Week 12: Titans OT Dennis Kelly
Earlier in the Titans’ 42-20 win over the Jaguars, Kelly gave up a strip-sack of quarterback Ryan Tannehill to Jacksonville pass-rusher Yannick Ngakoue, which represented the first time Tennessee hadn’t converted in the red zone since Tannehill replaced Marcus Mariota as the starter in Week 7. Kelly at least partially made up for that flub with this one-yard touchdown pass from Tannehill with 13:13 left in the third quarter.
This was the first of a four-touchdown barrage for the Titans in the third quarter, which put the game away. And it put the Titans as the only team on our list with two touchdown passes to the big guys.
To his credit, Kelly gave all the credit to his predecessor.
“I learned from the best,” Kelly said. “(Quessenberry’s) catch was a lot more challenging.
“I’ve gone on a couple routes before here and there. But that one was the first one for this. (Offensive coordinator Arthur Smith) and I have always joked about – since I’ve been here – that he would try and get me one. So, it just happened to be it worked out well. It’s a cool feeling.”