NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Fourth-and-15. Convert or swallow the loss.

When Marcus Mariota took the shotgun snap from Ben Jones and dropped two more steps, he looked at Nick Williams, streaking down the right hash, or maybe even to Corey Davis, who was outside of Williams.

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Then he easily came back to his left and found Taywan Taylor, comfortably open just beyond the marker on the left sideline.

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