Is Marcus Mariota’s Recent Success a Sign of Things to Come for Young QB?

October 17, 2016   ·   Justis Mosqueda   ·   Jump to comments

When Tennessee Titans general manager Ruston Webster and head coach Ken Whisenhunt took Marcus Mariota with the second overall pick in the 2015 NFL draft, they banked on him being the future face of the franchise. If not, they would have traded that pick, as there were apparent suitors, with NFL Networks' Ian Rapoport claiming that Chip Kelly's Philadelphia Eagles offered two first-round picks, a third-round pick, defensive lineman Fletcher Cox, cornerback Brandon Boykin, linebacker Mychal Kendricks and "more."
One year later, Webster, Whisenhunt and Kelly, Mariota's former head coach at the University of Oregon, were all displaced from their jobs, while Cox signed a new contract worth over $100 million and Boykin landed on the Chicago Bears' injured reserve list, the third team he's been with since his stint in Philadelphia.
In the NFL, it's hard to find a constant with so many moving parts. One thing hasn't changed, though: Mariota is still being looked at as the ...

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