With anticipation high and expectations even higher, Marcus Mariota makes his NFL preseason debut for the Titans on Friday night in Atlanta.
Savor it, Titans fans. This could be a defining moment for a franchise in desperate need of a savior at quarterback.
Don’t blink. For all the attention focused on Mariota, the 2014 Heisman Trophy winner and the No. 2 overall pick in the NFL draft, his professional coming-out party at the Georgia Dome figures to be little more than a cameo appearance.
It is standard operating procedure in the NFL for first-teamers to trade their helmets for caps before the end of the first quarter and watch the rest of the preseason opener from the sideline.