How sold are you on Mariota?

Discussion in 'Tennessee Titans and NFL Talk' started by Alex1939, Jan 4, 2016.

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How sold are you on Mariota?

Poll closed Feb 3, 2016.
  1. I'm convinced he will be a longterm elite QB.

    44.3%
  2. I feel pretty real good that he will be a great QB.

    42.6%
  3. I feel good, but I do have some real concerns.

    13.0%
  4. I'm neutral, my concerns are middling to heavy.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  5. I don't like his chances, he is injury prone and will not work out.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  6. Really bad, he is pretty real turrible leader and injury prone, next Jake Locker.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
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  1. JCBRAVE

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  2. SalmonSlayer

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    MM8 made a bunch of turds look pretty good. Our offense moved the ball and scored on some strong defenses. Imagine a decent offensive line, a RB that can at least get 4yrds per carry and a solid #1 WR. If he played all 16 games no doubt he would have been ROY. His numbers are incredible as is.
     
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  3. Wraith

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    I think Mariota should turn out to be a very good QB in this league, but I do have 3 major concerns
    1. Arm Strength
    He has problems with intermediate throws to the outside being strong/hard enough, much less deep passes. He needs to work on bulking up by 15 or 20 pounds to help solve that, which would also help greatly with the other 2 concerns.
    2. Ball security,
    A large part of this is the lack of force behind throws that need it making them much easier to pick off. He also needs to learn that taking off sooner will prevent fumbles and negative plays. This is something that should improve over time, but he didn't really improve much in some decision making areas like this over the course of the season and made the same mistakes all year for the most part. That isn't all on him with the lack of separation from targets and poor protection, which fed into each other imo, but still a major concern.

    3. Injuries
    While yes he has been hit a ton and anyone would likely get hurt from that, the reason I'm worried about injuries becoming an issue is how thin Mariota is, having stood next to him I doubt he weighs more than 200 pounds, which is a problem at 6'4. I wouldn't be surprised if MM's real weight was around 190 or so based on his size, as I'm about an inch and a half shorter and weigh 200 pounds with under 5% body fat and my arms and legs were a good 35% bigger than his were. As sad as it is to say he'll likely have random injuries on relatively minor hits if he doesn't put on some more muscle to help him withstand these hits, while that may affect his speed it'd be worth it to have him throw better and be able to stay on the field more. He needs to get to between 215 and 225 to make it to a top 5 level in my opinion, and I'm sure that with his work ethic he'll be able to do so, but I'm worried about a coach not letting him do these things or him not realizing that he needs to do them.
     
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  4. JCBRAVE

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    Lucky you Mariota agrees on 3 accounts.
     
  5. JRayStay

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    So, the combine scales were wrong? They claimed he weighed in at 222.
    His arm strength is fine on deep balls, but he needs to trust his receivers to get separation and/or make the contested catch.
    He had neither this year.
     
  6. The Playmaker

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    Mariota will be a great QB in the NFL, as long as we don't screw it up. That's the part I'm worried about.
     
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  7. JCBRAVE

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    he wasn't 222 last time he suited up tho, season wears you down 10lbs maybe more...
     
  8. RavensShallBurn

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    I think he'll be pretty real good.

    By the end of next year, I expect him to be widely considered to be a top 10 QB. He's honestly not far off, especially with some of the old elite vet QBs nearing the end.

    I have only two concerns with Mariota... Health and deep ball.

    Aside from talent, he's everything you want in a franchise QB. We're never going to hear about any off-field drama with this guy. He's a saint.

    If he had played all 16 games, he'd have just about every rookie QB record aside from maybe yards.
     
  9. 10ECTyrant

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    Mariota = G.O.A.T.
     
  10. Fairweather Fan

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    Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day for the market...
     
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