MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – It’s fair, if super-patient, to say Marcus Mariota needs a bit of time in the new offense to go out and win them games.
It’s also fair to say at the start of his fourth year, he simply cannot lose them. And he played too big of a role, pre-injury, in the Titans'openingn-day, 7-hour and eight-minute undoing against the Dolphins, an ugly 27-20 loss.
Nine completions in 16 attempts for 103 yards with two interceptions and a 36.2 passer rating along with three runs for 15 yards is, to put it mildly, insufficient.
People got fired for their failure to maximize his skills. A system has been built around him. If it’s not all clicking yet, that’s understandable.
But when he’s got Luke Stocker open on a pretty play design he’s got to get it to him quickly and with enough on it that the tight end
