Marcus Mariota gives perfect answer to question about QB mentorship
Marcus Mariota gives perfect answer to question about QB mentorship
Marcus Mariota says he’s willing to mentor Desmond Ridder.Image: Getty Images
Yes, I understand that Ryan Tannehill clarified his comments on Malik Willis just a few days ago, but his excuse for how those words got twisted just doesn’t make any sense.
“When I say that, I mean trying to help out whether it’s on the field, off the field, supporting each other, and just building those…
NFL Draft prospect Malik Willis wasn’t chosen Thursday in the first round, but the Liberty University quarterback still came away with a memorable moment.
The NFL Network referred to Willis’ companion in Las Vegas as his proud “mom” in a tweet.
The proud look @malikwillis’ mom is giving him 😭 pic.twitter.com/OIVGms9m10
But it wasn’t his mom.
“That’s my grandma,” Willis tweeted with laughing emojis.
That’s my grandma 😂😂 https://t.co/pNcD7uuSqz
The NFL Network kept its sense of humor, too.
Oops. 😅
Grandma lookin' good!
Willis, one of the top quarterbacks in the draft, is now expected to be taken in the second round.
2022 NFL Draft: Titans take on Malik Willis as fans wonder what took so long
2022 NFL Draft: Titans take on Malik Willis as fans wonder what took so long
Liberty Star is considered the first round choice
Malik Willis is set to reach No. 2 overall in several mock NFL Drafts but midway through the second day, the Liberty star was still without a team.
Willis proved in college he could throw a ball and run with the ball if needed. He had 2,857 yard passes and 27 touchdown passes in his final year with the Flames. He also ran the ball for 878 yards…
Tannehill 'competing against,' not mentoring Malik Willis
Tannehill ‘competing against,’ not mentoring Malik Willis
Former Liberty Flames quarterback Malik Willis routinely had his name listed in the first rounds of mock drafts as recently as last Thursday. NFL teams didn’t agree with such assessments, though, as Willis fell to the third round of the player-selection process until the Tennessee Titans chose him with the 86th overall pick.
Tennessee already has veteran Ryan Tannehill atop the depth chart at the…
Niall Horan has said that he believes One Direction are still close because the band “never believed the hype”.
The Irish musician, who released his third solo studio album ‘The Show’ earlier this month, parted ways with One Direction when they split in 2016.
However, the band members – Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik – remain close, according to Horan.
“I just think we never believed the hype,” Horan said in a new interview with Sunday TODAY, after host Willie Geist noted how the boy band avoided the “fire” that has damaged other groups in the past.
He went on: “As I said, the state of shock was always there. You have to remember, it was us, our team, our bubble around us, and we just went from place to place worldwide and kind of went along with it. If you’re looking in, it must have looked crazy, and everybody’s going, ‘You’re in the biggest band!’ We were just having a great time. We always used to say we’re normal people doing an abnormal job, which is a good outlook to have.”
The singer also recalled the name of their 2014 stadium tour ‘Where We Are’, “because we always used to be like, ‘Look where we are!'”
He went on: “Every now and then you catch yourself just like looking at each other going, ‘This is nuts’.”
Horan also said that “thankfully” the feeling has never gotten old, adding: “I love it.”
The full interview is set to air on Sunday (June 25) on Sunday TODAY.
In another recent interview, Horan said that he sometimes sends his solo music to his former bandmates for feedback.
“Not every time, but if I feel like I need an opinion, I always send it out,” the singer told Esquire.
“This time I sent it to Louis, and he gave me his honest opinion on it, which is always handy,” Horan said, referencing ‘The Show’.
“We’ve released enough songs over the years, so we know what’s decent and what’s not. All the 1D boys and artists alike, I’ll always try and send it around and get everybody’s opinion.”
The former group have shown each other support publicly in recent months. Styles thanked his ex-bandmates after he was named Artist Of The Year at the 2023 BRIT Awards.
In a recent interview with NME, Horan said of his new album: “The last time I wrote an album I did less thinking. You don’t in your early 20s, you don’t think too much at all – well I didn’t anyway, probably just immaturity of me.
I reckon there might be a clause in a boyband’s contract that at least one boybander must fuck about with different hairstyles once a firm fan base is established. Quite often they were either the second lead or the first to jump ship, after which they would get the clippers and take everything off in a middle finger move to former management.
exhibit 1 (above); Zayn Malik. In & out of 1D, that glorious dark hair was thinned for a textbook first gen faux hawk, blown back and brush rolled for a number of quiffs, streaked and loosely curled for a jelly roll, slicked but for a strand for a cry baby, undercut with a top knot, and more. On leaving 1D, the hair went, came, went, went, came, came, came, came… I dunno how many times, but he’s sure had fun with a variety of long and short.
further examples; Robbie Williams of Take That^, Shane Lynch of Boyzone, Nicky Byrne of Westlife, Matt Willis of Busted, Harry Judd of McFly, Scott Robinson of 5ive, Brian Harvey of East 17, Keith Flint of The Prodigy (ok, not strictly a boyband….but they were all male), Duncan James of Blue, Aston Merrygold of JLS, Jaymi Hensley of Union J, Jay McGuinness of The Wanted.
