Marcus Mariota resurgent on road in return from injury

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T'was a bad week for road  Thomas Hennessy Jersey teams in the NFL. In 11 games on Sunday, only three away teams left with victories, and two of those wins came in overtime. Maybe it's midseason fatigue, or maybe the road slate was, just by chance, rough this week. Either way, there were few fantastic road performances to pick from in Week 9, so we'll honor just one.Greatne s on the Road winner...Marcus Mariota The Flying Hawaiian soared in his return to the gridiron after mi sing two games with a knee injury. With a new coach -- Mike Mularkey -- leading the into the Superdome  Trevon Wesco Jersey to take on and the hot , few people gave Tenne see a chance to compete going into Sunday. The ' recent results had been laughable at best, but those offenses were led by , not Mariota. Against a loose secondary, Mariota had his best game as a pro since his first career start, finishing with 371 yards and four touchdown pa ses. The rookie threw at least two pa ses to seven different receivers; three of those receivers had more than 70 yards. On occasion, the ' corners helped Mariota out, like on 's 61-yard . For John Riggins Jersey  the most part, however, Mariota stood tall in the pocket, displayed good timing on his throws and showed excellent deception in Sheldon Rankins Jersey  his play action. Despite his stellar game, Mariota still had to save the in overtime and did so in style. He finished off the day with a picture-perfect 80-yard game-winning drive, on which he went 5-for-5 for 62 yards and put the nail in New Orleans' coffin with a sneaky to . Tenne see snapped a six-game losing Michael Carter Jersey  streak with the win and remains two games back with a 2-6 record in the woeful AFC South. With Mariota in control of the ' offense and four division games left to play on Tenne see's schedule, it's too soon to write off this team, especially if he can lead the to more miraculous road victories.