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Marcus Mariota
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, Washington Commanders

Age: 31
Weight: 222 lbs
Height: 6' 4"
College: Oregon

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Depth Chart Ranking: 2

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19.7	203	2	0	36

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Titansonline.com

Aug 26, 2015 · 10:00 AM EDT

Titans tight end Delanie Walker can finally give a thumbs up when talking about returning to action.

Walker will make his preseason debut Friday night at Kansas City after missing the first two preseason games with an injured thumb. Walker needed 12 stitches to repair an injury earlier in camp.

He’ll get a chance to play in a game with quarterback Marcus Mariota for the first time.

“You always want to get to the regular season, but it’s good to practice and work the rust off, and I haven’t gotten the opportunity to play with Marcus yet, so I am looking forward to that,’’ Walker said. “Marcus is playing great.

“I’m looking forward to being out there with my teammates.”

Fantasy Impact:

The story went on to say Walker, heading into his 10th NFL season, isn’t quite 100 percent. He’s been practicing with a small protective cast on the thumb area, and the device has forced him to catch the ball a little differently.

TitansOnline.com

Aug 17, 2015 · 9:25 AM EDT

The bottom line is Zach Mettenberger looked sharp in his 25 snaps against the Falcons. He completed 8-of-11 passes for 129 yards in relief of starter Marcus Mariota, including a 30-yard touchdown pass to receiver Rico Richardson. His passer rating was 104.0.

Mettenberger’s 2014 season was cut short because of a right shoulder injury, which caused him to miss the final three games after making six starts. The second-year quarterback rehabbed the shoulder at the end of last season and during the offseason, and said he feels good throwing the football.

Fantasy Impact:

Unfortunately for Mettenberger, he'll be behind the rookie Mariota. Mariota offers more fantasy upside because of his legs, even though both would play behind an offensive line that struggled last season.

Marcus Mariota could help Titans run game

ESPN

Aug 11, 2015 · 6:41 PM EDT

When Vince Young was quarterbacking the Tennessee Titans they were generally a good running team.

The threat of Young as a runner helped open things up for Chris Johnson and others.

Could Marcus Mariota have a similar effect on the Titans current crop of running backs, likely to work as a committee? The Titans certainly hope that as they look for an improved running game.

They average 4.1 yards per carry and 90.4 yards a game a year ago, when they ultimately turned to the immobile Zach Mettenberger as their starter.

Fantasy Impact:

Defenses have to be prepared for Mariota to take off at any time, with a designed running play, a zone read play, a bootleg that may turn into a run or a scramble. When a defense is working against an immobile signal-caller, it can neglect him as a run threat. That could be good news for Bishop Sankey, who was expected to make more of an impact than he did last year. The Titans O-line also struggled, which didn't help. Sankey is ranked just 40th on our list of RBs and is available as late as the ninth round in drafts.

ESPN

Aug 10, 2015 · 8:52 PM EDT

The Tennessee Titans didn't start using a play clock much until last week but it's fully fired up now for Marcus Mariota and the offense as they get closer to Friday night’s preseason opener in Atlanta.

Monday also featured a lot less scripting. Only two of six or seven offensive periods followed preordained scripts. The rest of the work was on-the-fly reaction to play calls from Ken Whisenhunt.

"I think the hardest thing for him right now is there is no real call sheet," Whisenhunt said of his rookie quarterback. "When we get to a game, and just from the time I've been around him, the way he operates, he'll know those cold. So most of the time once you start to say the play, he'll be able to pick it up.

In his ninth practice, Mariota was 10-for-20 without an interception. He had a couple poor incompletions, had balls batted down by Brian Orakpo and Ropati Pitoitua, and threw a couple passes away.

The Titans offense didn't do great work on all the situational stuff.