Doug Flutie Picks His No. 1 College QB
January 9th, 2015
Size matters, says one of the shortest quarterbacks of all time.
Mighty Doug Flutie, speaking on CBS Sports Radio this week, was asked a simple question about franchise quarterback prospects Marcus Mariota and Jameis Winston.
Who’s the better pro?
“It’s a great debate,” Flutie said. “If you’re going to give up or use your top draft choice, your No. 1 pick, I’m going with Marcus Mariota because there’s less variables. Maybe we read in too much into some of the off-field things, issues with Jameis Winston. But Marcus Mariota, even though he’s running a spread offense and all that, he’s 6-foot-4. He’s a big guy that has a strong arm and throws the ball, and in the decision-making process, he doesn’t make mistakes. Jameis? Great talent. Doesn’t lose. Has a knack for throwing teams on his back and say, ‘C’mon, let’s go win.’ A lot of his situation will be determined by through all the interview process, I’m sure.”
Flutie went on to say the No. 1 question on Mariota is, can he be successful from the pocket?
One fun thing in the interview was Flutie talking about how young quarterbacks don’t need coddling. Flutie explained that his college experience at Boston College featured Tom Coughlin being all over him as the offensive coordinator — in a militant way that exceeded his NFL reputation.
“Feet on the floor” and “No elbows on the table” were common things barked at him in meetings. And Flutie explained Coughlin would give him game tape to watch back to his 198os dorm room. Coughlin would make Flutie put pieces of tape on several segments of the film, so when he returned the tape the next day, Coughlin could verify that he watched it.
Joe hopes the Bucs find a firm mentor for their rookie QB.
January 9th, 2015 at 12:04 pm
I don’t know if it’s true that Mariota doesn’t make mistakes…I just don’t know how much of an opportunity to make mistakes he had in that offense.
I know this. In the playoff game Mariota threw a ball across his body back against the middle of the field that should have been picked off in the end zone by Jalen Ramsey but was dropped.
I’ve watched every throw Jameis has made at the collegiate level and I’ve never seen him make a decision that bad.
January 9th, 2015 at 12:07 pm
Finally, Joe….a positive piece for Mariota…..I know you must have searched far and wide for someone who supported him…as we draw closer to the decision (not close now) it is important to evaluate this from all sides.
No matter who we choose there will be a huge divide with Buc fans that only winning will unite….and that could still take a while.
I’m happy we have an “adult” playcaller capable of working with either QB….and for all we know, he could work with Glennon too. (not saying he should)….just that there is no one here that I know of that was in the meetings with Koetter & Lovie.
January 9th, 2015 at 12:07 pm
Joe? Is that you?
January 9th, 2015 at 12:07 pm
Agreed Joe, a great mentor for our rookie QB will be very beneficial to the franchise. I just hope we don’t draft one of these guys and then ruin them. Was reading from Eric Adelson, Yahoo Sports, he was wondering if Winston would be ok outside of a Jimbo Fisher system.
“Adelson seems to favor Winston over Mariota, though he questions whether either would be a good fit for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who have the No. 1 pick. He calls both Winston and Mariota “system quarterbacks,” saying Winston could suffer without Jimbo Fisher coaching him (Bucs Coach Lovie Smith isn’t exactly a quarterback guru) and questioning whether Mariota could thrive solely as a pocket passer.”
January 9th, 2015 at 12:08 pm
CreamsicleBananaHammock Says:
January 9th, 2015 at 12:04 pm
I’ve watched every throw Jameis has made at the collegiate level and I’ve never seen him make a decision that bad.
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I would have to call BS on that one. I saw Jameis throw across his body in the Rose bowl game.
January 9th, 2015 at 12:09 pm
Dan Patrick asked Mariota himself if he has ever operated from the pocket before and if he could going into the NFL. Mariota said, “Of course, that was what I ran in high school”.
So there you go, unless you want to call Mariota a liar. Which I’m sure there are some of you out there that would.
January 9th, 2015 at 12:11 pm
Jameis had tons of horrible decisions this year on his passes. You don’t throw 17 interceptions because they were all tipped balls.
January 9th, 2015 at 12:12 pm
Joe, I love you for this fair article. Thank you. I agree that there are less variables with Mariota. His chances of longterm success in the NFL are higher than Winston’s, IMO. That’s why I’d pick Mariota.
