[Senator Clay Davis]

If you could get Mariota signed for around $15 million a year, I'd be interested in him. But at $25 million+ a year, which is the market rate for a mid-level QB, he holds virtually no appeal. It's only a matter of time, with the advantages of paying the rookie QB scale, that a team walks away from a guy who might be a franchise guy (but is more likely a Tannehill) to go back into the pool and draft another QB. Mariota (but really moreso Winston) seem like ideal candidates, but GMs are more afraid of what ifs than anything, so they'll both get contracts their teams will regret by year 2.