Last weekend, the Tennessee Titans found a way to win with Blaine Gabbert to close out the game. It was an important victory vs the Washington Redskins. Mariota left the game in the second quarter and watched his team win 25-16 on the road. As the NFL Playoff race winds down this week, it is a simple equation for both the Titans and the team they face in Week 17, the Indianapolis Colts.
Win and you are in, Lose and you go home.
The injury Marcus Mariota sustained was a thumb injury that went further. He spoke on a local radio show in Nashville on Wednesday, “It was one of those deals where it kind of crunched, and basically sent my whole right side numb and tingly,” Mariota said of the play that knocked him out of the game.