...Following a historic performance in his NFL debut on Sunday, Mariota has quickly become one of the league’s hot topics.
Chances are, Mariota never tuned in. He was back at work Monday morning, a day after throwing for 209 yards and four touchdowns in Sunday’s 42-14 win over the Buccaneers.
“We had to lift weights first thing, and Marcus was in there back squatting, doing the trap bar deadlift, doing the things that quarterbacks don’t normally do,’’ receiver
Harry Douglas said. “
The guy’s a worker. I mean, that is one way I knew he was different from the beginning. When we came the first day we had lifting in the offseason, he was doing heavy weights. I said, ‘See, he’s a different guy.’ But you love that about him, man. If you are in the weight room and your quarterback is doing stuff like that, it makes you want to go 100 percent even more for him.
“Marcus isn’t about to take it easy.”...