Titans vs. Jaguars final score takeaways

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It's not all that often that one specific play actually wins or loses a football game. Most games feature 100 plays or more, with the average game in 2018 actually featuring just over 126 plays. Inside each of those plays are several battles, some of them one-on-one and others two-on-one or three-on-two or some other combination. And it's through all of those combinations, over the course of 100 plays or more, that each NFL game is typically decided. But sometimes one play really does win a game outright. And that was the case on Thursday night.The play began on the ' 1-yard line and took place midway through the second quarter. At the time, the Titans were leading the 7-2, the result of an early touchdown by and a later safety on a muffed punt return by . The Jags had driven themselves right down the field after the safety punt, and they'd even converted on fourth-and-inches inside the Titans' 5-yard line and eventually gotten themselves to the 1. And then one play changed the course of the Bo Jackson Jersey game.I'm talking, of course, about the tackle made by Titans rookie , who sliced through a pair of blockers on fourth-and-goal from the Titans' 1-yard line and tackled before he was able to break the line of scrimmage, let alone the goal line. Evans stopped the Jaguars from taking the lead with a terrific tackle, and on the very next snap, Derrick Henry made absolutely sure the Titans would never relinquish their lead when he rumbled 99 yards to the end zone, throwing not one, not two, not three, but four stiff-arms at helple s Ryan O Hearn Jersey Jaguars defenders along the way. DERRICK HENRY WENT BEASTMODE!!! 99 YARDS. : + +: NFL (@NFL) Henry didn't stop there. He continued right on bowling through Jaguars defenders for the rest of the night. By the end of his historic evening, Henry had racked up 238 rushing yards (a Titans record) on 17 carries, along with four touchdowns, all on the ground. In so doing, he became the ninth player in history to rush for at least 200 yards and score at least four times in the same game. The other eight players all had at least 22 carries in the games where they reached those marks, though. Henry had just 17. (And he seemingly broke about 100 tackles on those 17 carries. The Jaguars did not do a good job of bringing him -- or anyone else -- to the ground.)As for the Jaguars, their best play of the game likely came when actually managed to take Henry down BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE (I swear!) on the first play of the fourth quarter. They did not do much else of note, with the exception of a couple leaping grabs by , who for a lot of the night seemed like the only Jaguar who really showed up to play. Not to be forgotten, the Tenne see defense flew around the field all night as well. They held the Jaguars to just 3.8 yards per play, sacked four times and allowed just two conversions on 12 third-down attempts. Rashaan Paulo Orlando Jersey Evans and and and and and and all flashed at one point or another. But after Henry's monster run, and the two he added later, they didn't really need to.Here are a few more things to know about Tenne see's 30-9 victory. Beast Quake 2.0 It's unlikely that you'll see a more impre sive play all season than this ridiculous , which was pretty much dubbed Beast Quake 2.0 while Henry was still on his way to the end zone. DERRICK HENRY WENT BEASTMODE!!! 99 YARDS. : + +: NFL (@NFL) Derrick Henry's run vs. the original Beast Quake. NFL Throwback (@nflthrowback) I mean ... just count the stiff-arms that Henry throws in that sequence. After breaking a tackle just beyond the line of scrimmage, Henry sprints to the left edge but can't quite beat A.J. Bouye to the corner, so he just literally throws Bouye backward. chases Henry down about 25 yards farther downfield, but Henry hits him with not one but two stiff-arms while making his way toward the red zone, where he finally fights off with one last stiff-arm and heads into the end zone. This is not normal stuff, folks. Four stiff-arm runs are pretty unusual but 99-yard touchdown runs are even more so. Henry's was just the second 99-yard TD run in NFL history. Derrick Henry has joined Tony Dorsett has the only players in NFL history with a 99-yard TD run NFL Research (@NFLResearch) It was, however, Henry's third touchdown run of 70 yards or more in the past three seasons. And while that might seem unusual given that he is a humongous man who is generally known as a power runner rather than a speed guy, maybe you won't think it's quite as unusual when you see that the guy in second place in terms of the number of 70-plus-yard touchdown runs since 2016 is Henry's opponent in this game: Leonard Fournette. Derrick Henry has three 70+ yard rushing TD since 2017, the most in the NFLLeonard Fournette (2) is the only other player with more than 1 over than span NFL Research (@NFLResearch) Incredibly long touchdown runs are actually becoming more common in recent years, even as the number of runs overall has been declining as the league favors the pa s. Here's a tidbit from Scott Kacsmar of Football Outsiders: 90+ yard TD runs by decade1930s - 11940s - 21950s - 31960s - 11970s - 11980s - 41990s - 32000s - 72010s - 12This was the 4th since Week 10. Scott Kacsmar (@FO_ScottKacsmar) I'm not sure what the exactly explanation George Brett Jersey is (more spread offenses resulting in lighter run fronts and better athletes at the running back position would be my best gue s) but that's a pretty clear trend. And Henry is now part of it. Playoff picture The Titans came into this game with a record of 6-6 and badly needing a victory to keep themselves in the playoff picture. They got what they needed and are now just a half-game back of the for the No. 6 seed in the AFC. The , and are all 6-6 as well, and they've got games against the , , and , respectively, this Sunday. The Colts own the tiebreaker over the Titans, but the two teams play each other in the final week of the season so Tenne see doesn't nece sarily need to finish the year with a better record in order avoid the divisional tiebreaker and get into the postseason. The Titans just took the tiebreaker from the Broncos (for now) based on record in conference games. This is all going to get very confusing down the stretch, but the Titans can do themselves a lot of favors by just winning out in their final three contests. The best-looking Jaguars uniforms in recent memory I wouldn't nece sarily say the Jaguars are for having terrible uniforms. Right now they're known for having a very strong defense Martin Maldonado Jersey (tonight's performance notwithstanding) and being "The Good Place's" favorite football team. In recent years they've been known for their subpar quarterback scouting ( and ) and early in their existence they were known for producing players like Tony Boselli and Fred Taylor and Mark Brunell. They've also had some pretty terrible uniforms over the years. But not Thursday! These a