Mariota or Winston?

If he goes to Tampa, he can get that coveted Publix endorsement deal.

 

Wilbon made a good point on PTI. A year ago they were talking about how Manziel was acing the interview portion of the draft preparation and when he got to the Cleveland, same old knucklehead.

The difference is, every single thing about Manziel is better suited for the NFL than Manziel.

 

I've repeatedly heard Mariota being compared to Alex Smith. I haven't heard the Kap comparison yet except for here from a noted Niners fan.

 

From NFL Draft Scout (the CBS Draft site) Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon, NFL Draft - CBSSports.com - NFLDraftScout.com

COMPARES TO: Colin Kaepernick, 49ers -- Inconsistent accuracy is one of several reasons why Mariota most closely resemblesKaepernick among current NFL quarterbacks. Because of their extraordinary acceleration, each is a true dual-threat. Further, both adept at sliding laterally to create wider throwing lanes and using their velocity to zip passes through them. Neither Kaepernick nor Mariota, however, consistently throw their receivers open, only sporadically providing teammates run-after-the-catch opportunities.


--Rob Rang

 

Ask 5: Who does Marcus Mariota of Oregon remind you of? - NFL.com

 

Best seafood I ever stole!

 

Fair enough.

 

What's funny about the Kaepernick comparison is one "expert" will say, "Well, they'll be real happy if he's as good as Kaepernick." and someone else will say, "Mariota is hoping to prove he's a more accurate, smarter player than Kaepernick."

 

Any QB that gets you within a non-PI call of winning a Super Bowl should be considered a successful pick. Sometimes I think the standards we have for QBs drafted in the first/second round are ridiculous. What you don't want to do is completely fuck up the pick, for starters. If you get a guy who can start for your team and win games for you, that's a successful draft pick. Whether you decide to pay him a ton of money after his rookie deal expires is the real measure of whether he's great or not, especially with the new rules limiting rookie salaries like Stafford's.

It's like the Flacco debate: Is he "elite?" Seriously, who gives a shit? You got a five year starter who got you in the playoffs five years (and won a SB) before you had to pay him. That's a smashing success, and the truth is, he's probably not "elite." It's still a great use of a draft pick through his rookie deal.

 

Fair point and in to many cases blame goes to the player instead of the coaches who failed to develop the kid. Andrew
Luck is the rare exception of a QB who was ready for The NFL out of the box.

I believe that there is a fair amount of QB's who did not make it in The NFL because they got put into the wrong situation.

 

Agreed. I just thought it was funny that one person saw the comparison to Kaepernick as a huge compliment and the other saw it as a liability.

 

2 years in a row Kap suffered from bad play calling by Greg Roman. At end of Super Bowl 49ers play calling was atrocious. That
was not on Kap.