Through five days of Tennessee Titans training camp, rookie quarterback Marcus Mariota has yet to throw an interception.
On Monday, the second overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft went 7-for-15 in combined 7-on-7 and team drills. On Wednesday he had another good outing, completing 8 of 12 passes with no picks, per the Tennessean's Titans' beat reporter John Glennon.
Unsurprisingly, many Titans fans are thrilled with their rookie quarterback's progress. The team won two games last year. In the past five years, Jake Locker, Charlie Whitehurst, Zach Mettenberger, Matt Hasselbeck, Vince Young, and Rusty Smith have all started at quarterback. Titans fans deserve to be excited about Mariota.
Zero interceptions is an impressive feat for Mariota, sure, but five practices into a preseason mean next to nothing — a small sample size rendered even smaller when you consider that teams haven't even finalized their 53-man rosters ... right?
Still, the reports coming out about him from respected NFL reporters are really positive:
Spoke to a Titan who was initially skeptical of Mariota: "He can really spin it. Been looking guys off since Day 1. We got the right one."
— Robert Klemko (@RobertKlemko) August 5, 2015 It can't be overstated how sharp Mariota looks in practice, and that's before you get into a comparison with Mettenberger. Not even close.
— Robert Klemko (@RobertKlemko) August 5, 2015 What's Mariota doing so well? "Throws on point. Spreading balls to different people...gets thru reads. Throws dimes on run & off back foot."
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) August 5, 2015 I haven't watched Titans in person, but I just texted with Titans vet to see how Mariota is coming along. In three words? "Looks damn good."
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) August 5, 2015 If Mariota practices like he has been, expect national hype meter to rise. @SI_PeterKing will be here to check him out. #Titans
— Paul Kuharsky (@PaulKuharskyNFL) August 5, 2015 Some will marvel when a QB isn't throwing picks in camp — Mariota — I hear alarms going off.
— Pete Prisco (@PriscoCBS) August 4, 2015 So Mariota still hasn't thrown a pick. Hmm.
— Pete Prisco (@PriscoCBS) August 5, 2015"The guy's human. He hasn’t single-handedly rescued the Titans franchise just yet. Can we wait a couple of weeks before naming him MVP of Super Bowl 50?"
"It’s a little premature to commission a bust of Mariota for Canton. It’s a disservice to someone who won’t turn 22 until the seventh game of his first NFL season. Give him a little room to breathe and time to grow."
Mark Helfrich was told by a head coach & GM before NFL Draft that “Marcus Mariota not having any red flags was a red flag” #NFLthinking
— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) July 29, 2015Join the conversation about this story »
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