And it didn’t stop with the UK, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter cut the curtains for some spikier styles, Justin Timberlake tossed off the spaghetti noodles for scruffier crewcuts, buzzed, and straightened and slicked back. I’m sure there are plenty more of lesser worldwide fame that could be added to the list too.
(^Jason Orange sported a very fetching low hawk during TT’s earlier heights of fame, while Howard Donald grew out his curly curtains and went for shoulder length dreadlocks around the same time. But otherwise neither had too many other noticeable deviations.)
Full Season Schedule,Final Standings, and Playoff Bracket available at
Adjusted 2024 First Round Draft Order (Includes trades to date)
1.Cardinals
2.Colts
3.Bears (via Panthers from Bryce Young/ DJ Moore trade)
4.Buccaneers
5.Raiders
6.Cardinals (via Texans from Will Anderson trade)
7.Rams
8.Bears
9.Giants
10.Commanders
11.Seahawks
12.Patriots
13.Falcons
14.Jaguars
15.Broncos
16.Jets
17.Steelers
18.Ravens
19.Saints
20.Titans
21.Vikings
22.Cowboys
23.Chargers
24.Chiefs
25.Dolphins
26.Packers
27.Lions
28.Bills
29.49ers
30.Texans (via Browns from Deshaun Watson trade)
31.Eagles
32.Bengals
Awards Picks (also receiving votes in parentheses)
Most Valuable Player: Joe Burrow, QB, Cincinnati Bengals (Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts, Deshaun Watson, Josh Allen)
Offensive Player of the Year: Nick Chubb, RB, Cleveland Browns (Ja'Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, Brandon Aiyuk, Tony Pollard, Tyreek Hill, Christian Watson, Chris Olave)
Defensive Player of the Year: Myles Garrett, DE, Cleveland Browns (T.J. Watt, Micah Parsons, Nick Bosa, Gregory Rousseau)
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Bijan Robinson, RB, Atlanta Falcons (Jahmyr Gibbs, Will Levis, De'Von Achane, Bryce Young, Quentin Johnson, Zay Flowers, Sam LaPorta)
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Christian Gonzalez, CB, New England Patriots (Will Anderson, Jack Campbell, Brian Branch, Emmanuel Forbes)
Comeback Player of the Year: Damar Hamlin, S, Buffalo Bills
Most Improved Player: Christian Watson, WR, Green Bay Packers (Skyy Moore, David Njoku, Brandon Aiyuk)
Head Coach of The Year: Mike McDaniel, Miami Dolphins (Dan Campbell, Zac Taylor, Kevin Stefanski, Mike Vrabel)
Offensive Assistant Coach of The Year: Ben Johnson, Offensive Coordinator, Detroit Lions (Eric Bieniemy, Pete Carmichael, Tim Kelly, Ken Dorsey, Kellen Moore)
Defensive Assistant Coach of the Year: Jim Schwartz, Defensive Coordinator, Cleveland Browns (Lou Anarumo, Aaron Glenn, Patrick Graham, Brian Flores, Vic Fangio)
Additional Speculation On Season Storylines (Listed by team) List does not include all NFL teams
Las Vegas Raiders
Raiders fire Josh McDaniels after starting 2-10 and losing to the Chiefs Week 12 in Las Vegas, and promote defensive coordinator Patrick Graham to be their interim head coach.
Patrick Graham will finish the season with a record of 2-3, leaving the Raiders with a final record of 4-13.
The Raiders will fire general Manager Dave Ziegler, interim coach Patrick Graham, and a majority of the rest of McDaniels' staff after the regular season is completed.
Tennessee Titans
Starting quarterback Ryan Tannehill gets injured early in the season, and the Titans allow scond-year QB Malik Willis and rookie Will Levis to struggle for the starting spot before Levis wins it outright after during Tennessee's bye week in Week 7.
Levis then manages to lead the Titans to an 8-3 record from the bye week on, putting up Rookie of the Year-worthy numbers... if he had started the full season.
The Titans still manage to fall in the Wildcard Round to a tough Browns team, but this year still cements Levis as the starting quarterback going into 2024, with Tannehill likely to be moved by the front office in the offseason.
