MADRID -- As Washington Commanders quarterback Marcus Mariota dined with his parents and brother Tuesday night, one thought dominated their discussion: Can you believe football took Mariota from a tiny high school in Hawaii many years ago to starting in the first NFL game played in Spain?

"Never in my wildest dreams would I imagine I'd be sitting here today," Mariota said. "We were like, 'This is wild.' My dad was like, 'This is unbelievable that we're sitting here today and you're playing football and this game has brought us here.'"

But Mariota is not the only quarterback from Saint Louis High School in Honolulu to start in this game. That, of course, is also where Tua Tagovailoa began his playing career, following in Mariota's footsteps.

Sunday's game between two 3-7 teams (9:3

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