Quote:And as I've said on here three times, no one is saying take Mariota over Teddy...but it's not written in stone that we have the #1 pick. If somehow we draft and Teddy isn't on the board then Mariota is a damn good prospect too and no one should be upset with him. He has tons of skills that will translate in time to running an NFL offense. He might not be a week one plug and play but he is also 19 so I wouldn't want him to anyway. I have very little doubt that he will be a very good NFL player for a very long time.

 

I still don't think he transitions well into the NFL, so yeah I'd be upset with him.  Would much rather have Tajh Boyd at this point. I mean if we draft him, I'll root for him to succeed just like I did with Gabbert.  I just don't think it'll happen -- but I could very well be wrong.

 

We're not even sure Mariota is going to declare this year are we?

---