NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- When he threw deep for Harry Douglas from 36 yards out and was intercepted, Zach Mettenberger shouldn’t have even been looking to that as an option.
A pre-snap read of the coverage should have steered the Tennessee Titans second-year quarterback elsewhere, interim coach Mike Mularkey said.
It dictated he check the ball down and take what the Patriots' defense was offering.
But the situation served up a bigger question: How does a young player with a special arm find the territory between trusting it too much and still giving himself a chance to make special throws?