Titans QB Ryan Tannehill in walking boot after beating Colts

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan Tannehill got up, then quickly realized he couldn't get back to the Tennessee huddle fast enough and went back down to the ground.

The quarterback who hasn't missed a start since taking over as the Titans' starter needed a play off Sunday after the first play of the fourth quarter. Then Tannehill finished off a 19-10 victory over the Indianapolis Colts before going to the locker room for treatment and a walking boot for his aching right ankle.

“It doesn’t feel great,” Tannehill said of his ankle. "Yeah, I had to battle through it there at the end. Sometimes it comes with the territory, right? I’m going to be out there if I can at all possible. So I’m going to do everything I can do this week to get it right and feeling best I can for Sunday.”

Tannehill was hurt on a 3-yard pass to Mason Kinsey to start the fourth quarter. Rookie Malik Willis replaced the 11-year veteran with a handoff that set up the third of Randy Bullock's four field goals for a 16-7 lead.

The Titans quarterback walked to the sideline with a limp, then went into the blue medical tent where he was examined and taped up. When the Titans stopped the Colts on a three-and-out, Tannehill put on his helmet and stepped onto the field to test his ankle moving around. He also tossed a couple of passes.

Then he went back to work. There was a fumble three plays later near midfield on a handoff to Willis on an end-around that wound up credited to Tannehill. But the Tennessee defense limited the Colts to a field goal.

Tannehill threw only two more passes, the biggest a 19-yarder to Austin Hooper on a bobbling catch on third-and-6 that helped set up Bullock's fourth field goal for the final margin.

Tannehill was 13 of 20 for 132 yards