Titans @ Jaguars · Week 15

WEEK 15 · FINAL

THE READ

Jaguars run away with it, 38-14

Jacksonville dismantled Tennessee 38-14, a 24-point margin built on air superiority and relentless pressure: the Jaguars outgained the Titans 304 yards to 161 through the air while generating 5 sacks to Tennessee's 2. Dante Moore threw 4 touchdown passes on 12 of 25 completions, the kind of efficiency that masks an otherwise pedestrian completion rate and defines a single afternoon. Jacksonville called 25 pass plays to Tennessee's 26, but deployed them at 76 percent of their offense compared to the Titans' 65 percent—a strategic aggression that paid dividends where it mattered. The Jaguars improved to 12-2 with a scoring margin that now sits 6.7 points better than their opponents' average strength would predict, while the Titans fell to 8-6 with their turnover advantage over the season wiped away by a clean game from both sides on Monday.

Sierra Vaughn Analyst

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Titans	+2.6	-1.3	+3.9	+12
Jaguars	+2.7	-4.0	+6.7	+7

SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.

Jaguars — AFC #2 · division · 12-2 Titans — AFC #7 · 8-6 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#11 Brian Thomas Jr WR · Jaguars · 0.4% of the field

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IN THE BOOTH

Kayla James The showman

Jacksonville's defense smothered Tennessee early, but it was Dante Moore who made this rout sing—4 touchdown passes on a day the Jags' young quarterback finally delivered the kind of performance that sticks with you down the stretch.

Charlie Kirkster Analyst · replying

Carnell Tate made the only real noise Tennessee could muster—7 catches for 82 yards and 2 touchdowns—which tells you everything about how lopsided this got: when your receiver is your standout in a 24-point loss, your offense never had a chance to breathe.

They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.

Dante Moore

Jaguars

12/25, 304 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT

Carnell Tate

Titans

7 catches, 82 yards, 2 TD

Josh Hines-Allen

Jaguars

2 sacks

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Eric Singleton Jr has not had a better afternoon this season.

📉 Cam Ward is still searching for it: 147 passing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 238.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Jaguars 304, Titans 161 Jaguars

On the ground Titans 116, Jaguars 44 Titans

Total yards Jaguars 348, Titans 277 Jaguars

Pressure Jaguars 5 sacks, Titans 2 Jaguars

THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.

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THE MATCHUP SCOUT every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling

LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it

Pass-heavy Pass 61% · Rush 39% · 25.3 scored, 21.4 allowed

7.8 yds/att 61.6% completions 4.8 yds/carry 333.4 yds/game 1.1 giveaways/game 8.3% sack rate last 5: 1-4

Primary weapon: Carnell Tate WR — 34% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 58 · Efficient Balance 89 Ball security 68 Back usage 35% QB runs 2.3/game

Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.3% of dropbacks

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 87 WR 87 TE 77 RB 90 OL 79 DL 90 LB 85 DB 86

Best: Jonathan Taylor HB 99 Fastest: Chimere Dike WR 94 SPD 5 at star dev or better

YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season

Tone

Jaguars · his last 8 games

Balanced

Pass / run56% / 44% Points for / against23.0 — 22.5 Margin+0.5 Giveaways a game1.1 Sacks taken8.7% of dropbacks Lead backBhayshul Tuten · 11.6/g Top targetBrian Thomas Jr · 31% QB carries4.6 a game

BlackManJenkins

Titans · his last 8 games

Balanced One back Takes sacks

Pass / run59% / 41% Points for / against22.4 — 19.9 Margin+2.5 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken9.1% of dropbacks Lead backJonathan Taylor · 15.4/g Top targetCarnell Tate · 27% QB carries1.8 a game

Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.

THE SERIES BlackManJenkins against Tone — the men, not the teams

Tone leads it 2-0. Tone has won 2 straight.

2 meetings avg 18.5 — 34.5 biggest: 24 pts to Tone

S2 · week 15 BlackManJenkins 14 — 38 Tone TONE

S2 · week 4 BlackManJenkins 23 — 31 Tone TONE

Only meetings Sapphire can attribute to both men are counted — a Madden export never says who owned a team last season, so the series starts where the record does.

MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push

Titans receivers vs Jaguars secondary 87 v 89 EVEN

Jaguars receivers vs Titans secondary 84 v 86 EVEN

Titans line vs Jaguars front 79 v 88 JAGUARS

Jaguars line vs Titans front 80 v 90 TITANS

Titans backs vs Jaguars run defence 90 v 86 TITANS

Jaguars backs vs Titans run defence 87 v 89 EVEN

Titans passer vs Jaguars secondary 87 v 89 EVEN

Jaguars passer vs Titans secondary 88 v 86 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Dante Moore QB Jaguars 304 pass yds

Cam Ward QB Titans 161 pass yds

Eric Singleton Jr WR Jaguars 130 rec yds

Jonathan Taylor HB Titans 99 rush yds

Brian Thomas Jr WR Jaguars 91 rec yds

Carnell Tate WR Titans 82 rec yds

Brenton Strange TE Jaguars 55 rec yds

Josh Hines-Allen REDG Jaguars 2 sacks

DeForest Buckner DT Titans 1.5 sacks

Joshua Williams CB Titans 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

TITANS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Cam Ward QB	14/26	161	2	1	5	23	82.3

JAGUARS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Dante Moore QB	12/25	304	4	1	2	65	115.6

TITANS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Jonathan Taylor HB	12	99	8.2	0	2	35	27	0
Cam Ward QB	2	17	8.5	0	0	1	12	0

JAGUARS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Bhayshul Tuten HB	7	32	4.6	1	1	10	10
Dante Moore QB	1	12	12	0	0	0	12
Brian Thomas Jr WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

TITANS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Carnell Tate WR	7	82	11.7	2	21	0	21
Chimere Dike WR	3	32	10.7	0	14	0	23
Elic Ayomanor WR	2	23	11.5	0	0	1	23
Daniel Bellinger TE	1	18	18	0	13	0	18
Eli Finley TE	1	6	6	0	0	0	6

JAGUARS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Eric Singleton Jr WR	4	130	32.5	1	56	65
Brian Thomas Jr WR	2	91	45.5	1	29	55
Brenton Strange TE	3	55	18.3	2	6	30
Bhayshul Tuten HB	3	28	9.3	0	21	12

TITANS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Cor'Dale Flott CB	3	0	0	0
Kevin Winston Jr FS	2	0	0	1
Ty Okada FS	1	0	0	1
Jeffery Simmons DT	1	0.5	0	0
DJ McKinney CB	1	0	0	0
Matt Milano WILL	1	0	0	0
DeForest Buckner DT	1	1.5	0	0
Kayvon Thibodeaux LEDG	0	0	0	1
Joshua Williams CB	0	0	1	0
Alontae Taylor CB	0	0	0	2

JAGUARS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Jourdan Lewis CB	4	0	0	0
Caleb Ransaw FS	4	1	0	0
Jalen Huskey FS	4	0	0	0
Antonio Johnson SS	4	0	1	0
Travis Hunter CB	3	0	0	3
Jarrian Jones CB	3	0	0	0
Josh Hines-Allen REDG	2	2	0	0
Foyesade Oluokun MIKE	2	1	0	0
Travon Walker LEDG	1	1	0	0

TITANS

nothing recorded

JAGUARS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Cam Little K	1/1	5/5	39

RECENT FORM

Titans

W 24–17 vs Colts WK 14

L 10–17 vs Bengals WK 13

L 31–34 vs Texans WK 12

Jaguars

W 47–41 vs Buccaneers WK 14

W 17–16 vs Saints WK 13

L 12–34 vs Jets WK 12

TEAM STATS

Titans		Jaguars
277	TOTAL YARDS	348
161	PASSING YARDS	304
116	RUSHING YARDS	44
5	SACKS ALLOWED	2
2	SACKS MADE	5
1	GIVEAWAYS	1
1	TAKEAWAYS	1

Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD

0 TITANS — 2 JAGUARS

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