For the second week in a row, Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew II and wide receiver D.J. Chark combined on timely pass plays.

NFL coaches will always caution rookie quarterbacks to not get too locked into a favorite receiver, and the Jaguars' Gardner Minshew II has done a good job spreading the ball around.

But Minshew and second-year wide receiver D.J. Chark sure seem to have a connection when the time is right.

The two collaborated on a touchdown pass for the second game in a week, and Chark led the Jaguars with 76 yards receiving in Thursday’s 20-7 victory over Tennessee at TIAA Bank Field.

Minshew threw a 22-yard TD pass to Chark in the first quarter to give the Jaguars a 14-0 lead and eventually targeted Chark five times, completing four.

Minshew threw a 4-yard TD pass to Chark last week to come within one point against Houston with 30 seconds left, the seventh reception of the game for Chark.

The touchdown pass and a 37-yard completion to Chark in the third quarter were both artistic throws by Minshew, put in only a spot where Chark would pull in the ball.

“He has the faith that we’re going to go get it, so he puts it in spots where only we can get it,” Chark said. “He threw some amazing deep balls and we’re going to try to do everything we can to help him out.”

Jaguars coach Doug Marrone made it a point to mention Chark several times during his postgame news conference.

“He’s playing at a high level, and it’s going to open up a lot of things for us,” Marrone said.

Chark is now the team lead in receptions with 15 and yards with 277. He's also is the second player in team history, since Jimmy Smith in 1998, to have a TD reception in each of his first three games. He caught a TD pass from Nick Foles against the Chiefs.

Minshew has completed 10 or more passes to five receivers, so he’s not getting locked into any one player.

But his completions to Chark have been timely, and not just the two touchdowns.

The long third-quarter completion to Chark was the key play in a drive that ended in a Josh Lambo field goal. In the fourth quarter, Minshew threw a 12-yard pass to Chark on third-and-10, leading to another Lambo three-pointer.

The touchdown pass was on third-and-nine.

“D.J. has been awesome,” Minshew said. “He’s playing with a lot of confidence right now and I have a lot of confidence in him. When he’s playing one-on-one, I’m going to give him his shot.”

The two showed signs of being in tune on deep balls when Minshew had completions of 35 and 69 yards to Chark against Kansas City.

Last week, the two had one pass play of 29 yards.

Chark said the quick start got the crowd behind the team.

“It was exciting … last week [in Houston] was a hostile environment and it was nice to make a good play and hear it,” he said. “We needed this. We were down 0-2, a short turnaround, our field, against a division opponent with some talented guys and we were hungry.”