On a clear day in Nashville, Tenn., you can see … Atlanta?

Well, Tennessee Titans’ quarterback Marcus Mariota can.

As the Tennessee Titans open training camp Thursday, Mariota’s goal for the season is blue-sky clear: “My main focus is just to get a chance to play in the Super Bowl (2019 in Atlanta).”

It was a goal that crystallized for him in Minneapolis at the last Super Bowl, where he represented Hormel Foods and its Spam brand at Super Bowl week events. “It was a blessing to be around it, but I hated being there and watching two other teams play for it,” Mariota said.

“For me, as a competitor, it wasn’t easy to be there and answer questions while not playing in it,” Mariota said.

Never mind that he was the youngest (24) quarterback in franchise history to win a playoff game, something the Titans hadn’t done at all in 14 years, or the first quarterback with the franchise to win 20 or more games in his first three seasons with the team since 1960 (George Blanda), Mariota and the Titans are trying to make a big leap in year four with him at the controls.

Not satisfied with consecutive 9-7 finishes after a 3-12 start, Titans ownership jettisoned head coach Mike Mularkey when he wouldn’t junk the so-called “exotic smashmouth” offense and commit to a new offense — and coordinator — better suited to making the most of Mariota’s talents.

Things got so desperate in the late season run toward the playoffs that Titans veterans beseeched Mariota to do whatever he needed to do, playbook be damned, to get the team to the end zone.

So, Mariota begins camp with a new playbook featuring run-pass options, play-action passes and up-tempo play, a new head coach (Mike Vrabel), offensive coordinator (Matt LaFleur), quarterbacks coach (Pat O’Hara) and, oh, yes, new-look uniforms.

Vrabel, who arrives from the defensive side of the ball, having been a linebackers coach and defensive coordinator with the Houston Texans, is turning the offense over to LaFleur, whoe spent the past two seasons as the Rams’ offensive coordinator after coming over from Atlanta, where he had been quarterbacks coach.

Meanwhile, Mariota has been actively addressing what, for him, was a statistically uncharacteristic 2017 season.

Mariota suffered a personal-high 15 interceptions while throwing a low of 13 touchdowns, and apart from the organized team activities and mini camp, he has been busy in the offseason seeing mechanics and motion analysis specialist Tom House in California, training in Oregon and throwing to his receivers in independent workouts in Tennessee and California.

He has also tailored his diet and worked on strength training after missing at least one game in each of his first three seasons due to injury.

This is a pivotal season for Mariota on several levels, including his contract. Typically the fourth year is when teams weigh whether or not to offer lucrative extensions. “They kind of wait and pay you at the rookie rate ($3.7 million) and observe whether to extend you,” Mariota said.

But, Mariota said, “If you are worrying about money now, you’re thinking about the wrong things when the season starts. If you take care of your business (on the field), I believe you’ll see things work out.”

Maybe, you can even see Atlanta.

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