Fumbles and INTs are a concern, but he can read coverage, has good pocket awareness and good arm talent (i.e. touch and accuracy).
Football Outsiders wrote:
Productive rookie quarterbacks aren't always quality rookie quarterbacks. Even those who are setting records during the initial stages of their careers can go on to be disappointing draft picks. Mariota shouldn't land in that category. He has shown off too many skills that transcend scheme and situation, too many skills on which the best quarterbacks in the NFL rely to be successful every week over the course of long careers.
Interesting. Maybe there's some hope for the Titans yet.
Fumbles and INTs are a concern, but he can read coverage, has good pocket awareness and good arm talent (i.e. touch and accuracy).
Football Outsiders wrote:
Productive rookie quarterbacks aren't always quality rookie quarterbacks. Even those who are setting records during the initial stages of their careers can go on to be disappointing draft picks. Mariota shouldn't land in that category. He has shown off too many skills that transcend scheme and situation, too many skills on which the best quarterbacks in the NFL rely to be successful every week over the course of long careers.
Interesting. Maybe there's some hope for the Titans yet.
Not a surprise to me, I've been saying this stuff since before the draft. Just glad Tampa Bay was stupid enough to take Jameis instead. Also Taylor Lewan has to go step up his game, I knew he was getting beat on some plays but didn't realize how bad until I saw some of those plays in the article.
Also Titans currently rank 1st in pass defense (YPG) and 3rd in total defense (YPG). If we can stop doing dumb sh*t and giving up 1st downs on 3rd and 20+...the future is bright.
His arm is better than it looked on his Oregon tape. I'm pretty sure I said this in one of the offseason threads, but one of the hard parts of assessing Mariota's throwing ability was that he had just so few "NFL" throws per game in Oregon. The absence of such throws doesn't mean he can't make them, but that there just isn't an abundance of video evidence to make clear he can.
It may seem obvious in hindsight, but nearly every draft, there's some prospect that scouts and analysts convince themselves can make those throws when there's little proof of it (Manziel being the most obvious recent example).
And as for Tampa, I have to think Mariota throwing to Mike Evans and Vincent Jackson would be even better than throwing to a WR group where Harry Douglas is actually a starter.
And as for Tampa, I have to think Mariota throwing to Mike Evans and Vincent Jackson would be even better than throwing to a WR group where Harry Douglas is actually a starter.
Catching up on football since gf is finally on the mend after surgery and I came across this gem. Sorry, Minase.
n the fourth quarter and overtime this year, the Seahawks have allowed quarterbacks to go 40-of-48 (83 percent) for 470 yards with 22 first downs, three touchdowns, one DPI for 27 yards, and three sacks.
Seattle is having meltdown issues in the 4th quarter. That's bad. But not as bad as this...
Even Jimmy Clausen went 2-of-3 for 15 yards in the fourth quarter against Seattle.
Yeah those numbers make sense. Not sure what the problem is, the Seahawks defense has always been at it's weakest in the 4th quarter. Before I assumed it was due to the physicality of the play style. I'm guessing now it's due to players being tired and bad defensive play calling as Quinn was a pretty good d-cord.
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