Titans: Mariota won’t play this weekend against Falcons

But keep in mind that Atlanta still had an opportunity to win the game in the fourth quarter despite turning the ball over multiple times in New Orleans territory and surrendering a touchdown off a blocked punt. Last week, they concluded a five-week stretch that included four home games and a bye with a 10-7 loss at the hands of the Atlanta Falcons.

This is a game the Falcons won, and it’s a game that leaves them with a 6-1 record.

Coach Ken Whisenhunt said there are packages for each running back and that the Titans simply didn’t run any packages for Sankey on Sunday. Watch Atlanta Falcons vs Tennessee Titans live stream online NCAA College Football FOX TV broadcast coverage, live scores, Game Kickoff time & schedule and Radio Commentary info here.

The Falcons weakness is stopping the run. Whatever gives us a chance to win….

The key word here is “contain”, because Jones is too physically talented not to get his fair share of yardage. The game also airs as a live stream online.

This will probably force Coty Sensabaugh out of the nickel position where he’s more comfortable in order to cover Leonard Hankerson.

He quickly signed with the Tennessee Titans.

In his first start of the season (the seventh of his career), the Tennessee Titans quarterback should have had more than the 22 completions he did.

“It’s a combination of missing practice and not quite being there (physically)”, Whisenhunt said.

The Falcons were moving the ball well in an effort to answer Tennessee, but the drive stalled and Atlanta ended up living with a 27-yard field goal by Matt Bryant that made the Titans’ lead 7-3 with 2:31 before halftime. The pass was intended for Falcons tight end Jacob Tamme.

Unfortunately for Tennessee, Mariota isn’t the only key offensive player who will miss the game.

Mariota, the second overall pick in this year’s draft, remained in the game and committed four turnovers before being replaced by Mettenberger for the team’s final possession. “He can really spin it. That’s probably the thing that jumps out the most”. Sadly, touchdowns will still be hard to come by if Tennessee continues to average 10 points per game like they have over the past three weeks.

“Matty Ice” threw a pair of interceptions in the low-scoring affair that could have gone either way.

It’s fair to say that the strategy has run its course, though.

Despite the team’s reluctance to go to him early in the game, Devonta Freeman had himself a day for the fifth consecutive week. I saw both of them. He came in needing 83 yards passing to reach that mark in his 117th game, which he got with a 2-yard pass to Jones midway through the second quarter. “But we’ll go right back to it again tomorrow”.

The Titans may not have a dynamic backfield, but Antonio Andrews and Dexter McCluster have proven to be reliable backs in the system. This isn’t a knock on McCluster, but he’s not a guy who is going to become this team’s featured back. He wasn’t surprised the struggling Titans kept it close.