NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Indianaplis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri set an NFL record for consecutive field goals made as he kicked a pair of field goals Sunday to extend his streak to 43.

Vinatieri’s 33-yard field goal in the third quarter against the Tennessee Titans broke the record set by former Colts kicker Mike Vanderjagt, who made 42 straight between 2002 and 2004.

Vinatieri, the NFL’s oldest player at age 43, hasn’t missed a field goal since Sept. 21, 2015, against the Jets.

BROWNS: Cody Kessler suffered a concussion during the second quarter of a 31-17 loss to Cincinnati, forcing Cleveland to use its sixth quarterback in seven games this season.

Kessler was replaced by Kevin Hogan, an undrafted rookie from Stanford.

“The luck’s just not swinging our way,” Coach Hue Jackson said. “We’re not getting those breaks right now.”

GIANTS: Annie Apple, the mother of rookie cornerback Eli Apple, took the team and its co-owner to task in an article for SI.com on Sunday over their handling of domestic abuser Josh Brown.

In the post titled “Why I cannot stay silent after John Mara’s callous comments about domestic violence,” Apple detailed an abusive relationship with Eli Apple’s biological father, which ended before Eli was born.

“The comments made by John Mara, owner of the New York Giants, were insensitive, dismissive and callous,” Apple wrote. “How are you a so-called champion of domestic violence but lack basic compassion for a victim? Yes, this man signs my son’s checks as I’ve been reminded on Twitter. Mr. Mara owns the New York Giants. He doesn’t own Annie Apple. Wrong is wrong. And Mr. Mara’s comments were unapologetically wrong and hit at a raw place.”

She was referring in particular to Mara’s statement in a radio interview Thursday after newly released documents showed that Brown admitted to abusing his wife, Molly, over a period of years. In the interview, Mara said the Giants were aware that Brown was abusive before re-signing the kicker in the offseason.

“He admitted to us he’d abused his wife in the past,” Mara said. “What’s a little unclear is the extent of that.”

The article, coupled with a Twitter rant against Mara and the Giants earlier in the week, could make things awkward for the Giants’ first-round pick. Annie Apple has a large social media following and is a contributor to both Sports Illustrated and ESPN, so there was always a danger of her commenting on something regarding the Giants or her son. Eli Apple seemed prepared for that.

“I know she’s very vocal about that type of situation and that topic is very important to her, so I can understand where she’s coming from,” Eli Apple said after the Giants’ 17-10 win over the Rams.

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