The Sixers' president promised his petulant point guard nothing and the Eagles find a promising young backup QB. Now, if they can just get rid of the old one ...
The Mariota Mirage
Somehow, Eagles backup Marcus Mariota has managed to become the most unpopular player in town before taking a real snap, thanks to his stunning ineptness and the grace and poise of rookie Tanner McKee. How bad has he been? His preseason passer rating in two games is 56.3. This should come as no surprise, considering he has been benched twice in the past four seasons in Tennessee, Las Vegas, and Atlanta, with a combined passer rating of 89.1.backups, most of whom have less than one-third the experience Mariota has as an eight-year veteran. He should be cooking them. Instead, he has thrown for 144 yards and an interception.That makes no sense.Mariota has been in the NFL for eight seasons.
The Eagles valued Mariota’s mobility and experience, which would make him a more seamless replacement for mobile starter Jalen Hurts, so they gave him a $5 million deal — but most of that was in bonus dollars. If the Eagles cut him tomorrow, all that any team claiming him would owe is just $1.165 million in salary.For whatever it’s worth, McKee reminds you a lot of Nick Foles.
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