Fitzpatrick leads Titans to late victory

By Jeremy Kahn

OAKLAND-It must have seemed like déjà vu after seeing what Ryan Fitzpatrick did to them for the second time in three years.

As a member of the Buffalo Bills, Fitzpatrick beat the Oakland Raiders, as the Bills came back to defeat the Raiders 35-31.

Now a member of the Tennessee Titans, Fitzpatrick did it again, as he found Kendall Wright for a 10-yard touchdown pass with 10 seconds remaining in the game, as the Titans came back to defeat the Raiders 23-19 at the Coliseum.

Wright got in front of Tracy Porter for the game-winning touchdown for the Titans and head coach Mike Munchak.

“Tracy was fine. It’s a tough route versus the coverage that we were in. I thought they did a great job of executing. They had a nice play up, which made it tough for us to be able to defend. But if I had to go it over Gain, I would have been more aggressive right there and come after them. So put that one on me,” said Dennis Allen.

Rookie Matt McGloin gave the Raiders a 19-16 lead with 6:10 remaining in the game, as he found Marcel Reese in the end zone for a 26-yard touchdown pass.

McGloin was 19-for-32 for 260 and one touchdown.

Following that drive, Fitzpatrick drove the Titans all the way down the field for what proved to be the game-winning drive, as the Titans improved to 5-6 on the season, while the Raiders fell to 4-7.

Fitzpatrick went 30-for-42 for 320 yards and two touchdowns, which included a 54-yard touchdown pass to Justin Hunter that gave the Titans a 13-9 lead in the third quarter.

Sebastian Janikowski kicked four field goals, but his two misses on the afternoon loomed large in the end.

Janikowski missed from 32 yards at the end of the first half, as his kick went just to the left of the goalpost and the Raiders went into the locker room with a 9-6 lead.

The reliable Janikowski missed a 48-yarder on the Raiders first possession of the second half, as he missed it to the left.

“We’re not making them, not consistently enough. We have to continue to work to get better there. I feel like Sebastian is going to work through this. I still have all the confidence that when I send him out there that’s it going to go through. So it’s just something that we have to go through and we have to go through and we have to get better in that area,” said Allen.

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