January 9th, 2015 at 12:18 pm
Wait……… Mariotta threw from the pocket in high school? Well I guess that settles it. lol some people
January 9th, 2015 at 12:22 pm
@Tiny Tim
How was that funny? It’s not like it was 10 years ago fool, or probably 60 years ago in your case. LO F”N L
January 9th, 2015 at 12:30 pm
@SAMCRO there is no comparison between college and high school and NFL for that matter. We will all have to assume that he can make the transition. High school kids run around on athleticism and pros use technique.
January 9th, 2015 at 12:30 pm
SAMCRO Says:
Of course, that was what I ran in high school”.
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HS should translate to the NFL very well. I’m sold!!! 😉
January 9th, 2015 at 12:36 pm
“There are plays where Mariota does show nice pocket-passing potential with reading the defense, scanning his options and delivering a good pass. He just needs work and enters the NFL at a similar level to Cam Newton. Some general managers who are skeptical of Mariota as a passer and his developing into a passer who can function out of the pocket. However, even those skeptics say that Mariota is tremendous off the field and love his humility. Across the league, some team officials who aren’t completely sold on Mariota feel he is worth developing and could turn into a great player. They say that Mariota has great upside.” -Walterfootball
The kid has all the talent. The only thing people keep bringing up is that he comes from a spread offense. Ok, and? If that is all you have then you don’t have much. His skill set is very nice and with him already taking it upon himself to practice taking snaps under center shows me that he is ready and willing to be a pocket passer. He has said as much as well. However, until we see that at the combine we won’t really know how well his practicing is going. I think he will be fine though. Sure he will have learning curve, but so would Winston. I’ve heard people say that Winston is a plug and play QB right now, however, I believe that Mariota can be as well. Let’s see if either of these QBs can learn a playbook first. Remember Manziel had a high Wonderlick score, but couldn’t learn the Brown’s playbook.
January 9th, 2015 at 12:36 pm
The fact is, he has operated in the system before, and at this point has way more knowledge about different type schemes than Winston.
Winston is square peg fits only square hole
Mariota is round peg fits square and round hole. He has more versatility.
January 9th, 2015 at 12:42 pm
By the way everyone keeps comparing Mariota to Cam Newton. I don’t get that. I think the right comparison would be closer to Aaron Rodgers. Watch the tape of Rodgers and Mariota in college. Similar in size, speed and mental makeup.
January 9th, 2015 at 12:44 pm
I’m both surprised and proud of Joe… Thank you for posting a “Pro” Marcus Mariota article… I happen to agree with Mr. Flutie…
January 9th, 2015 at 12:45 pm
CreamsicleBananaHammock Says:
January 9th, 2015 at 12:04 pm
I’ve watched every throw Jameis has made at the collegiate level and I’ve never seen him make a decision that bad.
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You obviously didn’t watch him play against the gators when he threw 3 ints in the first half All bad throws. No receivers to blame Even though joe will try to spin like the recievers were running the wrong route
January 9th, 2015 at 12:52 pm
@Samco
I hope you were not calling me a fool. Its so easy to be a tough guy on the computer. Your foolish statement about school shows just how much you know about nfl football which is obviously nothing as everyone has pointed out. High school? You are a joke
January 9th, 2015 at 12:53 pm
@Joe…..Thanks for some balance.
@Creamsickle.
Cmon Man. You’re starting to embarrass yourself! Just how far up Jameis jock are you anyway? Jameis may be the best quarterback since John Elway…he may make 10 SB’s….but he has made many, many bad decisions. I watched Louisville and Florida and of course the Rose Bowl. His decision making process doesn’t alarm totally but he’s clearly not as poised as Mariota.
We get that you guys love Jameis. But all this hyperbole does not help your cause. Jameis has enough talent to stand on his merits. He doesn’t really need people bsing about his total lack of weaknesses. ALL QBs coming out of college have weaknesses to work on and in truth most NFL QB’s spend plenty of time ironing out deficiencies.
Jameis has strengths and weaknesses…so does Marcus…so does Bryce..ALL draft picks will have strengths and weaknesses.
A long way to go in the process we’ll see how it all plays out. I’m feeling much better today simply because I have so much more faith in Koetter than Lovie when it comes to making this decision and setting up our O.
And mentioning Tedford much less Arroyo in the same breath as Koetter is absurd. Neither of these two have a fraction of Koetters success and NFL credentials.
Do not be shocked if we do not take a QB with that top pick. Heisman success ratio is about 1 in 7 at QB. If we looked at this like baseball’s sabremetrics or any stat freak we’d pass on both of them. 1 in 7 are not exactly good odds.
