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Pickers mailbag: Best player available, GM timetables, stadium plans and trade values

Pickers mailbag: Best player available, GM timetables, stadium plans and trade values

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Welcome to the end of a busy week during which we've dug into Marcus Mariota's injuries and discussed the Oilers' jerseys.

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Members can access a Periscope and Facebook Live broadcast I did Friday with Gree Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur where we discussed his new job and his old one and many of you got to ask questions.

On to the mailbag.

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Amy Adams Strunk replies to J.J. Watt, DeAndre Hopkins pleas for Oilers' throwbacks

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- J.J. Watt has a uniform dream he knows will not come true. But as a fan of the game who’s studied his home city’s NFL “Luv Ya Blue” era, he dreams of wearing Oilers’ throwbacks just once.DeAndre Hopkins, Houston Oilers Uniform

I recently saw a tweet I thought was semi-recent, so I brought it up with Amy Adams Strunk at the owners' meetings in Phoenix. Then when I got to work on this post I discovered the Watt tweet was actually brought up in conversation but was originally from March of 2018.

This morning, DeAndre Hopkins sent out the picture above on Instagram and said, "Who would like to see this?"

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Mike Vrabel's philosophy on sticking with the game plan

Mike Vrabel's philosophy on sticking with the game plan

PHOENIX – Not long ago the Titans had an offensive coordinator in Terry Robiskie who inarguably was over-committed to sticking with the game plan. He spoke of calling the same unsuccessful run over and over because he was sure it would eventually break.ArizonaBiltmore

Wednesday at the NFL Annual Meeting, Mike Vrabel talked about seeing a game plan through in a different way, and I found it perhaps the most interesting thing we discussed in his hour session with the media over breakfast.

It came up not long after Bill Belichick walked by and said hello on the way to his table as things kicked off from all 32 coaches and it spun off of a question about the skill of a quarterback avoiding injury that produced the post before this one.

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Amy Adams Strunk: 'New stadium has not been on my radar yet'

Amy Adams Strunk: 'New stadium has not been on my radar yet'

PHOENIX -- The Tennessee Titans are about to play their 21st season in what's now Nissan Stadium and they are not thinking about a replacement for the building that's been their home field since 1999.

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Amy Adams Strunk said at the NFL owners' meetings that she'd not thinking about the end of the team's 30-year lease and that the team continues to focus on improving the venue, which she knows has some issues.

Here's what she told me about her stadium stance when we chatted at the Arizona Biltmore just before the conclusion of the meetings on Thursday.

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Amy Adams Strunk likes Marcus Mariota as franchise QB but expects wait on contract talks

Amy Adams Strunk likes Marcus Mariota as franchise QB but expects wait on contract talks

PHOENIX -- Amy Adams Stunk said during a break before a final vote on rule changes at Tuesday's session of the NFL Annual Meeting that she thinks the Titans have their franchise quarterback.IMG 0338

She expects a healthier Marcus Mariota, surrounded by some better players, to prove it in 2019.

But that doesn't mean the team will be talking with the No. 2 pick from the 2015 draft about a second contract before his fifth season. [Unlocked]

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Can Titans help Marcus Mariota become more skilled at avoiding injury?

Can Titans help Marcus Mariota become more skilled at avoiding injury?

PHOENIX – Rodger Saffold and a new, to be determined right guard, will help. As will Adam Humphries, a reliable, underneath target.

But beyond other guys on offense, in a giant year for Marcus Mariota, he needs to find ways to stay healthier to be productive for the Titans and to put himself in position to earn a new contract. MariotaGettingSacked1Jets

After chronicling Mariota's 2018 injuries, I asked Mike Vrabel and a few other coaches at the NFL Annual Meeting if there is a skill to staying healthy as an NFL quarterback.

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Marcus Mariota was more injured than we knew in 2018

Marcus Mariota was more injured than we knew in 2018

PHOENIX, Ariz.  – Marcus Mariota’s 2018 injury list was even worse than we thought, I’ve learned.

The ulnar nerve issue in his throwing arm that started when he got stepped on opening day in Miami and left him with a tingly hand was the first big one. He missed two starts with that, though he played in the second one.Dazed Marcus Mariota, Tennessee Titans

The neck stinger suffered in Indianapolis on Nov. 18 and then reaggravated in Week 16 in Washington that cost him the crucial Week 17 game against the Colts was the second.

He also suffered a cracked vertebra, presumably with the initial stinger. [Unlocked]

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Jon Robinson expects draft, health to influence decision on Jack Conklin's option

Jon Robinson expects draft, health to influence decision on Jack Conklin's option

PHOENIX – The Titans are a long way off from making a decision on Jack Conklin’s fifth-year option.

The Titans have until May 3 to tell Conklin if it will pay him a $12.866 million base salary in 2020, which would amount to a $10.249 million raise.ConklinJaguars

At the NFL Annual Meeting at the Arizona Biltmore, Jon Robinson said variables that will factor into it are still unknown.

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