Titans can talk around it, but Marcus Mariota knows he's not close to good enough right now
GLENDALE, Ariz. – The knee injury Marcus Mariota suffered on an awkward slide in the first quarter didn’t cause a big reaction from the trainers and didn’t cost him a snap.
Maybe it was a significant factor in his poor performance, maybe not.
Either way, a quarterback who looked poised after his first two seasons to emerge as a true franchise guy has fallen well short of the mark this year, and Sunday’s 12-7 loss to the Cardinals showed us that again.
A .516 completion percentage, two interceptions and no touchdowns gave him a 39.6 passer rating, his worst of the season by almost 13 points.
“I’m pissed off,” he also said. “That’s all. We just lost.”
He also offered this telling assessment:
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