Marcus Mariota is doing the same thing with the Tennessee Titans that he did when he played for the Oregon Ducks. He is establishing a very favorable impression with the team.

Everyone is heaping praise on the rookie quarterback after a week of organized team activities, with the wide receivers giving him especially high marks.

"He's a real good quarterback," Justin Hunter told Titansonline.com. "I see it in him."

What Mariota is quickly proving is that all those question marks about him going into the NFL draft - taking command in the huddle, reading defenses, going through his progressions and making throws into small windows - are questions that he is more than willing to take on and experience success.

Newcomer Hakeem Nicks, signed during the offseason, is entering his seventh year in the league. Nicks has caught passes from Andrew Luck and Eli Manning during his career. Mariota is adjusting quickly to the NFL and the way he had been throwing the ball has players saying his transition to the NFL could be faster than some people predicted.

"I think he's going to adapt fairly quickly," Nicks said. "He's been making some throws that are pretty impressive to me."

Mariota remains rather quiet on the field, but he's adjusting. However, he's unlikely to transform into a rah-rah, yelling type of quarterback, that's not who he is. However, his play on the field does the talking for him and the players say that's good enough for them.

"He's very intelligent. He's smart, he's athletic and he can play the game," wide receiver Harry Douglas said. "He knows the game."

The Titans have completed one week of practices and there's a long way to go. They know that quarterback is the most position to learn and Mariota is just two weeks into his training and he has a lot to learn. The wide receivers know that they need to do their part for Mariota and the Titans to experience success.

"We have to make the plays for him," Hunter said.

-- Geoffrey C. Arnold | @geoffreyCarnold