DeAndre Hopkins
Photo courtesy of the Tennessee TitansMason Rudolph’s first start for the Titans was much like his team’s overall performance.
He looked pretty good for the first half of Tennessee’s 34-10 loss to Buffalo and pretty bad during most of the second half.
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