Tennessee Titans 37 - Jacksonville Jaguars - 19
Q. How good was it to be back out there? I know you've worked hard to get to this point.
MARCUS JOHNSON: It felt good. All glory to God. I'm just thankful to be back. You know what I mean? Earning that trust in training camp, just fighting my way back during IR. And felt like it was a solid debut coming back.
Q. Do you feel like you kind of hit the ground running right where you left off?
MARCUS JOHNSON: Not completely, but the biggest thing for me was just coming in and making sure the hamstring healed up. I knew the role was going to be pretty big. I was going to be moving around the offense and special teams. So my mindset was as long as I could do whatever I can to feel good in the game, my natural ability would take place.
Q. You sound like you handled it well, but you were on such a surge during camp and preseason. How tough was it to sit back and be patient and say, hey, I know my time is coming, but I gotta sit out. Does that make it even sweeter now that you are back?
MARCUS JOHNSON: It definitely makes it sweeter. I wouldn't say it was hard at all. I had a lot of peace when the hamstring injury happened just knowing that I was with an organization who believed in me, and I've shown them what I could do. So during that IR time I just made sure that I just worked and worked, so when I came back I was fully prepared.
Q. You had a couple of big third down catches today. How big is that to have the trust of your quarterback on the money downs?
MARCUS JOHNSON: That's huge. That's what we've practiced. You know what I mean? I think that was a big step for me last week, having a limited role, just practicing, not really sure if I would play against the Jets. But being able to come in and we commit a whole day, Thursdays to third down. So last week, this week and then translating it to the game.
Q. How about the offense as a whole, the ability today to convert on third downs, keep drives going?
MARCUS JOHNSON: That's huge. You know what I mean? It saves us in a lot of situations to be able to drive down, connect on the field goal and then obviously go score. Those are momentum shifters, and that was what we needed, and then the big stop at the goal line for our defense. You know what I mean? Those third or fourth down situations really swang the momentum.
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