January 9th, 2015 at 12:55 pm
Joe. Its the Buc’s
they will probably take a running back or tight end first.
With lovie he’s most likly looking at the 5/6/7th round choices for t QB
He’s still working on plays for the flying wedge.
January 9th, 2015 at 12:56 pm
@ CreamsicleBananaHammock
Did you not watch any of Winston’s last 5 college games. He made more bad decisions throwing the ball into coverage than Mariota ever dreamed of. I’m sure Winston will have success for his second NFL team that picks him up off waivers. I just don’t want the Bucs to be his first team.
January 9th, 2015 at 12:58 pm
Mariota looks just like Dennis Dixon … How did that work out? Have we forgotten the greatness that was Dennis Dixon? I’m just saying …
January 9th, 2015 at 12:58 pm
@Tiny
Nowhere did I compare college to HS. I only told you what Mariota said. Why the hate? The fact is that he said he has played behind center before. So, what if it was HS, the fact is that he has.
January 9th, 2015 at 1:00 pm
@Skyline
It’s me the nitpicker. Agree with the thrust of your post but may I change one word for you.
“Remember Manziel had a high Wonderlick score, but (wouldn’t not couldn’t) learn the Brown’s playbook.”
There fixed it for you. I’m pretty tired of jocks whining about learning a freaking playbook. It’s not physics or chemistry trying to learn the periodic table of elements. When I see people like Big Ben needing wrist bands to remember plays I think…WTF. These guys have NOTHING to do but this for their PROFESSION. They have hours and hours set aside to do nothing BUT learn the playbook.
Truth is that many football players are dumb. Many are also smart so I don’t wish to paint with too broad a brush. Perhaps the majority are fairly smart but there is a significant % who are simply not that quick.
Mariota is clearly a very, very bright young man who can easily pick up whatever offense the OC wants to throw at him mentally. If he fails it won’t be for lack of effort (Johnny football?) or lack of smarts. I don’t know that I feel that strongly one way or the other about Jameis smarts. Not saying he’s a dummy just saying he clearly is no Mariota….Again racists…leave race out of this we’re talking about two non white QB’s here.
January 9th, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Hey Joe, It just dawned on me, do both Joes have a man crush on Winston or just one of you? I’m thinking that maybe this article was posted by the other one. lol
January 9th, 2015 at 1:02 pm
@Bogiedr Dennis Dixon was a beast in college. He should have won the Heisman if not for his injury. He can barely make and NFL lineup now.
January 9th, 2015 at 1:05 pm
“Mariota looks just like Dennis Dixon”
Jeebus could we stop already with this ignorance. Plenty have compared Mariota to Kaepernik or Rodgers I have yet to read a single “expert” claim Mariota resembles Dennis Dixon. Jim Mora has said he’s the next Aaron Rodgers. Mora coached against Mariota twice…losing both times..and has decades of NFL experience.
Can you guys not freaking see past the uniforms?
Again if you’re going to play the stat game and say which Oregon QB has ever succeeded in the NFL or which Jimbo Fisher QB has ever succeeded in the NFL let me clue you in. Statistically those samples are far too small to have any relevance.
A larger sample would be 27 Heisman QB’s who combine for a losing record and only one with a QB rating over 90.
Don’t take either of them and let them trade down if you’re a stats geek. Which BTW I say respectfully. I’m not sure a baseball kind of stats guy like Billy Beane wouldn’t be doing a lot better job with our draft than the so called “football minds”. A 1 in 7 chance for success if your a Heisman winning QB is not exactly confidence inspiring.
January 9th, 2015 at 1:07 pm
@ Samco
If you were not comparing high school, then why bring it up? It totally has nothing to do with the transition to the nfl. There were guys who played QB in high school and corner back in college. That does not mean a team should draft said player as a QB because he did it in high school. It has no merit. My point is that high school statement is irrelevant.
January 9th, 2015 at 1:10 pm
I’m not saying Jameis never made a poor decision. Every QB has made a poor decision
I’m saying I’ve never seen Jameis throw across his body into the middle of the field in the red zone. Especially not in a huge moment like the playoff game. That throw by Mariota alone should be a major red flag
January 9th, 2015 at 1:15 pm
@Tim
Who cares what you think, the fact remains that Mariota said he has played behind center before. ..period end of story
January 9th, 2015 at 1:23 pm
Glad the Bucs get to make the decision and not most of you. We get the “cleansed-for public consumption” version of everything. Bucs insiders get the real deal when they do the research, interviews and try-outs.
