Tennessee Titans against Atlanta Falcons score live and statistics – August 15, 2025 Gametracker

Atlanta (AP) Kendell Brooks scored on an interception return of 53 yards and the quarter-arre recruit Cameron Ward had mixed results while the Titans of Tennessee beat the Falcons of Atlanta 23-20 in a pre-season match on Friday evening.

The 23 yards of Joey Slye’s basket with 9:03 remaining gave Tennessee (1-1) the advance.

The quarter-backing of Falcons, Emory Jones was arrested during a fourth race near Tennessee 20 with 2:57 to play. Jones was shaken on the touch by the secondary Amari Burney and the corner half Jemari Harris. Jones left the field with help.

Ward played three series and finished 2 of the 7 passes for 42 yards. Ward’s highest point was a completion of 35 yards for Elic Ayomanor on the Titans opening series. Ward, the overall choice n ° 1 of the NFL of this year’s NFL, dropped another pass from Van Jefferson.

“I am very encouraged,” said Titans coach Brian Callahan about Ward’s performance. “This ball that was abandoned was an incredible throw. … He showed all the things we have to see from the point of view of operations.”

Callahan hinted during the week that Ward would play two series, but said that he added the third series because the game count was still low.

Ward said the additional shots were “really good for me … Rehearsals in playing time instead of training.”

The teams exchanged affected in the third quarter. Jefferson’s score race of Jefferson Jefferson, who crowned a 13-game record, gave Titans a 2-13 lead. Easton Stick, who played the first three quarters for Atlanta, launched a pass of 52 yards to Chris Blair to equalize the match.

Brandon Allen, who played behind Ward, launched a score pass of 25 yards at the tight end of Gunnar Helm in the first half.

Nathan Carter produced the first hit of the Falcons with a 43 yards race in the third quarter. Younghoe Koo launched goals on the ground of 42 and 36 yards for Atlanta (0-2).

Among the Titans held in attack, RB Tony Pollard, WRS Calvin Ridley and Tyler Lockett, RG Kevin Zeitler. The Lloyd Cushenberry center, which spent his physical Monday as he continues his return from an Achilles tendon injury, participated in pre-match exercises but did not play.

The two best quarters of Atlanta, leaving Michael Penix Jr. and Kirk Cousins’ backup, sat for the second consecutive pre-season match after receiving the major part of the snaps in team exercises in two joint practices against the Titans this week. RB Bijan Robinson and Wrs Drake London and Ray-Ray McCloud were also spectators.

The recruit of Falcons Edge Rusher Jalon Walker was retained after playing last week in a 17-10 defeat against Detroit.

Falcons coach Raheem Morris said Walker “had refined the groin” at the end of Wednesday training with the Titans. “We are impatient to recover it next week,” said Morris.

The game finished a series of nine nights from his home for the Titans, who had a joint practice in Tampa Bay last week before their 29-7 defeat against the Buccaneers.

“I think we have done a lot of connectivity, the guys who put back together,” said Ward. “… We have shown this evening that we can overcome adversity.”

Trevor Siemian, who was signed on Monday, took over in the quarter-tree for Tennessee in the fourth quarter and led the reader capped by the Slye replacement basket.

Siemian spent a large part of 2024 in the Titans training team. He replaced Tim Boyle, who was released after finishing only 4 of the 13 passes for 24 yards with two interceptions against the Buccaneers.

Stick, in competition for the Atlanta quarter-Arrière 3 post, finished 15 of the 25 passes for 145 yards with a touchdown and the interception returned for a touch of Brooks. Allen finished 11 of the 14 passes for 119 yards with a touch and an interception.

Titans: After two games on the road, the Titans welcome Minnesota next Friday evening.

Falcons: Visit Dallas next Friday in their third pre-season match.

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