NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Watch the Tennessee Titans offense during a TV timeout and you’ll find 11 guys on the field close together, ready to huddle.
Eleven without a quarterback.
While Marcus Mariota visits with coaches on the sideline to sort out whatever needs sorting out, the Titans put the people on the field intending to complicate things for a defense.
“We have a mode during TV timeouts, we put 11 players in the huddle without Marcus," coach Mike Mularkey said in a long chat with The Midday 180. "When you do that, you put 11 guys in the huddle, you’ve got three different personnel groupings.