The Tennessee Titans won't back off on their determination to have offset language in the contract of Marcus Mariota.
Mariota remains the only first round pick from 2015 to not yet sign a contract.
If the Titans give Mariota a contract without offset language, that would allow him to "double dip" and receive payment from another team as well as from the Titans should he not play out his deal.
"We've always had offset language in our player contracts. It's nothing new," Titans' interim CEO and president Steve Underwood said. "I think it is important where a high first-round draft pick is concerned, because it's the precedent. Everything that we do is precedential for the next round of contracts.
"So keeping the offset in place is something we want to be able to do going forward. And the minute you back away from the contract principle then you no longer are able to assert it going forward."