Don’t some of you have ice bins to refill. (just playing with you, it’s Friday)
January 9th, 2015 at 1:25 pm
Creamsickle
You’re taking ONE play and making it a red flag? Isn’t that like the Jameis haters taking his Josh McCown impersonation giving up the cheap seven while “trying to make a play” a red flag.
The national reviews I’m reading claim that neither of these players distinguished themselves in the Rose Bowl. Both have had better games. One play does not mean either of them is unfit.
January 9th, 2015 at 1:26 pm
CreamsicleBananaHammock Says:
January 9th, 2015 at 1:10 pm
I’m not saying Jameis never made a poor decision. Every QB has made a poor decision
I’m saying I’ve never seen Jameis throw across his body into the middle of the field in the red zone. Especially not in a huge moment like the playoff game. That throw by Mariota alone should be a major red flag
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Of course you haven’t. No one saw anyone do it in a college playoff game before now. Remember this is the first year of the playoffs. You crack me up kid.
January 9th, 2015 at 1:27 pm
SAMCRO Says:
January 9th, 2015 at 1:15 pm
@Tim
Who cares what you think, the fact remains that Mariota said he has played behind center before. ..period end of story
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He also practices in the off season and after his normal practices taking snaps from under center. He knows he will have to do it in the NFL.
January 9th, 2015 at 1:29 pm
SPBF, that’s a throw that every qb from the time they’re in pop warner is told not to make.
Neither QB did play lights out in the playoff game, but I worry about Mariota’s ability to play in the league with guys chasing him. It’s a legitimate concern
January 9th, 2015 at 1:29 pm
@ creamsicle
Do you Recall Jamis running around and throwing the ball backwards while falling down in the rose bowl?
I would be happy if we drafted Jamis but c’mon
January 9th, 2015 at 1:35 pm
Creamsickle
” It’s a legitimate concern”
Yea we can end in agreement. There are plenty of legitimate concerns with both of these QB’s. Again looking at a 1 out of 7 success ratio for Heisman winners concerns the hell out of me about BOTH of them.
I’m not overly concerned anymore now that Lovie has made the right OC hire.
January 9th, 2015 at 1:44 pm
@Draft the Chip Kelly Bait
Hilarious, the reason there is a comment section here is for Buc fans to debate, share ideals, and comment. But according to you we should all just shut up, and say nothing because we don’t have the “real” inside scoop, and can only draw off of what we know or surmise. The very same thing Joe practically does every time he releases a new article. If there were no comments it would be pretty boring. Matter of fact apparently you like to read the comments too, so get down from your soap box, and go wash the dishes. (just playing with you, it’s Friday)
January 9th, 2015 at 1:58 pm
Peter King of SI.com believes the Bucs should waste no time and quickly turn in their card with Marcus Mariota’s name on it.
“The Bucs will have a delegation, led by GM Jason Licht, at the Rose Bowl Thursday to see Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota duel Florida State’s Jameis Winston. I recently asked five GM/personnel types in the NFL about the two players, and it came out the way I thought: 5-0 in favor of Mariota, because of on-field and off-field things, including the fact that Winston, in the words of one team official who is in the market for a quarterback high in the draft, got careless on the field this year and played some undisciplined football. We won’t really know about how high Winston goes, though, until teams do their post-season homework on him.”
Every year we have these polls of anonymous NFL executives that never mean anything. Last year, Teddy Bridgewater was the sure-fire top overall pick before dropping to the final pick in the 1st round. I do believe that both Marcus Mariota and Jameis Winston will be high draft picks, but to act as if the gap between Mariota and Winston is big is just foolish right now.
