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Agree with this
Cant reach any ceiling if hes injured. If he stays healthy all year, he will play good enough.
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That's all well and dandy... on paper. The real concern is, what happens if he stains his hamstring or breaks a rib. The "ceiling" or "potential" is irrelevant if you can't reach
abc was hyping up drew effing lock going into the draft... he is the biggest mary hater here. you already know the answer.You think Tannehill has a chance to beat out Mary? (Honest question)
abc was hyping up drew effing lock going into the draft... he is the biggest mary hater here. you already know the answer.
Yes. They want more out of Mariota, not just to have a reliable backup. I'm sure they are hoping this lights a fire underneath him and he consistently plays the way that he ddoes at the end of games, when he's decisive and aggressive. Kind of like when Flu replaced Henry , and he decided to fight for his job. They want Mariota to do the same. If he does that, then he'll be the starter. If not, we begin the search for our next QB.You think Tannehill has a chance to beat out Mary? (Honest question)
Last year in the off season, I posted a poll:
Mariota is going to...
About Mariota, will he get better with the new coaching staff, will he remain about the same, or will he get worse.
I was very high on Mariota, and I voted "Lot's better".
I was wrong.
Advanced analytics show Mariota did about the same last year, or slightly worse.
His Total QBR in 2017 was 55.6, 13th best in NFL
His Total QBR in 2018 was 58.6, 19th best in NFL
Mediocrity!
He has some great games.
He has some bad games.
Overall....he's average.
I am no longer so high on Mariota.
There is no doubt he has potential, he COULD become a great QB.
I just no longer think its likely.
Take a minute, follow that link to last year's poll.
See how you voted.
See how he actually performed.
Take that into account when you predict this coming year.
it's very heavy run, that's why henry had so many TDs last year, mostly very short yardageIf anyone has access to the stats it would be interesting to find out what our playcalling looks like in the redzone. EX: Is it 60-40 Run to Pass?
IF Mariota stays healthy AND his weapons stay healthy, he could be in for a big year.
We talk about surrounding MM with all this talent, but it doesn’t matter if they aren’t playing. And it doesn’t matter if MM is hurt.
We got the worst case scenario last year. An injured and beat up MM and losing his top 2 weapons from the previous year all in week 1. Not to mention no running game and and piss poor OL.
So don’t be surprised to see a dramatic difference in MM “stats” this year if everyone stays healthy.
Having a real running game will be HUGE for the O as well. The shear number of 3rd and Longs we had to face last year because of an inept running game killed our O for the 1st 12 weeks.
IF MM and the O can stay healthy (and that is a big if) I expect a lot of good things
I think his ceiling is 40 TD's. But everyone would have to stay healthy, the OL would have to be top 5, DH would have to beast out like last December all year, and our quartet of CD, AB, AH, and TT would have to play to their max potential with a healthy Walker...AND we'd have to be a passing team.
Since that is unlikely, I think in this offense his ceiling is low 30's for TD's..running and throwing....with a 3:1 TD to turnover ratio. Yards is a stat fans like but I'm more concerned points, controlling the clock, moving the ball, and our 3rd down conversion rate (red zone too). If he helps us consistently with these things, I'm less concerned with his personal stats than with the whole offense and what he's doing in it.
Our goal should be to have a top 10 offense in points, TOP, sacks, and turnovers on offense.
Yeah, our D royally fell apart if this is the case.40 TDs this year is very unlikely unless we lose a lot of games badly and Mariota is able to run up his stats in garbage time. The team is planning to go with a run based O.