Patriot Missile
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And then we can get the 4th back by having Dante telling the Steelers which offensive lineman to draft.
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Mariota should not “be a definite starter” and I am not over hyping him I am saying he is somewhat competent which is more than we currently have. Tannehill and Carr are better than Mariota and multitudes better than newton.So why'd he get dumped for Ryan Tannenhill and become Derek Carr's backup? I mean given what you are saying about Mariotta he should be a definite starter in this league but yet he isn't.
2500 yards
11 TD
8 INT
68%
2600 yards
8 TD
10 INT
65%
The first one is Mariotta's 2018 season (last full season of starting). The second one is Newton last year.
3200 yards
13 TD
15 INT
62%
3300 yards
22 TD
16 INT
59%
Mariotta & Newton in 2017.
You are really overhyping Mariotta.
Well hes got a winning record for his career and an almost 2:1 TD/INT ratio inc playoffs. Plus hes been somewhat competent in said playoff games.You are very complementary of mr trubisky
I know you feel this way. I know a lot of people feel this way.That would waste a whole lot of good acquisitions.
Belichick needs to draft a qb in round 1 and that qb needs to be playing by October.
ideally he also finds a better guy to play until then but suffering through another 4-5 games of the suckage that is newton for the sake of continuity is tolerable.
WHEN we draft a an in round 1 having newton here already familiar with the system allows the staff to totallly devote themselves to preparing the rookie. Having to teach the entire system to a different starter at the same time might hold that back. Suck with newton so the suck ends faster.
I assume you meant "not a great QB". Mariota is a lot closer to average than great.Mariota can throw the ball 8 yards without bouncing it 5 yards short.
Mariota doesn’t lack awareness to the extent of throwing passes into the face mask of a pass rusher right in front of him, or throwing pick 6s on screen passes.
Mariota isn’t indecisive and incapable of reading a defense so that almost no throw is on time.
Mariota will escape the pass rush and either buy time to throw or run for yards instead of just taking a sack.
Mariota doesn’t run like a lumbering overweight fullback.
Mariota certainly is a great qb and has many flaws but newton is god-awful and it would be a tremendous improvement.
After watching 20+ years of bb decision making I cannot in my wildest dreams believed he watched the whole play I watched last year and wants more of it.I know you feel this way. I know a lot of people feel this way.
All that matters is how BB feels about it.
Absolutely. He’s probably a below average starter but still a big upgrade.Mariota is a lot closer to average than great.
Is this figure up to date?
Not that big imo.Absolutely. He’s probably a below average starter but still a big upgrade.
The bar is very low.Not that big imo.
sign the beast!
Let's make it more exciting Cousin.Come to think of it, I’d do that trade in a second. Get another good receiver and a 10 for a very good aging cornerback coming off an injury who probably wants to get paid again. Sign me up. If only this was real.
Not bad Cousin.Gilly for Hicks and a 3rd if we can land Fuller. Who says no?
Ahhhh but Rishard resigned with the Browns for a year.I'll go out on a limb here and say that unless KC can right that rocked ship, Cleveland is a top contender for an SB appearance. That team is loaded - but inconsistent.
(PS. Can we please steal Rashad Higgins from them?)
My two cents on Mariota was he started his career fairly promising and then fell off the cliff. His second year in the league, he threw for like 3500 yards, 26 TDs, and 9 INTs and completed over 61% of his passes. Those numbers won't set the world on fire, but they were respectable, After that, his production started to decline.
Now the question is why did he start to go in the opposite direction?
I don't think the spread between what BB thinks and what fans think is that huge.I think it’s pretty clear Bill thinks better of Newton than fans do. I think maybe COVID had a big effect on him and his performance. Hopefully he shows off whatever Bill thinks is there in training camp and the season because it doesn’t look like there’s any other significantly better veterans available. And I really hope Bill trades up and drafts a QB.
True, and another question is why TEN could not "fix him".My two cents on Mariota was he started his career fairly promising and then fell off the cliff. His second year in the league, he threw for like 3500 yards, 26 TDs, and 9 INTs and completed over 61% of his passes. Those numbers won't set the world on fire, but they were respectable, After that, his production started to decline.
Now the question is why did he start to go in the opposite direction?