Marcus Mariota did what few quarterbacks have ever done before at the NFL level this Saturday in Kansas City — he caught his own touchdown pass.
Rolling to the left away from pressure, Mariota threw into the end zone right at the line of scrimmage. It was almost a disaster, as a Chiefs defender got his hands on the pass and batted it up in the air. Only, instead of going for a pick-six, which it certainly could have been, Mariota caught the pass and took it into the end zone.
Marcus Mariota throws a touchdown pass to… Marcus Mariota?? #TitanUp pic.twitter.com/N6bcTrjBYT
— Tennessee Titans (@Titans) January 6, 2018
This was the first touchdown of the game for the Titans, who were blown out, 21-3, in the first half. This score made the game a lot closer, at 21-10, with about half the third quarter left to play.
This game has been full of some wild events, including a botched call that gave the Titans their first points of the game and an unbelievable drop by receiver Eric Decker that had social media in a frenzy.