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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Marcus Mariota and Derek Carr look ready for the season to start after a successful preseason dress rehearsal.Mariota led Tennessee to scores on all four drives he played and Carr threw two touchdown passes for Oakland and the Titans beat the Raiders 27-14 on Saturday night.All in all, guys have put in the work, Mariota said. Weve built a pretty solid offseason in the preseason. Now its just putting it all together once the season starts.With the starters getting their most playing time in the third week of the preseason, the offenses looked in midseason form while both first-team defenses struggled mightily.That left Raiders coach Jack Del Rio frustrated, especially about a first-team run defense that couldnt slow down DeMarco Murray or Derrick Henry on the ground.I take it real personal, Del Rio said. I dont know what to tell you. I dont have a good alibi for it. It bothers me. You cant be a great defense doing that.Mariota had the Raiders scrambling all night, faking out DJ Hayden on an option run and beating Oaklands top cornerback Sean Smith on a couple of plays.Smith nearly intercepted a pass to Tajae Sharpe on the opening drive and safety Nate Allen jumped in apparent celebration. But Sharpe caught the ball and got by the unsuspecting Allen for a 60-yard gain that set up Murrays 1-yard TD run.Mariota survived a big hit from Ben Heeney to convert a third down to Andre Johnson on the next drive that led to the first of two field goals.It was good to get a hit like that and get the cobwebs out a little bit, Mariota said. But I was glad we got the first down and kept moving the ball.Mariota then led one more TD drive late in the half before calling it a night. He finished 9 for 16 for 170 yards.Carr was just as sharp, completing 10 of 15 passes for 146 yards. He was able to hit a couple of deep passes, including a 41-yarder to Michael Crabtree on the opening drive and a perfectly placed 29-yarder to Amari Cooper in the end zone for his second TD pass.You see the hard work paying off, Carr said. We hit some today. Its good to see. Hitting those are just reps.Carr capped the opening drive with a 6-yard TD pass to rookie DeAndre Washington. He nearly had a third TD, but missed an open Clive Walford in the end zone late in the first half.ROOKIE WATCHTitans: Henry used his size to overpower Raiders defenders at times and rushed for 49 yards on 12 carries with a 3-yard TD run.Raiders: Rookies Washington and Jalen Richard provided sparks as they make a case to become the primary backup running back to Latavius Murray. Washington ran for 55 yards on eight carries to go with his TD catch and Richard had 35 yards on seven runs. Washington lost a fumble when he was drilled by Sean Spence after catching a short pass from Matt McGloin. David Bass returned it 47 yards for a score.INJURY UPDATETitans: TE Delanie Walker left in the second quarter after losing his breath briefly.Raiders: S Reggie Nelson and LB Neiron Ball sat out with undisclosed injuries.POSITION BATTLESTitans: Quinton Spain, competing with Sebastian Tretola for the starting left guard spot, played the entire first half and helped Tennessee run for 106 yards and kept pressure off Mariota.Raiders: Rookie MLB Cory James got some time with the first-team defense in place of starter Ben Heeney.QUOTABLETitans: Great play, great hit, great timing of it. Those are the plays that we need to make. Those are the plays that were capable of making, coach Mike Mularkey on Spences forced fumble.Raiders: When youre playing a running team like that, you have to play gap-sound defense, you have to set edges, you have to play gaps or theyll make you pay. 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SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- If you thought two weeks was enough time for Phil Mickelson to get over his second-place finish in the British Open duel with Henrik Stenson, guess again.Lefty said its going to take a long time to get over the British Open, probably longer than any of his other excruciating losses in a major.The hurt and disappointment wasnt because Mickelson missed out on either his sixth major or his first win since the 2013 British Open. This was the first time the 46-year-old Mickelson played his best, and it wasnt good enough.The 40-year-old Stenson won his first major with a record-shattering 20-under total. Mickelsons 267 final total would have won every previous British Open except in 1993, when Greg Norman shot 267 at Royal St. Georges.I think its one of those things where Ill look back over time and my disappointment will probably increase, because I think its the first time in my career that I have played to that level of golf and not had it be enough to win a tournament, Mickelson said at a practice to prepare for the PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club. Thats a disappointing thing because I would have loved to have added another claret jug.Jordan Spieth, who played a practice round with Michelson on Tuesday, walked over to his playing partner Tuesday and told him it was fun to watch him, and that he was unlucky not to win.And thats when he said, `Hey, Ive been on that side of things (lately), Masters in `15, and Troon even more so two weeks ago, Spieth said. But then hes seen himself on the other side of things where no one is running away with it and he wins in a close battle or he wins by a lot, whether its in a major or regular tour event.Mickelson believes he will win again. He feels his game is improvinng, his swing is back and he likes the course.dddddddddddd He validated his first major -- the 2004 Masters -- by capturing the 2005 PGA here with a 72nd hole birdie.His goal this week is to play as well as he did at Troon.I dont believe that there is a small window, Mickelson said of winning again. I think theres a really big window of opportunity to add to my resume, to continue to compete in big events, for the simple reason that the feel and sensitivity of hitting shots; the ability to play golf courses a certain way, to visualize, to make birdies, to pull shots off, that has not diminished.Mickelson said the key at Baltusrol is to drive the ball straight and putt well on greens that have a lot of contours.Theres a lot of little rolls and knolls, said Mickelson, noting the greens are going to roll a lot faster than Troon. You can see multiple lines and only one of them is correct, and its sometimes hard to see.What many people would like to see would be another Mickelson-Stenson showdown.Stenson said he has not had a chance to talk with Mickelson since the British Open.Its one of those things, it doesnt really strike you when youre in the middle of it, Stenson said But afterward, with the 63 and the 20-under and the way we played, we pushed each other to the limit, both of us, for 36 holes more or less, and trading punches and blows all the way around the golf course for two days. That certainly is what made us play so well. We both wanted it badly and we performed so well because of each other.---This story has been corrected to say that Phil Mickelson shot 267 at this years British Open, not 265. ' ' '