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5 potential landing spots for Marcus Mariota in 2020

By Brad Berreman

DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 13: Marcus Mariota #8 of the Tennessee Titans stands on the field during player warm ups before a game against the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High on October 13, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 13: Marcus Mariota #8 of the Tennessee Titans stands on the field during player warm ups before a game against the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High on October 13, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images) /
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3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Buccaneers had a decision to make with the No. 1 pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, and they chose Jameis Winston. Like Mariota, the aforementioned No. 2 pick in that draft by the Titans, Winston is playing out the fifth year option on his rookie contract this year and is absolutely not going to be back in Tampa Bay next year. With the increased benefit of hindsight, Tampa Bay needed a young quarterback and was stuck making a decision between two options who were questionable for very different reasons.

For the rest of this season, with only Ryan Griffin and his zero career regular season snaps currently behind Winston on the depth chart, Buccaneers’ head coach Bruce Arians knows he is stuck with his erratic starting quarterback. But a reset under center is coming for 2020, perhaps with a rookie and an experienced veteran in tandem as Arians surely won’t want to commit to a rebuild.

It would be some level of epic trolling on Tampa Bay’s part to, at least theoretically, immediately replace Winston with Mariota. But as they look for veteran options at quarterback next March, Mariota will stand out to some degree.

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