Tennessee @ Jacksonville preview

Last Meeting ( Dec 31, 2017 ) Jacksonville 10, Tennessee 15

The Jacksonville Jaguars made a statement last week with a dominant performance against the defending AFC champions and can improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2004 when they host the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Blake Bortles outplayed Tom Brady with 376 passing yards and four touchdowns to lead the Jaguars to a 31-20 win over the New England Patriots in Week 2.

Jacksonville had a 480-302 advantage in total yards to avenge a loss to the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game in January, and it has payback on its mind this week as it prepares for the Titans, who won both meetings in 2017. "Losing to a team twice, at their house and here, that wasn't cool," linebacker Myles Jack told reporters. "We're not too happy about that. That's obviously being talked about this week. The New England game was one thing, but this is a team that literally beat us twice in one year. We've got to fix that." Tennessee bounced back from a season-opening loss at Miami to defeat Houston 20-17 in its home opener last Sunday. Quarterback Marcus Mariota continues to feel tingling in his fingers from an elbow injury suffered in Week 1 and his status remains uncertain.

TV: 1 p.m. ET, CBS. LINE: Jaguars -6.5. O/U: 39.5

ABOUT THE TITANS (1-1): Mariota, who ran 16 times for 84 yards in the two wins over Jacksonville last year, was limited at practice Wednesday while throwing with a glove. "It's getting better, but it is frustrating," he told reporters. "It is hard because it's one of those things where you can't really do a whole lot. ... I think it's close but we are going to take it one day at a time." Blaine Gabbert threw for 117 yards in relief of Mariota at Miami and finished with the exact same total - as well as a TD pass - in a starting role against the Texans.

ABOUT THE JAGUARS (2-0): Bortles was 29-of-45 against the Patriots in perhaps his best overall performance as a pro and he continues to develop chemistry with second-year wideout Keelan Cole, who hauled in seven catches - one with one hand that the league is still buzzing about - for 116 yards and a TD. "He does stuff like that all the time in practice and kind of just showing off," Bortles told reporters of the circus catch. "He's got unbelievable abilities, so to watch him go out there, have fun and make plays like that is pretty special." The Jaguars hope to have another weapon on the field Sunday in the form of running back Leonard Fournette, who missed last week due to hamstring injury but has been practicing on a limited basis.

EXTRA POINTS

1. Jack has a team-high 18 tackles and the Jaguars' only interception.

2. Titans WR Corey Davis has been targeted 20 times, 11 more than any of his teammates.

3. Tennessee has won four of the last five meetings overall, including the 37-16 rout in Jacksonville last year.

PREDICTION: Jaguars 23, Titans 13