Mariota’s right knee injury not believed serious

Mularkey said the Titans haven’t ruled out Mariota for the rest of the season, however.

– For the season, Mariota has a QB rating of 91.5 as he has passed for 2,818 yards, 10 inteceptions and 19 touchdowns.

Walker broke the Titans’ franchise record for receiving yards by a tight end (935 yards) and catches by a tight end (76 catches).After Mariota was 3 of 6 for 32 yards, Mettenberger was 20 of 28 for 242 yards and two interceptions.

“I wanted to go back in right away”, said Mariota, who was more concerned with the stability of his knee than the pain. They made it 14-0 when Chandler Jones strip-sacked Mariota at the Tennessee 17; Hicks chased the ball and knocked it into the end zone before falling on it for the touchdown.

“I wish we could execute like we did on the first drive for the entire game”, Brady said.

“It’s tough but Mett came in and did a great job”, said running back David Cobb. He then jogged up and down the sideline both forward and back and seemed to be ready to return as Zach Mettenberger took over the offense. On the day he finished 23-for-25 for 267 passing yards and two touchdowns. The biggest special teams play of the game was a 75-yard kickoff return by wide receiver Keshawn Martin that set up New England’s second touchdown. Running backs Dion Lewis and LeGarrette Blount are among those lost for the season.

“He will be out this week and evaluated again at the start of next week, and see where he’s at with that, ” Mularkey said of Mariota. An issue seems like a given since Mariota just got hurt, which suggests Mularkey’s squeezing in a last bit of gamesmanship before his ride as the interim coach in Tennessee comes to an end.

And it’s especially good after a Broncos loss that ensures the Patriots will get a first-round bye in this year’s playoffs. If nothing else, thanks to how things played out Sunday, they can at least know that they’ll have time to get guys healthy when they start playing games that will decide whether or not they’ll be able to repeat as champs in February.

Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes en route to a 33-16 Patriots win over the Titans Sunday afternoon.

Mariota, the No. 2 pick in the 2015 draft out of OR, sprained his left knee in the Titans’ Oct. 18 loss to Miami on an illegal hit by Olivier Vernon.