Marcus Mariota said after Sunday’s loss that he was “pissed.” He was short and not so sweet in his postgame press conference.

On Wednesday, after a lecture from his mother, the Titans quarterback apologized for being “rude and inappropriate.”

“Real quick, I want to say I am sorry for the way I handled the press conference,” Mariota said, via Paul Kuharsky of paulkuharsky.com. “I know not everybody that was there is here. But I was rude and inappropriate, and I just want to say I apologize for it.

“It’s funny, because I got an earful from my mom. That’s how I was raised; I appreciate you guys.”

Mariota sprained his left knee in the first half against the Cardinals. He completed 16 of 31 passes for 159 yards with two interceptions.

Mariota was a full participant in Wednesday’s practice and deemed himself “good.”