nine Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 I don’t read anything into the day of rest for Mariota. Occam’s razor. However...I can absolutely see Tannehill outplaying Mariota in preseason. And if Marcus gets off to a slow start and the coaches feel Tannehill gives the team the better chance of winning, they’ll give him that opportunity sooner rather than later. prometheus, and OILERMAN 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 1 hour ago, OILERMAN said: Davis in the unquestioned best WR on the roster Mariota isn’t the unquestionable best player at his position Everyone knows how this story ends So graceful how you skate all around @nine's point there... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big2033 Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) I'm honestly leaning towards this being absolutely nothing. But it's funny watching everything burn ... Watching the troll'ing from the "hate Mariota" side and watching the insecurities from the "Mariota just needs help!" side come out. Edited August 6, 2019 by big2033 reo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post reo Posted August 6, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 1 minute ago, big2033 said: I'm honestly leaning towards this being absolutely nothing. But it's funny watching everything burn ... Watching the troll'ing from the "hate Mariota" side and watching the insecurities from the "Mariota just needs help!" side come out. It's going to get worse though as Tanny has a chance to look great vs teams 2nd and 3rd string in the preseason. No1TitansFan, Mythos27, big2033, and 5 others 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzyeddie Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 3 hours ago, BudAdams said: The physical demands in TC for everyone not in a red jersey are far different than for the QB that's off limits from any real contact. You could be a 100% right but if so it's dumb. If anyone across the league needs tons of QB reps with the 1st team, it's Mariota. Typically, it's the veteran QB at the end of their career that gets the day off. Like Brady the other day. The more explainable scenario is that they wanted Tannehill to get some 1st team reps and doing so with Mariota fully participating would get plenty of attention given what a big question mark #8 is. there is no way to avoid the attention that will be gotten when Tannehill gets reps with the 1s...people are foaming at the mouth about this shit. It just doesn't seem like something Vrabel would do and I'm sure there are plenty of other ways to get Tannehill time with the 1s that wouldn't draw attention. cant they take the shit in the bubble? Mariota getting time off doesn't really make sense...I get that..but teams have changed how they do things and it could point to his job in jeopardy or the fact that his job isn't in jeopardy. who the fuck knows. Handling the situation this way really doesn't make sense either...Vrabel can say whatever he wants after practice. Saying he wanted to see Tannehill with the 1s in the 2 minute really isn't that big of a deal. He doesn't have to hide shit or try to fool people nor would he. I guess if it is what he is doing and trying to somehow cleverly try to see what Tannehill has without hurting Mariota's feelings or his fans then it would seem to me we got more issues than what I thought. We got a bad QB and obviously some weird power struggle going on with JRob vs Vrabel or them 2 vs Amy or something weird going on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huston Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 The dude missed a playoff game with multiple injuries we didn't even know about, a day off is understandable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryBoats Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 Whatever, I'm just ready for football. Hopefully the controversy during PS is about who is more awesome, as opposed to who sucks less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzyeddie Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 by all accounts there is no controversy...everyone just wants it for some reason which is pretty obvious. No1TitansFan, and prometheus 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reo Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 4 hours ago, BudAdams said: The more explainable scenario is that they wanted Tannehill to get some 1st team reps and doing so with Mariota fully participating would get plenty of attention given what a big question mark #8 is. They obviously wanted to get Tanny a few first team reps. It's the assumptions as to reasoning behind it that's the issue. Thankfully nothing anyone around here thinks really matters in the slightest. TitanDuckFan, and No1TitansFan 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big2033 Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 27 minutes ago, reo said: It's going to get worse though as Tanny has a chance to look great vs teams 2nd and 3rd string in the preseason. Beautiful lol. reo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dinx81 Posted August 6, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 If Mariota plays 3 quarters it’s because he needs the reps, if he plays one series it’s because they want to see what Tannehill can do. Im already expecting that debate. Mythos27, No1TitansFan, bizzyeddie, and 3 others 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reo Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, Dinx81 said: If Mariota plays 3 quarters it’s because he needs the reps, if he plays one series it’s because they want to see what Tannehill can do. Im already expecting that debate. And in the end it doesn't matter. If MM plays well and stays healthy then he probably gets extended. And fans that dislike him will go quiet until he falters again. At which point they'll come out of the woodwork. That'll continue until he finally does retire or move on then they claim victory and/or vindication no matter how long it takes bc they "always knew". If he's doesn't do either than they explore other options after the season. prometheus 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 9 minutes ago, reo said: And fans that dislike him will go quiet EagleEye, and GLinks 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschool Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 Mariota needs reps period. Acting like he doesn't is beyond stupid. Is this nothing? Probably but when your job hangs in the balance all the nothings start to add up. EagleEye, pat, and Yoshimitsu 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudsOilers Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 I think most look at preseason through realistic glasses. There's little to no game planning. Each team has their own agenda on how long to play first teamers. PSG3 is traditionally the closest scenario to a real game but even then some teams are just saying we are not playing our key guys at all. Goff and Gurley literally didn't take a snap in preseason last year for LA. The key is to get out of the preseason healthy while hopefully creating scenarios for the guys trying to make the team to show what they can do. I'd expect us to see 90% of the snaps by Woodside at QB anyway. I cannot see the Titans putting either Mariota or Tannehill in harms way knowing the QB situation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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