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Mariota injury forced Titans to alter schemes

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Marcus Mariota's mobility was limited for much of Saturday's 35-14 loss to the New England Patriots because of a strained quad.

Mariota suffered the injury on a first-quarter run, according to Titans coach Mike Mularkey.

"It had an impact, obviously," Mularkey said. "We had to get out of some of our scheme we had with him, some of our zone scheme."

Mariota didn't use his injury as an excuse, saying after the game that "everybody plays with something." He was visibly upset, however, and said he was "embarrassed.