Brady listed as questionable for Sunday vs Titans

After losing two straight games for the first time since Weeks 2 and 3 of the 2012 season, the New England Patriots rebounded at Houston last week to defeat the Texans, 27-6.

Suffice it to say, the Patriots should waltz their way to a relatively easy victory on Sunday afternoon at Gillette Stadium. While Mariota will surely lack the experience to be able to pick apart the New England defense, he’s athletic enough to make plays. Offensively it’s an explosive group – [Delanie] Walker, [Harry] Douglas, [Dorial] Green-Beckham, [Marcus] Mariota.

“If you do that, you’re going to get yourself embarrassed”, Mularkey said.

Another interesting aspect of today’s game will be how the Patriots look to replace their most recent injured starter LeGarrette Blount.

The Patriots aren’t thinking about the future, however. Being one of the league’s best teams, the Patriots will be happy to host one of the league’s worst teams, the Tennessee Titans. (He was hit 32 times in the previous three outings.) The Titans have 35 sacks this season, tied for the seventh most, and linebackers Brian Orakpo (seven) and Wesley Woodyard (five) are complemented by defensive tackle Jurrell Casey (six) in the pass rush. “He’s done a great job for our team when he’s been in there. They’re very disruptive, hard to block, experienced guys in the secondary – they really know what they’re doing and cause a lot of problems”, Belichick added. And he has excelled in the past after battling illnesses, notably in the 2004 AFC Championship Game in Pittsburgh and, to a lesser extent, last February for Super Bowl XLIX.

This upcoming matchup provides an opportunity of a much needed win for the New England Patriots. Tennessee Titans scored 31.5 points compared to allowed 19.3 points with point differential of 12.3.

Dick LeBeau now faces the Patriots again with a rebuilding defense that is already rising while the rest of the team is hoping to rise. Tennessee Titans rank at 8 for 118.4 road rushing yards where as New England Patriots rank at 1 for allowing 71.0 rushing yards at home.