As a longtime fan of the Houston Texans and, therefore, a longtime hater of the Tennessee Titans, it takes a lot for me to defend a Titans player.But all of this Marcus Mariota hate has to stop. Yes, his career up to this point hasn't resembled what people wanted from it and he's not a fantasy QB1, but there's still a lot of potential for Mariota to succeed in a revamped Titans offense, and he's likely heading for a season that looks more like 2016, when we thought he was breaking out, than 2017[...]