4. Marcus Mariota
The Titans benched Marcus Mariota in favor of Ryan Tannehill and still haven’t looked back. Mariota moved on after a year spending two seasons with the Raiders backing up Derek Carr before getting his chance at redemption with Atlanta. With a rookie quarterback on the bench behind him and playing in front of a porous offensive line Mariota is going to be under a fair amount of pressure from week one.
Not only is he attempting to hold off a rookie quarterback he will be attempting to replace a franchise icon in Matt Ryan. A tall order for a quarterback hasn’t accomplished a lot as a starter in this league.
There is a chance he has improved and will prove himself to be a starter in this league. There is also the chance that he has regressed sitting on the bench and will be a worse version of the player he was with the Titans. No question Mariota is going to have to play for not only his job this season but play for a contributing role in the league proving he still has something left for a team who hasn’t given him all that much to work with this season.