Marcus Mariota won't play vs. Falcons in Week 7

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Marcus Mariota won't play vs. Falcons in Week 7 - A knee injury  maintains  Marcus Mariota  towards  sideline  throughout  Week 7, meaning Zach Mettenberger  will be the  starting quarterback  for its  Tennessee Titans  with  Sunday against  your own  Atlanta Falcons,  your current   office  announced  at  Friday.

Mariota, 21, suffered  ones  injury  with   a good  controversial hit  by  Olivier Vernon  This  earned  a great  15-yard penalty.  right after   ones  38-10 loss  to the  Miami Dolphins, Titans head coach Ken Whisenhunt spoke out against  your own  hit  AS WELL AS  said  The idea   am   a great  "bulls***" attempt  to help  injure  your current  rookie.

After 466 yards,  6  touchdowns  ALONG WITH   no  interceptions  inside  his  first   two  starts, Mariota came back  down   to  Earth  within  three touchdowns  AND ALSO   5  interceptions  within  his  then  three games. He  additionally  leads  ones  NFL  in   all 5  fumbles,  such as   sole  against  ones  Dolphins  This  didn't even feature contact  coming from   the  defender.

The No.  a couple of   Pick out   in the  2015 NFL Draft dealt  throughout  knee  AND ALSO  shoulder injuries  in the course of  his  time   through the  Oregon Ducks,  by which  he won  your current  Heisman Trophy  as being a  junior  with  2014  previous  declaring  for its  Draft, but never missed  virtually any   of an  team's 41 games  although  he  feel   ones  starter.

Zach Mettenberger  AND ALSO  Charlie Whitehurst,  ones  team's No.  two   AND  No.  2  quarterbacks  to the  depth chart, each had  date   In the same way  starters  due to the  Titans  in  2014  while in   the  2-14 season. Mettenberger had  ten  touchdowns  AND   8  interceptions  within   half a dozen  starts  before  his season ended  having a  shoulder injury,  even though  Whitehurst had  8  touchdowns  IN ADDITION TO   2  interceptions  with   all 5  starts.