With the Tennessee Titans selecting Marcus Mariota with the second overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, there is now a conflict of interest on the team with the fate of the No. 8 jersey hanging in the balance.
As is often the case in professional sports, a newly arrived player on a team, usually a much more widely heralded one, will be faced with the task of figuring out a way to obtain his jersey number of preference from a guy on the team who already wears it. Financial arrangements typically are the name of the game, with money changing hands and everyone walking away content with the outcome.