Mike Mularkey talks Mariota's Growth and Beating Green Bay

After Sunday's monstrous slate of NFL games, one of which was Tennessee's drubbing of the Packers, I talked to Titans head coach Mike Mularkey about his young quarterback Marcus Mariota. We discussed whether Mariota and Dak Prescott are proof that we overrate the idea of a quarterback being less pro-ready if he comes from the college spread offense vs. quarterbacks from more traditional systems. Mularkey explains what beating the Packers means to the team, and if he was surprised by how it went down. He also talks about what he learned from his first two shots at being a head coach, in Buffalo and in Jacksonville, and whether he thought a third shot would ever come his way.
Before that, Emily Kaplan joined me to talk about how it will be nearly impossible to bench Prescott. And later in show, I answer a six pack of your questions from Twitter.
9:00:I’m an idiot. Albert and Emily go over the moments this past week that made them say, well, I’m an idiot.
13:59:Overreactions. Now that the dust has cleared from this past weekend’s NFL and college action, Albert and Emily admit to the games and storylines that made them overreact.
19:40:#Blessed. Albert and Emily talk about players, coaches or teams who have gotten lucky in some way, shape or form.
23:57:Not Having Fun Anymore. Things just aren’t going right for these guys right now.
31:08:On to Cincinnati. Albert and Emily put the past week behind them and look ahead to some important Week 10 matchups.
35:38: Mike Mularkey Interview
56:22: Albert’s Six Pack Questions
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Albert Breer is a senior writer covering the NFL for Sports Illustrated, delivering the biggest stories and breaking news from across the league. He has been on the NFL beat since 2005 and joined SI in 2016. Breer began his career covering the New England Patriots for the MetroWest Daily News and the Boston Herald from 2005 to ’07, then covered the Dallas Cowboys for the Dallas Morning News from 2007 to ’08. He worked for The Sporting News from 2008 to ’09 before returning to Massachusetts as The Boston Globe’s national NFL writer in 2009. From 2010 to 2016, Breer served as a national reporter for NFL Network. In addition to his work at Sports Illustrated, Breer regularly appears on NBC Sports Boston, 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston, FS1 with Colin Cowherd, The Rich Eisen Show and The Dan Patrick Show. A 2002 graduate of Ohio State, Breer lives near Boston with his wife, a cardiac ICU nurse at Boston Children’s Hospital, and their three children.