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Agreed
January 9th, 2015 at 2:00 pm
“Being brave enough to locate the receiver is one thing, actually having the talent to make an accurate throw against the momentum of your body weight is another. Mariota perfectly places a very difficult throw to the opposite hashmark roughly 25 yards down the field. It shouldn’t be overlooked that Mariota is a very effective pocket passer, but he is at his most dangerous when he extends plays behind the line of scrimmage to throw rather than scramble. Because of that, his game is most reminiscent of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Roethlisberger is much bigger and he doesn’t have anywhere near the speed or agility of Mariota, but their overall approaches align relatively well. Having the ability to beat the defense within the structure of the offense from the pocket and the ability to create on extended plays outside of the pocket is very valuable. It means the defense is always being stretched and asked to cover for longer, while the pass rush has a tougher time disrupting the play. One thing many professional quarterbacks struggle with is throwing downfield while moving to the left (right if the quarterback is left handed). Roethlisberger and Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks both excel at throwing the ball down the field when moving left. Roethlisberger relies more on his arm strength than Wilson or Mariota, because Mariota and Wilson are quicker to set their feet beneath them and throw the ball with their shoulders aligned to their intended target.” –Rotoworld
January 9th, 2015 at 2:01 pm
Marcus Mariota ~ 36-4
Jameis Winston ~ 27-1
If it has to be between these 2 I think experience has great value… They both have excelled in the program that they played in… That does guarantee they will or won’t excel in another… Marcus has shown accuracy in games from the pocket and with a good QB coach can improve and the same can be said about Winston..
With the Bucs o-line being how it is Marcus is a better runner and has the quickness to escape… Winston, not so much…
I can’t speak on Winston’s intelligence but their is something to be said about Marcus being able to process the sign language of that offense, call it and then run it in that very short amount of time over and over so well…
Experience to me is valuable…
Mariot’s 40 games
Winston’s 28
If Winston had played 40 games he may have lost 4 or more, NO ONE will ever know!
As football players, either has some sort of chance at success in the NFL so it comes down to character… Winston’s has been well reported as a poor one… That makes it an easy decision in my mind….
Regardless of the outcome 5 years from now, I would never look back and say I should have picked JW because of the things he has been linked to!
January 9th, 2015 at 2:15 pm
Jameis Winston = Ryan Leaf
January 9th, 2015 at 2:29 pm
Jameis Winston = ? Marcus Mariotta = ? Bryce Petty = ?
There’s a truly accurate opinion that nobody can argue with. Again Heisman winning QB’s…27 of them since 1950 have a losing record with only 4 of the 27 enjoying real success. There you go roughly a 1-7 chance on the Heismans.
Perhaps it is better to wait and take a chance on Petty?
Charles Davis…broadcaster..former Tennessee Vol..and a guy whose opinion I respect worked the Baylor OKla st game and came away impressed.
The comparison most frequently made of Petty is to Bortles. We could do a lot worse.
For those who would like to read a more in depth report on Perry here is a link to the Davis article.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000434390/article/will-baylors-bryce-petty-be-the-blake-bortles-of-2015-nfl-draft
January 9th, 2015 at 3:01 pm
One thing is certain that neither of these guys will be able to shoulder the full responsibilities of a QB. Let’s see if they can do that by their 5th year in the NFL.
January 9th, 2015 at 4:16 pm
Lol joe it’s not happening Mariota is the man !
January 9th, 2015 at 4:26 pm
I once built an electromagnet in elementary school using copper wire, a nail and a battery.
I think i should be good enough to apply for a job as an engineer.
January 9th, 2015 at 4:36 pm
Depends Celly, did you have a different style of engineering when you were in college than when you were in school? If you have only done it in elementary then no I wouldn’t apply. However, if just had a different concentration in college I would say go for it.
January 9th, 2015 at 5:04 pm
They both have the same major red flag (Heisman winner), and Mariota has the system QB red flag and Jameis the antisocial dbag red flag.
January 9th, 2015 at 5:16 pm
I once built an electromagnet in elementary school using copper wire, a nail and a battery.
I think i should be good enough to apply for a job as an engineer.
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If that’s what you aspire to, then sure why not. ..sm@rt@ss
At least I know that Mariota aspires to play in the NFL, and he will draw off of all his experiences to be a starting QB in the NFL. Christ, he was just in high school four years ago where he racked up a ton of awards in his senior year.
2010 HHSAA Division 1 State Football Championship
2010 Interscholastic League of Honolulu Offensive Player of the Year
2010 PrepStar Magazine All-West Region
2010 Hawaii Gatorade Player of the Year
If Mariota says that he has operated behind center before, then I believe him.
How’s you’re engineering degree coming along?
January 9th, 2015 at 5:27 pm
Does anybody here believe Celly was really smart enough to have built an electromagnet in grade school? 🙂
January 9th, 2015 at 5:53 pm
I misspoke. It was 7th or 8th grade, so middle school.
And you do realize that an electromagnet is probably the easiest thing to make. I have no reason to hide who i am. You can easily click my name and learn all you wish about me.
Nice try, though.
