导出博客文章NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee coach Mike Mularkey is taking an optimistic view
of the Titans latest loss, a game in which they trailed by 16 points.Mularkey
said Monday hes encouraged by how the Titans fought back to take the lead. The
veteran coach and former player said hes been around a lot of teams that didnt
fight back, especially after making their would-be comeback tougher with three
turnovers -- two returned for touchdowns.We dont want to be falling behind,
Mularkey said. But we also have the ability to come back, and nobody flinched.
Nobody panicked. Nobody quit, and thats the heart of this football
team.Tennessee went to San Diego trying to climb above .500 and move within a
half-game of Houston in the AFC South. Instead, the Titans trailed 16-0 less
than 16 minutes after kickoff in the 43-35 loss to San Diego. The turnovers came
from Marcus Mariota on two interceptions and a fumble, and Mularkey said having
turnovers returned for touchdowns can devastate teams but not these
Titans.Mariota threw for 313 yards with three touchdowns and also ran for a
fourth. Mularkey said Mariota made some very nice throws, including threading an
8-yard pass to Delanie Walker in the fourth quarter that pulled Tennessee within
33-28. But Mariota now has lost four fumbles this season with eight
interceptions.I guess we have to take some bad experiences to maybe emphasize it
like weve had, Mularkey said. He knows more than anybody what hes got to do when
he turns up, and hes got to do a good job of getting that thing high and tight
and put it away.Tennessee (4-5) has some other issues to fix before hosting the
Green Bay Packers (4-4) on Sunday. Thats the Titans lone home game this month
before road trips to Indianapolis (4-5) and Chicago (2-6) before their bye.The
defense, which had been ranked sixth allowing only 82.5 yards per game this
season, allowed its first 100-yard game by a running back -- and then
some.Melvin Gordon had 100 yards by halftime and just missed adding another in
the second when he finished with a career-high 196 yards rushing. The Titans
held Phillip Rivers to 99 yards in the second half but gave up 176 yards and two
TD passes before halftime.Defensive lineman Jurrell Casey said the Chargers were
running draws up the middle at him and teammate DaQuan Jones, and the Titans now
need to tighten up their run defense quickly.Weve got to go back ... to try to
figure out what were going to do to make sure we dont let this happen to us
again, Casey said.Mularkey wasnt happy with the officiating of referee Brad
Allens crew either. He cited three penalty calls immediately after the game, and
Mularkey said Monday that he sent 11 of 15 plays to the league office he thought
couldve been officiated better, including a defensive holding penalty on safety
DaNorris Searcy when the receiver fell wiping out a sack by Casey on
third-and-1. San Diego scored the go-ahead TD a play later.Im not using that as
an excuse for the loss ... by any means, Mularkey said.Game notes The Titans
played without Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry, who strained a calf muscle
in pregame warmups. Mularkey said an MRI confirmed a strained calf and that
Henrys pain tolerance will determine when the running back returns. But the
Titans promoted RB David Fluellen from the practice squad and waived CB Cody
Riggs a couple hours after the coach spoke to reporters. ... Mularkey said they
will try to ease LG Quinton Spain (right knee) back into practice Wednesday and
S Rashad Johnson (neck) should practice this week after missing two games.---AP
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Pierre LeBrun of ESPN. MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Tony Stewart will carry each of his
Stewart-Haas Racing employees with him for his final NASCAR race.Stewarts No. 14
Chevrolet will have a special paint scheme complete with each SHR employees
signature and the words Always a Racer, Forever a Champion as well as pictures
of his 18-year career on the hood. A three-time champion, Stewart is retiring
after Sundays season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.Stewarts team also will
host about 75 SHR guests for the finale. Aside from that, he hopes to keep a low
profile through the weekend.We didnt want all the ceremony and distraction this
year, Stewart said. We just wanted to focus on the race car and run well and let
the NASCAR fans see us race a final time.Stewart asked to skip the pomp and
circumstance that accompanied Jeff Gordons retirement last year. Instead, he
chose to focus on his team. The result was five top-5 finishes, eight top-10s
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