(12-13-2022, 04:43 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

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

It was exactly what we needed and that's what. How many times have you seen anyone lay the wood on Henry like that? Even Titans fans were talking about it. Those plays can absolutely be momentum shifters, morale boosters or whatever you want to call them. If Quarterman doesn't lay the wood then Allen doesn't catch the fumble. How is that any different than what led to Wingard catching the interception which was also huge.

We forced four turnovers Sunday, more than any other team in the league, and Quarterman was part of that. To say he didn't make a big play, change momentum and contribute to the Jags win is just silly. We're the Jaguars. Every big play exponentially swings things to our benefit or detriment.

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