Washington Commanders
Ron Rivera is fired after a Week 16 loss to the Jets, finishing his season in Washington with a record of 4-11. Assistant head coach and Offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy is promoted to be the interim head coach.
Bieniemy then coaches the Commanders to a 2-0 record in the final games, and after the season, his interim tag is dropped in order to make Eric Bieniemy the full-time head coach of the Washington Commanders in 2024.
Aside
Originally, I had afew wonkier predictions, namely the Cardinals and Colts trading their respective picks to quarterback-needy teams so those unnamed teams could select one of USC QB Caleb Williams or UNC QB Drake Maye.
My only reservation was that by the time October comes around, we're gonna have seen a much better sample size of football in 2023, so I'm certain I'll have opinions on it. I'd just like to save some for the wilder stuff for when there's a clearer picture to expand upon.
Ideally, I'd like to do one of these at the end of every month of the season, so we'll see how that goes.
End of the way, I wanted to put something out to reign in the new year, and I hope you're along for the ride.
Each ingredient used will be highlighted a certain color. Ingredients highlighted green are considered excellent, ingredients highlighted orange are okay, and ingredients highlighted red are bad.
Purple is...a mystery. Is it good? Is it bad? Annalise doesn't even know.
These are based on Annalise's own preferences with ingredients!
Her rating will come after this post!
PSA: Any muse who has an allergy or intolerance to any of the ingredients listed will be able to have their own bowl of soup that Annalise magically conjured made with certain ingredients removed.
Vegetable broth (Annalise)
Batch of Potatoes (x2) (Christoph, Jake)
Potato (Ruby)
Giant whole tuna (Xiaolong)
A single cranberry (Nabe)
Bag of onions (Beacon)
Onion (Shamar)
Reindeer heart (Eerie)
Small but very spicy pepper (Kithri)
Elk meat (Elias)
Whole raw chicken (Ava)
Freshly caught peeled shrimp (Temperance)
Large turnip (Atreis)
Cubed, cooked and seasoned meat (Manos)
Small bowl of oregano (Giovanni)
Crushed garlic (Josep)
Ginger (Ruixiong)
Cumin oil (Rashid)
Smoked paprika (Mistral)
Flour (Amber)
Salt, from a tiny salt shaker (The Ore Horde)
Ponzu and minced spring onions (Teddy)
White mystery sauce (Malik) <- (don't worry, it's not what we thought it was)
Slightly old pumpkin, carved with a likeness of Smudge (Willy)
Large truffle (Versy)
Slightly stale mandrake (Maxwell)
Handful of sage and dried star anise (Zenyatta)
Miso soup stock (Chiasa)
Diced palm fruit (Iyana)
Roasted onions (Oísin)
Bottle of 14th-century spiced white wine (Rowan)
Beef stock (Kahann)
Pinky meat cubes (Davoth)
Extras (These are not ingredients for the soup, but rather food items that can be eaten alongside the soup! These will not be rated.):
Buns, for dipping in the soup (Robin)
Two loaves of brioche bread, gingerbread, piece of roast swan, plum puddings (Versy)
Berries, four drumsticks, pair of frog's legs, two tallbird eggs, leafy meat, two eggplants, snakeskin, batilisk wing, deerclops eyeball, monster meat (Maxwell)
Earlier this year we completed 6 videos for @panicatthedisco filmed over the course of 9(.5) days. This was a massive undertaking for our crew and cast and this entire team knocked it out of the park. I will never get over the intricacy and care of every aspect. Thank you to everyone who made these happen❗️
Directed by @breadandwalter
Executive Producer: @jesyodio
Producer: @plush__baby
Director of Photography: @ericbader
Production Designer: @sokocreations
Editors: Brendan Walter, Kevin Hindriks
Production Company: @teenager.ent
Color: Bryan Smaller, Kevin Hindriks
UPM: @doriansthomas
1st AD: @taylormade215
