This week has been a roller coaster of emotions for Titans fans this week. Coming off the devastating — on pretty much every level — loss in Miami, there was some initial cause for optimism when quarterback Marcus Mariota was a full participant in Wednesday’s practice and head coach Mike Vrabel seemed generally positive about the prospects of him being ready to go by Sunday’s critical home opener against the Houston Texans.
However, on Thursday Mariota was downgraded to limited participation in practice and by Friday he was still limited and Vrabel was saying things like “we expect both quarterbacks to play against Houston”.