January 9th, 2015 at 6:20 pm
Size matters? I thought the QB he was going to talk about was party smurf. If he had been picked first last year, it would have been proof that to some GM’s that size didn’t matter.
January 9th, 2015 at 6:25 pm
Garo Winston wouldn’t throw across his body like that? Maybe not, but you would have to go to Lambeau this weekend and watch the icy parking lot to see an equally ungraceful fall as we saw from Garo in his last game.
January 9th, 2015 at 7:07 pm
For an offense to thrive with a pocket passer the QB has to have skills like Manning or Brady. I think it’s a far reach to expect Winston to play like those guys. Mariota, on the othe hand, can run the zone read from day 1. This will help the running game and OL.
So what’s more likely..that Winston can play like Brady or Mariota can play like Russell Wilson. The obvious choice is the later.
January 9th, 2015 at 7:10 pm
Love how most here assume we’re taking one of the two qb’s. I don’t think we’ll take either. I think we trade that number 1 for extra picks and go with glennon.
January 10th, 2015 at 12:23 pm
SAMCRO Says:
January 9th, 2015 at 12:36 pm
The fact is, he has operated in the system before, and at this point has way more knowledge about different type schemes than Winston.
Winston is square peg fits only square hole
Mariota is round peg fits square and round hole. He has more versatility.
Umm….Winston played in a spread offense in high school buddy…so, where’s ur square peg logic now? And ur telling me ur penalizing Winston for playing in a pro style system? Wow! Also, these same people didn’t even know Aaron Rogers was gonna be Aaron Rogers! He fell pretty far down in the first round didn’t he? So to quote these so called experts is IMHO ludicrous. Once again @skyline, u need to take the Winston off ur name cause all u do make a case against him. Bottom line, I would be happy with either of these guys because if Winston matures and still wins like he does in college, he will be a stud and if we can help Mariota transition to the pro style, he will be a stud. So let’s hope for winners bucs fans and to get back to the dayum playoffs! Either guy could be boom or bust though. I just pray it all works out for our team!
January 10th, 2015 at 12:39 pm
Tye Says:
January 9th, 2015 at 2:01 pm
Marcus Mariota ~ 36-4
Jameis Winston ~ 27-1
If it has to be between these 2 I think experience has great value… They both have excelled in the program that they played in… That does guarantee they will or won’t excel in another… Marcus has shown accuracy in games from the pocket and with a good QB coach can improve and the same can be said about Winston..
With the Bucs o-line being how it is Marcus is a better runner and has the quickness to escape… Winston, not so much…
I can’t speak on Winston’s intelligence but their is something to be said about Marcus being able to process the sign language of that offense, call it and then run it in that very short amount of time over and over so well…
Experience to me is valuable…
Mariot’s 40 games
Winston’s 28
If Winston had played 40 games he may have lost 4 or more, NO ONE will ever know!
As football players, either has some sort of chance at success in the NFL so it comes down to character… Winston’s has been well reported as a poor one… That makes it an easy decision in my mind….
Regardless of the outcome 5 years from now, I would never look back and say I should have picked JW because of the things he has been linked to!”
While I appreciate your post because it seems more thought out than most, I challenge u on one subject, Mariota’s ability to process the sign language and process his offense and run it soo quickly. I watched quite a few Oregon games and while he has an outstanding grasp on his offense, he does not check plays on his own, the coach calls audibles for him most times…so to me that is a bit of a flag to me, he doesn’t throw his receivers open with anticipation either. With all fairness to him, his offense is a SPREAD. Which is setup to spread out defense and find mismatches. So his throwing lanes have been wide mostly, where Winston had one experienced receiver and tight end most of the year so he forced ALOT of throws. But I’m pretty afraid of Winston in the way of is it just a lil backwoods immaturity or is the guy gonna be a sociopath? I guess sum 1 will find out. Maybe us.
January 10th, 2015 at 12:46 pm
Hey @SAMCRO they compare Mariota to Newton because they know what they’re talking about. You are seriously gonna compare him to Rodgers when the guy hasn’t touched his own linemans ass since high school?! If anything compare him to kaepernick if not Newton. Also while you’re online, how about searching up oregons QB history in the nfl and then you tell me that this spread system is worth taking no.1 overall. Do with that info what you will.
January 10th, 2015 at 2:28 pm
biggun Says:
January 9th, 2015 at 7:10 pm
Love how most here assume we’re taking one of the two qb’s. I don’t think we’ll take either. I think we trade that number 1 for extra picks and go with glennon.
I like the way biggun thinks.