NFL: Tennessee Titans v Jacksonville Jaguars

The Tennessee Titans are right down to third-string quarterbacks Charlie Whitehurst for their visit to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday night.

Jake Locker was placed on injured save on Monday within the wake of maintaining a shoulder hurt in Monday's 16-11 defeated to the New York Jets whereas kid Zach Mettenberger was lost previous within the season with a shoulder injury of his own.

Whitehurst went 10/24 for 203 yards in facilitate of Locker against the Jets but wasn't able to designer a touchdown because the Titans slipped to 2-12, that is tied for the foremost passing terrible record within the NFL.

""I like Charlie and what he is meted out. He began against Jacksonville the last time and competes a very tight match." Titans head coach Ken Wisenhunt

Jordan Palmer, relation of Arizona quarterback Carson, has been marked by Tennessee to travel down Whitehurst.

Whitehurst encompasses an 84.9 passer rating whereas going 1-2 as a starter this season, therewith solitary triumph advancing 16-14 over Jacksonville on October 12.

Titans head mentor Ken Wisenhunt is bound Whitehurst, who completed 17 of 28 for 233 yards against the Jaguars in this match, will lead Tennessee to a variety of their AFC South adversaries.

Jacksonville have injury issues of their own heading into the match as their newcomer signal-guest William Blake Bortles is making an attempt to be slot in the wake of spraining his right foot against port on Sunday.

Bortles is formally recorded as "sketchy" and head coach Gus Bradley says he are place through some pregame skillfulness tests to focus his enjoying standing.

With each teams getting into the match tied for the NFL's most passing terrible record at 2-12, pride is all that's stake during this match.

The Titans can decide second at the terribly least within the 2015 draft on the off probability that they lose their staying 2 recreations which would guarantee them an endeavor at the 2 passing evaluated quarterbacks anticipated that may be accessible.

Jacksonville aren't anticipated that may be within the business for a quarterback within the wake of drafting Bortles third general a year past, but the previous UCF champion possesses the NFL's second-most passing awful passer rating at seventy.6.

Watch the Titans tackle the Jaguars live, from 1:25 AM local time.