Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota (8) leaves the pocket for a touchdown in the second half against the Philadelphia Eagles at the Nissan Stadium.(Photo: Christopher Hanewinckel, USA TODAY Sports)

In front of 69,013 spectators at the Nissan Stadium, they were again neglected, this time in their own building and against the defending champion of the Super Bowl, the Philadelphia Eagles. the The Titans trailed (again), did just enough offensively (again) and found an unlikely path to victory (again).

Here are five things to know about Titan's 26-23 overtime victory on Sunday:

Titans flash resilience in occupational therapy

In overtime, the Eagles won the draw, opted to receive and quickly made it to the field before Will Compton's pass division forced them to settle for a goal on the field. Jake Elliott.

The Titans recovered the ball while there was only 6:19 in overtime and were converted twice to fourth. Taywan Taylor caught 19 yards for a first and Nick Williams had a pass interfered for another goal before the Titans found themselves. After a timeout, coach Mike Vrabel returned his attack to the field, and the match was resumed: Mariota hit Dion Lewis on a screen for a first try.

Mariota then found Corey Davis for a touchdown just before the end of extra time to send the Titans to a spectacular victory.

Marcus Mariota does not seem limited

Still wearing a partially cut glove on his right hand, Marcus Mariota did not seem to have many limitations on Sunday. The Titans quarterback, who has yet to overcome the elbow injury he suffered in the early part of the season, looked down from the box, settling on a 28-yard pass for Corey Davis to help score a goal on the possession of the match. But he had a lot more in his arm: in the fourth quarter, he hit Davis on a 51-yard bomb that helped set the starting score.

Mariota launched an interception with less than a minute in the half, placing the Eagles close to the red zone (they ended up turning the score into a placement to take a 10-3 lead in the break). But it was the only major flaw in a day when he completed 30 of 43 passes for 344 yards, two touchdowns and one interpolation, and also scored a 2-yard touchdown to bring the Titans back to 17-10. third trimester.

Corey Davis has a career day

Without Rishard Matthews (who was released earlier this week) or Delanie Walker (who was injured in the ankle after the first game of the season), the Titans' weight is attributable to Davis.

The sophomore and former No. 5 catcher did not disappoint on Sunday, scoring nine passes for 161 yards, including, of course, winning.

The defense is growing in strength

When the Titans needed big stops, they got them.

In the second half of the second half Eagles, linebacker Jayon Brown made a bag and rookie linebacker Harold Landry was third in linebacker linebacker Derrick Morgan recovered 14 minutes remaining in half.

The Titans then forced the three Eagles on the next Eagles record. Mariota then launched an 11-yard touchdown pass to Tajae Sharpe, giving the Titans a 20-17 lead.

The defense then prevented the Eagles from finding the goal zone in their final practice and occupational therapy training, each time forcing goals.

Wesley Woodyard and Kenny Vaccaro are injured

Linebacker Wesley Woodyard racked up 10 tackles and a bag in the Titans' Jaguars victory last week. But Sunday, he left the game after only having recorded a tackle.

Woodyard was injured in the shoulder during a game in the first quarter and did not return.

Safety Kenny Vaccaro also left early after an elbow injury at the end of the first half and did not return.

Access Erik Bacharach at [email protected] and on Twitter @ErikBacharach.

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