Andrew Luck problem.Hey http://www.oaklandraidersteamonline.com/josh-jacobs-jersey , nothing else has worked.Since the Indianapolis Colts drafted Luck with the No. 1 overall pick in 2012, he’s started nine games against the Titans and never lost �? not when he played poorly, not when he left early, not even when he got hurt. So this time, the Titans are going with a different strategy in hopes of outwitting an old nemesis.“They give you multiple looks, they’re probably more multiple than any team in the league,” Colts coach Frank Reich said. “I look at it much like an offense, in terms of what we try to do on offense with packages, they do it on defense. They do it well.”The Titans (5-4) have stolen a page right out of New England‘s playbook and made it work.They’ve allowed the fewest points per game, fewest touchdowns scored and lowest passer rating against the blitz in the league. They’ve moved into second place in the AFC South, one game behind Houston, by pitching consecutive second-half shutouts against Dallas’ Dak Prescott and New England’s Tom Brady.Now comes the hard part: Beating Luck.“For me, it’s always personal going against this guy,” said Jurrell Casey, the Titans’ three-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman whose struggles against Luck also include two college losses. “I’m always talking mess, but right now I can’t talk too much mess. He’s got the upper hand.”Tennessee knows the story all too well.Before sweeping Indy (4-5) last season, when Luck sat out following shoulder surgery, the Titans had lost 11 straight in the series to three different Indy quarterbacks �? Luck, former Titans starter Matt Hasselbeck and Dan Orlovsky, who ended the Colts’ 0-13 start with a win over Tennessee in 2011.Even in the game in which Luck initially injured the shoulder, Week 3 in 2015 Ben Banogu Jersey , his late rally gave the Colts their first win of the season.But this week’s challenge could be even more daunting with Luck playing some of the best football of his career.He has thrown at least one touchdown pass in a league-high 32 consecutive games and three or more TDs in six straight games, fourth all time behind Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Dan Marino. Luck’s completion rate, 66.3 percent, is a career best and he hasn’t been sacked in 185 drop-backs, another career high.Not surprisingly, the Colts have won three straight and can get back to .500 �? if Luck wins again.“I’m aware of it,” Luck said, downplaying his 9-0 mark. “But what’s happened has happened and good, bad or ugly, it doesn’t really matter.”GEARING UPThe health of Tennessee quarterback Marcus Mariota has improved dramatically since an elbow injury produced numbness in his throwing hand in the season opener, and it’s shown. In the past two games he has completed 69.9 percent of his passes for 468 yards, four TDs, no interceptions and a 122.2 passer rating in victories over Dallas and New England. Mariota also caught a 21-yard pass and ran for 21 yards in last week’s victory over the Patriots.LONG-TIME ACQUAINTANCESColts kicker Adam Vinatieri has been around so long he could break George Blanda’s NFL record for most career regular-season wins (209) on Sunday. And he could set the new mark against one of his former teammates, new Titans coach Mike Vrabel. Vinatieri entered the league in 1996, one year before Vrabel was drafted, and then spent five years together in New England in the early 2000s before Vinatieri joined the Colts as a free agent in 2006.SHUTDOWN DIt’s not just the obvious stats showing how well the Titans have played defensively. In the second half last week, New England managed only six first downs and 117 yards and converted 1 of 7 third downs. The improvement also coincides with the return of strong safety Kenny Vaccaro, who missed three games because of an injured elbow.“I think it’s a credit to the players, that’s what it is,” Vrabel said. “They get a call Parris Campbell Jersey , and the players go out and execute. That’s really what it comes down to.”REGGIE’S RETURNFormer Colts receiver Reggie Wayne returns to Lucas Oil Stadium for his induction into Indy’s Ring of Honor. Wayne spent his entire 14-year career with the Colts, playing in a franchise-record 211 games and catching 1,070 passes for 14,345 yards and 82 TDs. He’s 10th in the NFL all time in receptions and yards receiving and was part of both of Indy’s Super Bowl teams.Manning, Marvin Harrison, Edgerrin James and Jeff Saturday, all former teammates, have already been inducted. Tony Dungy, who coached Wayne, and former general manager Bill Polian, who drafted Wayne in 2001, have also been inducted.100<button class="view-gallery">View Gallery</button> Gallery:View from the sidelines: NFL cheerleaders 2018Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports | Raj Mehta SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP)In just two starts with San Francisco, Jimmy Garoppolo has shown the traits of becoming the franchise quarterback for the 49ers. That’s just the kind of play the Tennessee Titans need out of their promising young quarterback Marcus Mariota down the stretch if they want to make the playoffs for the first time in nine years. The usually reliable Mariota is in the midst of one of the worst stretches of his three-year career heading into the game Sunday between Tennessee (8-5) and San Francisco (3-10). Mariota has thrown eight interceptions the past four games and has failed to reach 200 yards passing for three straight weeks as the Titans have dropped a game behind Jacksonville in the AFC South and have only a one-game cushion in the wild-card race. Mariota had his worst game of the season in a 12-7 loss at Arizona, completing 16 of 31 passes for only 159 yards without a touchdown and being intercepted twice. The frustration boiled over into the postgame interview where Mariota apologized this week for acting ”rude and inappropriate.” ”When you go through a tough game, it’s nice to get back on the field and go out there and play,” Mariota said. ”It’s probably not a good thing to bottle (frustration) up all the time, but at the same time I was pretty upset with the way that I performed and I think it just carried over.” Garoppolo has provided excitement in another rough season for the 49ers. Since taking over two weeks ago from rookie C.J. Beathard, Garoppolo has thrown for 627 yards to lead San Francisco to back-to-back wins and showed why the 49ers thought highly enough of him to deal a second-round pick to New England to acquire him at the trade deadline. His performance has given a needed spark to a team that began the season with nine consecutive losses. ”Jimmy’s made some big plays, which does give guys confidence, it makes receivers have more fun down the field Bobby Okereke Jersey ,” coach Kyle Shanahan said. ”I think defense and special teams see that and feed off that just like the offense feeds off them. Here are some other things to watch: KNOCK `EM OUT: In a midweek team meeting, Shanahan went over the remaining schedule featuring three contenders in Tennessee, the Jaguars and Rams. He challenged his 49ers to somehow make an impact on the playoff chase in the final weeks of a lost season. ”He said some things in our meeting that kind of made a lot of sense. These next teams that we’re playing, if they lose then they’re most likely out of the playoffs,” linebacker Eli Harold said. ”I looked at that as let’s knock `em out. I’m going to do whatever I can to help the team win and lay it all on the line for these last few weeks.” SACK THEM UP: The Titans certainly are showing they know how to put the quarterback on the ground. Jurrell Casey had two sacks with seven other Titans getting a sack in Arizona as Tennessee piled up eight sacks in the loss even with linebacker Derrick Morgan, their sack leader with 7+ sacks out with a sprained knee. It’s the second time in three games the Titans have had eight sacks in a game, and they have 20 over the past three games – the most in the NFL in any three-game span this season. The eight sacks tied for the third-highest in franchise history, just one off the team record. The Titans have had at least four sacks in each of those three games. CELEK TIME: The catchphrase ”Celek Time” began last month after tight end Garrett Celek made up for any mistakes this season by catching a 47-yard touchdown pass late in the second quarter of an eventual 31-21 victory against the Giants, the 49ers’ first win of the season. Celek made a 9-yard reception the play prior to his touchdown, a 7-yarder the previous snap and an earlier 4-yard catch. ”I had like three or four catches in a row and then the big play and that’s when Kyle said it in a meeting,” Celek said. ”It was kind of catchy I guess. It caught on, and all the guys have been saying it and giving me a hard time.” Celek has been steady through three quarterbacks, making 17 catches for 245 yards and three TDs. ”We just started joking there that they didn’t realize that it was Celek Time and it just kind of stuck,” Shanahan said. ”We thought it was a one-time deal, but it came up again last week so now we’re getting used to it and guys enjoy it.” STINGY D: The Titans allowed only four field goals last week, the second game they’ve done that this season. They’ve also been very stingy since the first month of the season. Starting Week 5, Tennessee is allowing only 295.1 yards per game. That ranks the Titans fifth in the NFL over that span. — AP Pro Football Writer Teresa Walker and AP Sports Writer Janie McCauley contributed to this report. —