NASHVILLE, Tenn. Ty Montgomery Packers Jersey . -- Having shown they can rally in the fourth quarter and pull out a victory, the Tennessee Titans now face a new task of trying to win back-to-back games.Thats a big challenge for a franchise that last won consecutive games to wrap up the 2013 season.The Titans hope their fourth-quarter comeback for a 16-15 win in Detroit is a sign that this franchise finally is turning around after a league-worst five wins combined since then.I think it can be a turning point, tight end Delanie Walker said Monday. We always talked about finishing and previous years we lose games like this. (In Detroit), we finally finished, and I think ... we can build off that and turn this thing.The Titans trailed 15-3 entering the fourth quarter and came up with only their fourth comeback since 1999 when trailing by 10 or more points going into the final 15 minutes. The Titans rallied from 21 points down to beat the Giants on Nov. 26, 2006, 11 against Philadelphia on Sept. 8, 2002, and from 10 down at Jacksonville on Sept. 26, 1999.Two of those comebacks came in seasons where the Titans (1-1) reached the playoffs, and the big rally against the Giants helped Tennessee finish 8-8 after starting 0-5.Its a relief to come in with a good mood and not go home yelling at the walls after the game, linebacker Avery Williamson said. So its definitely a good feeling and glad for this team to get that confidence builder. I feel like were definitely going to build off that.The Titans rallied thanks to a defense that held Detroit to two field goals and a touchdown -- the only TD theyve given up through two games. So far this season Tennessee has allowed just six field goals and the lone TD.Marcus Mariota, who threw two TD passes, also leads the NFL with a 131.8 passer rating in the fourth quarter. He was a perfect 9 of 9 for 74 yards on the game-winning drive -- his third in 14 starts. His 9-yard TD pass to Andre Johnson with 1:13 left marked the first time since Nov. 24, 2013, at Oakland that the Titans scored to win in the final two minutes.DeMarco Murray finished with 145 yards from scrimmage, the most by a Titans running back since Nov. 3, 2013, when Chris Johnson had 170 at St. Louis.The Titans know their play wasnt pretty with 12 penalties for 83 yards, not counting a Mariota interception. Still, veteran cornerback Jason McCourty said theyve seen too many games slip through their hands and are just happy to have their first win of the season.Man for me, year eight, an ugly win -- I have no idea what that looks like, McCourty said. A win is a win no matter how you come across it.Coach Mike Mularkey earned a game ball for his first win since being given the job in January, and Mularkey promptly gave it to first-year general manager Jon Robinson for all his work revamping the roster. Their next test comes Sunday when the Oakland Raiders (1-1) visit, a crucial home game before Tennessee hits the road for two games.Mularkey said he was glad the Titans finally got to enjoy the thrill of victory.Weve had enough of the agony of defeat, Mularkey said.Game notes Mularkey said LB Derrick Morgan (left hamstring) and WR Kendall Wright (left hamstring) will test themselves Tuesday with the Titans hoping both can practice Wednesday. Morgan did not play in Detroit, and Wright has yet to play at all this year. ... Mularkey said the Titans are discussing whether RG Chance Warmack needs surgery to repair a torn tendon in his right hand, which would keep him out at least a couple weeks.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Teresa M. Walker at www.twitter.com/teresamwalker Paul Hornung Youth Jersey .com) - Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Roger Federer were easy first-round winners Tuesday at the Australian Open. Dave Robinson Womens Jersey . Kiriasis and brakeman Franziska Fritz finished two runs in one minute 55.41 seconds -- a mere 0.01 seconds ahead of Meyers and Lolo Jones, who likely bolstered her Olympic hopes by helping give USA-1 a huge push in the second heat. http://www.shoptheofficialpackers.com/Elite-Reggie-White-Packers-Jersey/ . Irving scored 23 points, Tristan Thompson had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109 on Friday night. Fifteen of the 558 athletes in the U.S. delegation at the Rio Olympics -- or slightly less than 3 percent -- had therapeutic-use exemptions in force during the games.The exemptions, known as TUEs, came under increased scrutiny last week after Russian hackers broke into the database of the World Anti-Doping Agency and posted confidential medical information online from some athletes.TUEs let athletes use otherwise-banned substances to treat long-standing medical conditions, such as attention deficit disorder and asthma. Proponents argue those exemptions only level the playing field; critics say they can give competitors an edge.The hackers largely targeted female U.S. Olympians, among them tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams and gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles. All three, as well as several other prominent athletes whose medical records were posted, said the data strongly supported their use of a TUE.I am one of the strongest supporters of maintaining the highest level of integrity in competitive sport and I have been highly disciplined in following the guidelines, Venus Williams said in a statement.How the U.S. numbers compare with that of other Olympic delegations is difficult to say -- let alone how they compare with the number of TUEs granted by the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB because of differing standards and reporting practices.Olympic athletes can request -- and receive -- a TUE from either their international sports federation or a national anti-doping agency. All exemptions are forwarded to WADA, which does not grant TUEs but can appeal them, and then provided to the International Olympic Committee ahead of the games.Both WADA and the IOC declined several requests from The Associated Press for those numbers before, during and after the Olympics.The U.S. delegation total was provided by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. According to the agencys 2015 annuaal report, 136 of the 2,500 or so athletes in its elite Olympic programs -- about 5 percent -- were granted TUEs in 2015. Julius Peppers Packers Jersey. Travis Tygart, CEO of USADA, maintains theres little abuse of TUEs in sports that use WADA-accredited protocols. In addition to the documentation required, he said the doctors and scientists who review requests can distinguish between legitimate medical needs to treat chronic conditions (i.e., corticosteroids like prednisone for asthma) from performance-enhancers (often anabolic and androgenic steroids).The truth is, it would be foolish to try and cheat this way. If youre trying to cheat, the idea that you would self-disclose what youre already using, or want to use that is illegal, isnt very bright, Tygart said. Most of the action by cheats now is focused on substances we havent yet found, or had a chance to ban -- like the meldonium situation .Among the U.S. professional sports leagues, MLB adheres closest to WADA protocol, both in TUE application and review process. Unlike WADA, however, baseball also reports the number issued each year -- 113 for the nearly 1,350 players who appeared in games during the 2015 season.But that transparency has come with a cost: 111 of those TUEs were approved for Adderall, an amphetamine-based drug prescribed to treat ADD; critics note the number of baseball players being treated for ADD is more than double that of the U.S. adult population as a whole.The NFL, NBA and NHL declined a request from the AP seeking the number of TUEs issued during the previous season. All three leagues devised their own application and review processes incorporating some aspects -- but not all -- of WADAs protocol, known as the International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions, or ISTUE. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys ChinaNFL Cheap Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '

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