “It’ll give us another week and not have the stress of missing a game. I think it can do nothing but help him.”The Chargers struggled with their pass rush early in the season, but have 10 sacks over the past three games, which is tied for fourth-most in the league during that span. Defensive ends Isaac Rochell, Melvin Ingram and Darius Philon each have two sacks.Bosa’s return would create more matchup problems for opposing offenses. He has 23 career sacks in two seasons, including an NFL-record 19 in his first 20 games. The Chargers are ranked 16th in the league in total defense and have struggled on third down as opponents are converting 46.1 percent of the time. That is the third-worst percentage in the league.Offensively http://www.losangelesramsteamo…..son-jersey , Philip Rivers is off to one of the best starts of his 15-year career. He’s second in the league with a 117.8 passer rating and has a completion rate of 69.1 percent. Rivers’ favorite target over the past three games has been Tyrell Williams, who has 10 receptions for 302 yards and three touchdowns.Melvin Gordon is fifth in the league in yards rushing (466), but missed the game against Tennessee due to a hamstring injury. Lynn said he held Gordon out in the hopes the injury would not linger and that the fourth-year back would be ready for the last two months of the regular season.Gordon is averaging 5.1 yards per carry, which is over a yard better than his career average of 3.95 yards. He also has 30 receptions and is on pace to surpass his career high of 58 from last season.“I don’t know what it is, we’re just ‘clicking’ right now,” Williams said. “Everybody is trusting the running backs to run and catch. Receivers are making plays and the offensive line is playing really well.”The Chargers will also need to make a decision about their kicker next week. Caleb Sturgis has missed four extra points in five games before suffering a quadriceps injury on Oct. 10. Michael Badgley has made all three of his field-goal attempts and is 7 of 7 on extra points.Los Angeles is looking to make the playoffs for the first time since 2013 and has put itself in good position. Its schedule is favorable in November as it will face only one team with a winning record. The December slate will be more of a challenge as it includes a late-season trifecta against Cincinnati (Dec. 9), at Kansas City (Dec. 13) and then Baltimore on Dec. 22.“We’ve kind of picked up, in some ways http://www.minnesotavikingstea…..jr.-jersey , where we left off last year (when the Chargers won nine of their final 12),” Rivers said. “We need to keep it going, though. We know the great teams sustain that over the long haul.”
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