(12-13-2022, 03:20 PM)scottyg Wrote:

(12-13-2022, 01:12 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: It was a one score game. 

It didn't have to flip anywhere. The jags were in it. 

You are also assuming the Jags don't hold them to 3 points there if they don't fumble.  Which is silly. You don't know. 

And to answer your question: 
Derrick Henry still contributed after that hit, they just couldn't run him anymore because the Jags scored TDs on their next two possessions and the tacks were too far back with a quarter and a half remaining. They had to pass and Henry caught one of those and turned it into a big gain. You're attributing a game/scoreboard situation that affected the play calling to a hit on a RB which is way off base.

https://twitter.com/BillyM_91/status/160...3WZcxBS4Rw

I agree with you for the most part on Shaq.  Dewey gets my game ball - He set the tone at the start of the game that led to that hit and fumble recovery.  

However, saying Tennessee "had to pass" is one thing I disagree with.  If there is one team in this league that sticks with their running game in spite of the score, it's Tenn.  In fact, didn't they have something like a 20 point come from behind victory earlier this year by mostly running the ball with Henry?  What was even better about it was tacks fans booing their own team for trying to stick to that formula.  We've been on the wrong side of too many curb-stompings by those bastages over the years, and as carp said it, and as I told my wife yesterday afternoon, "It was glorious!."

It was glorious indeed. 

My point on the run vs pass is this:
After the fumble by Henry the Jags scored a TD on a 5 play drive and left only 10 sec on the clock before half . Jags are up 20-14
Jags get the ball to start the 2nd half with a 14 play and 7 minute consuming touchdown drive.  
Now it's 27-14 and the tacks have to score and they know it. Most teams don't sprinkle in much run in that scenario. 
However - to your credit and to the credit of carp8dm  -the tacks did try to run Henry twice at this juncture and he was stuffed on two consecutive attempts for 1 yard each. 

Now - were those stops due to the hit Shaq Quarterman put on him 40 minutes ago ( 8 minutes of game clock + halftime) ??
I really don't think so. Maybe we could ask Roy Robertson Harris who made good plays on both tackles of the kid from Yulee. 

After the ensuing punt, it was indeed too late to run the ball and the Jags added on FG points. 

Could I be wrong? Could Shaq's hit have soured Henry's resolve to perform? Could it have altered the resolve of our own defense in a motivational way that sparked them to limit the tacks in the second half of the game? 
Maybe. It's possible. I just don't think that's what happened. 
I think the kid came off the bench, and despite nearly falling down twice, managed to put a nice lick on the ball carrier and force a fumble. And that was that.

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