Marcus Mariota's rehab timetable set

Terrible news for the franchise quarterback for the Tennessee Titans. Marcus Mariota fractured his fibula (ankle) against the Jaguars. Former NFL head team doctor, Dr. Davis J. Chao, weighed in on the rehab for #8 Related Articles Bengals receive credit for their thievery from the 2026 NFL Draft thanks to genius late-round pick 11 hours ago […]

Zach Bingham

Dec 24, 2016 5:07 PM EST

Terrible news for the franchise quarterback for the Tennessee Titans. Marcus Mariota fractured his fibula (ankle) against the Jaguars.

Former NFL head team doctor, Dr. Davis J. Chao, weighed in on the rehab for #8

Confirmed fibula fracture, but the bigger issues is the complete syndesmotic ligament tear.#MarcusMariota will need surgery, out 6 months. https://t.co/MkD5RoouVn
— David J. Chao – ProFootballDoc (@ProFootballDoc) December 24, 2016

By video, the only way the fibula breaks is the syndesomotic ligament tears first. No sources, but my @NFL medical experience. https://t.co/noas31reX5
— David J. Chao – ProFootballDoc (@ProFootballDoc) December 24, 2016