NFL Primetime 1999 Championship Playoff Sunday (ESPN January 23rd, 2000)

Описание: Chris Berman and Tom Jackson host ESPN NFL Primetime from the new ESPN Zone in Atlanta for Championship Sunday. The Steve McNair, Eddie George and the Tennessee Titans shocked the world again by beating the 14-2 Jacksonville Jaguars 33-14, while Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk and the St. Louis Rams barely edged Warren Sapp and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 11-6.

The Jacksonville Jaguars had been one of the NFL's best teams in the 1999 season, pacing the AFC with a 14–2 record. However, both of those losses came at the hands of their opponents in the AFC Championship Game, the Tennessee Titans. The Titans would prove up to the task of beating their division rival once again as the Titans scored a resounding 33–14 victory. The Titans advanced to their first Super Bowl in team history by forcing six turnovers and a safety.

McNair completed 14 of 23 passes for 112 yards, a touchdown, and an interception, and rushed for 91 yards and two touchdowns. Mason returned four kickoffs for 174 yards and two punts for 14 yards. Taylor rushed for 110 yards and caught two passes for 16 yards. This would be the Jags' last home playoff game until 2017.

In a hard-fought defensive struggle in which both teams combined for only 512 yards and lost a total of five turnovers, Rams quarterback Kurt Warner's 11-yard touchdown pass to Ricky Proehl with 4:44 left in the game was just enough to edge out Tampa Bay.

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