(08-07-2018, 01:53 PM)TurndownforWatt Wrote:

(08-07-2018, 08:13 AM)SeldomRite Wrote: I wouldn't necessarily say it's too be expected as a general rule, but putting mariota's 2017 with all of this starts to bring the picture into focus of a guy that, if he ever "makes it," will be on the level of an Alex Smith.

Clearly you can win with Alex Smith just like the titans have won games with mariota. The problem is when there's a disconnect on recognizing what you have and you start flailing changing out everything around him thinking they're the reason he's not the next Peyton Manning so far.

Mariota is a middling talent at his position. Not a great thrower, good runner that can't take a hit, and generally mediocre from a cerebral part of the game standpoint.

So the practices don't mean much on their own, it's just reinforcing what he's already shown, that he is just the latest in a long line of QBs that won't live up to their draft position.

He isn't even Alex Smith.. Alex Smith is one of the most accurate QBs in the NFL and he rarely makes a mistake which leads to a interception.. Two areas in Mariota's game that is holding him back.

I agree with your point, but the comparison was toward what the teams led by guys like them can expect as far as winning. The titans have had two winning seasons in a row and even managed a playoff win against the incredible wilting chiefs, but they fired their coach because they recognized what everyone else did, which is that they're not actually a good team. Their fans blamed coaching, I personally think it's talent level. If Mariota actually was an elite QB they'd have won the division last year.

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