Baller: Trayvon Mullen

Mullen was downright elite most of this game. Making pass breakups left and right and sticking to his assignment like glue. In total, he has three pass breakups in the game. The rest of the Raiders defense combined for one and that was Maurice Hurst’s bat down at the line.

Mullen was also a tackle machine. He finished third on the team with seven combined tackles (six solo). And there weren’t all downfield either. His first tackle came on his second play and it was a run stuffed at the line.

The next three Jaguars’ possessions ended in three-and-outs. The first with Mullen in tight coverage to force an incompletion on third down, the next with Mullen forcing an incompletion with sticky coverage, and the third with Mullen knocking a pass down on third down.

The possession after that lasted four plays with Mullen making a tackle on a 3-yard catch. That was every possession of the first half.

The Jaguars’ first touchdown came in the fourth quarter. The biggest play on the drive was a very questionable pass interference penalty on Mullen. On the next play, he made a textbook pass breakup. He had another pass breakup on the final Jaguars drive, but they would still score the game-winning touchdown.

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