Matiscik returned for an eventful and emotional second half, with he and Cooke both called for unnecessary roughness during a multiplayer altercation following a 49-yard fourth-quarter punt by Cooke.
Titans safety Mike Brown, who had been called for roughing the kicker on Cooke’s first punt following Matiscik’s third-quarter return, was disqualified following the fourth-quarter altercation.
“It was eventful,” Cooke said. “You play football long enough, football stuff happens.”
Matiscik called Cooke “my guy,” adding “Anytime you see him in the scrum, I got his back. Saw him in the middle of it and had to intervene. I’m not going to say it’s fun, but I have his back. I just kind of ran in there trying to get my guy out of the mix. What happened happened. Not necessarily proud of it, but [Cooke]’s my guy and I have his back ’til the end.”
Coen said Matiscik and Cooke on Sunday “had an edge, for sure.”
“There were some frustrations that were being built up with them rushing us the way they were with the long-snapper issue, and we thought we maybe were roughed or potentially roughed at one point,” Coen said. “Proud of those guys for competing, but we’ve got to continue to be smarter.”