Agreed. I don't think Mariota is a tell in any way. If they'd signed Tyler Huntley maybe.I keep seeing this, and I keep thinking this is way off base.I think replacing Howell with Mariota is a tell that WAS will select Daniels, who has a similar skillset, at #2.
I think all these teams dumping young QBs for peanuts are dumb though. If you are worried about your rookie QB not being able to outperform the incumbent who you have decided to replace, then that's a bad sign I think. If teams are worried about the locker room being split, then that probably means the team (players anyway) believes in the incumbent and maybe QB isn't the real problem.