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Titans at Chiefs Fantasy Recap (Wild Card, 2018)

by Adam Markowitz

1/7/18

NFL

Tennessee Titans

Derrick Henry

For all of the crazy things we've seen this season, none were crazier than Marcus Mariota throwing a touchdown pass to... Marcus Mariota.

The Tennessee Titans hadn't won a playoff game since 2003, but they rallied from down 18 points to beat the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium 22-21 to kickoff the 2018 NFL playoffs.

Mariota didn't exactly have a banner day, but he did beat his Projected Fantasy Points total thanks to his strange double-touchdown play. It was the first time a quarterback caught his own touchdown pass since 1997 when Brad Johnson pulled off the stunt when he was a member of the Vikings.

Derrick Henry is the man who deserves the credit for this win for Tennessee. He rumbled 23 times for 156 yards and a touchdown, and he really picked up the slack with DeMarco Murray out of the lineup.

Several Chiefs beat their PFP totals, but there are a lot of questions that begged to be asked going forward. Alex Smith, likely playing in his last game as the Chiefs' starting quarterback, went 24-for-33 for 264 yards and two touchdowns. He was a winner on Dober Play Cards, but he had a terrible second half after dominating over the course of the first three drives.

The Chiefs were up 14-0 early, but when Travis Kelce left this game with a head injury, the entire offense fell apart for the hosts.

Tennessee will advance to play against either New England (if Jacksonville wins on Sunday) or Pittsburgh (if Buffalo wins).

Tennessee Titans Top Fantasy Players Wild Card Weekend
Derrick Henry: 27.10 DFP
Marcus Mariota: 25.90 DFP
Delanie Walker: 10.40 DFP
Eric Decker: 9.10 DFP
Corey Davis: 5.50 DFP

Kansas City Chiefs Top Fantasy Players Wild Card Weekend
Alex Smith: 19.86 DFP
Travis Kelce: 14.60 DFP
Demarcus Robinson: 13.70 DFP
Tyreek Hill: 13.60 DFP
Kareem Hunt: 12.20 DFP