Script Supervisor: @andishezohoori
Choreographer: @monikafelicesmith
Costume Designer: @stylistbrooke
Key Hair & Makeup Artist: @makeuphair_mayra
Groomer: @aikafloreshair
Gaffer: @kylebartreid
Key Grip: Anthony Schrader, James O’Connor
Sound Mixer: @life_jedy
Location Manager: Pete Abrahams
VFX: Taylor Armstrong
Animators: Kevin Hindriks, Gon Borela, Glen Dones, DJ Belga, Paula Gohing
SHIFTai @fotokem_la
Stunt Coordinator: Travis Wong
Casting: @rebelcasting
AE: Jonathan Rosenblit
1st AC: Rich Hawkinson
2nd AC: Brian Freeman, Kyle Deven, Greg Hatton, Deepak Adhikary
DIT/Utility: Jacob Seldes
Ronin Op: Ben Fredman
Steadicam: Will Sampson, Quaid Cde Baca
B-Cam Op: Geoffrey Brent Shrewsbury
BBE: Justin Sadler, Jim Ed Willis, Sam Needham
1st SLT: Mike Winokur, Paul Kane
2nd SLT: Sam Needham
Best Grip/Driver: Richie Brush
Dolly Grip: James O’Connor
Grip: Nick Limina, Abel Soto, Rich Ferrat, Christian Andrew, Shane Greavette
Boom Operator: Ethan Rhanielle, Alex Gilroy
Art Directors: Devin Parker, Spencer Trent
Set Dresser: Mitch Dillon, Reno Bennedetti
Leadmen: Shay Turner, Zach Riddle
Pyro Tech: Anthony Delzio
Lifeguard: Tony Whitmore
Production Coordinators: Kalid Hussein, Nathan Vaughan
Office Production Coordinator: Ariel Hutchins-Fuhr
2nd AD: Alexandria Cardiel
2nd 2nd AD: Teck Holmes
AD PAs: Nafeisa Johnson, Anthony Sturdivant
Office PAs: Jubilee Daws, Jane Kim, Hollis Dohr
Truck PAs: Alex Reyes Méndez, Colin Hagiwara, Sean Lass, Jay Arias, Jordan Pelzl
Set PAs: Collin Wade, Kyle Ali, Jem Murillo, Corey Cunningham, Skylar Conner
Assistant Costume Designer: Anastasia Magoutas
On-Set Costumer: Maggie Kimball
Costume Assistant: Lucas Ciotti, Rachel Apatoff, Brooke Mulkins
Seamstress: Olga Podymova
Costume PA: Marissa Channing
SPFX Makeup Artists: Brittany Fontaine, Sam Tansey
HMU Assistants: Rob Sheppy, Sophie Guzman, Julie Dinh, Ashley Lee, Kandi Hernandez, Charde Thompson, Stacey Gonzalez, Nadine Robinson, Megan Gray, Carmen Martinez
Assistant Choreographer: Riley Roberts
Key Crafty Attendant: Sabino Salas Miranda, Raul Aguirre, Josh Gresham
COVID Officer: Stephen George, Caitlin Hiroto
Set Medic: Melissa Reed
Security: Crew Protection
Stunt Double: Nikita Teterev
Studio Teacher: Bettina Russo
Drivers: EJ Smith, Bill Colino, Josh Collins, Malik Riley
Starring:
@onlyleah as Maggie
Mike Naran on Guitar
Nicole Row on Bass
Dan Pawlovich on Drums
The Beer Boys: Mike Viola, Rachel White, Jake Sinclair
Robert Javinett as Manager
Jesse Merlin as Host & Stage Manager
Angel Ahabue as Salesperson
Galen Howard & Nafeisa Johnson as “The PAs”
Mauricio Marte as Medic
Zak Cassar as Masked Man
Monika Felice Smith as Teacher
Christian Valentino Maita as Young Brendon
Nora Harriet as Young Maggie
Kids: Dominic McDonald, Aurora Lewis
Jester: Galen Howard
Cameos: Mike Naran, Nicole Row, Dan Pawlovich, Morgan Kibby, Butch Walker, Brandon Dermer, Suzy Shinn, Rachel White, Pete Wentz, Betty Who, Spencer Smith, Evan Taubenfeld, Nina Jordan, Tatjana Vujovic, Jake Wesley Rogers , Sam Barbera, Linda Ignarro Smith
Funeral Extras: Hannah May Evans, Jasmine Wilson, Abraham Baltazar, Robert "Rexx" Gonzales, Galen Howard
Extras: Ronee Collins, Chibuike Nwuda, Born M'Allah, Graham Selden, Gigi Ganza, Toky Mahamaro, Ludovica Rossato, Elise Biscaro, Jimmy Lee Nguyen, Stephanie Paige, Daniel Stonewall, Olivia Lodge, Hayley Olivia Strubbe, Mariah Salae Jackson, Mary Morgan Bond, Laura Dromerick, Drake Williams, Molly Malin, Shreya Jhalani, Zachary Colvin, Hakop Mkhsian, Michael Parker, Brittany McVicker, Umar Saqid, Romy Evans, Harsimran Ghotra, Andreina Boada, Richard Follin, Brianna Gurdzhyan, Andejela Belosevic, Cairo Spencer, Angela Lin, Robby Ché, Jonel Awit, Pearrie, Darius Levante, Stefan Freeth, Julia Cornell, Gordana Simunovic, Cort King, Robert Rodriquez, Ramona Tibrin