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Falcons quarterback Marcus Mariota It has come out. literally.
After entering the rookie bench desmond ridder For performance reasons, Mariota left the team. And the team doesn’t know if he’ll be back.
Coach Arthur Smith said Mariota would be placed on the disabled list.Missing at least four games would knock him out for the rest of the regular season, according to TheAthletic.com’s Josh Kendall, Smith said Tuesday, Mariota said. Not currently with the Falcons.
Smith told Mariota last Thursday that he will be on the bench for the lidar. On Friday, Smith learned that Mariota was planning to “step away” from the team.
Instead of putting Mariota on the injured list, the Falcons were able to cut Mariota. baker mayfield did last week.
Mariota was the second overall pick in the 2015 draft.Titans benched him Ryan Tannehill 2019.
After two seasons with the Raiders, Mariota signed a two-year deal with the Falcons. He received his $5 million signing bonus and his $1.75 million fully guaranteed salary for 2022.
Without Mariota, Logan Woodside will be the backup to Ridder, who was a third-round pick in April.
