Quote:Solid post, your wrong on most accounts but solid post. 

 

First Bridgewater is exceptional at feeling heat and using his athleticism to move around in the pocket. He has rarely played a game with a entirely clean pocket, often times he has to toll out, move up in the pocket, adjust side to side, he does all those well as he keeps his eyes downfield.

 

You obviously went blind when noticing how many times Bridgewater throws with a defender straight in his face. It happened several times during the rutgers, ucf, kentucky and usf games. 

 

He doesn't play with a great team and he has the knack of throwing his receivers open

 

if you aren't seeing this, you are watching Bridgewaters tape from high school then.

 

Everything Mariota does, Bridgewater does much better on a pro level.

 

Athleticism is overrated as proof of RG3's regression and Kaepnericks underwhelming 013 performance. Brady, Manning and Rodgers are in the bottom half in the league in terms of qb  athleticism yet they are the top three qbs overall. 

 

Everything that you have said Mariota can do, avoids rush, dual threat, arm strength, protects football (teddy always makes the right decision, hence high completion rate in pro style offense), Bridgewater does much better

 

Bridgewater makes 4-5 reads in a given pass play, looks off safeties, places the ball where it needs to be. 

 

Mariota needs to watch from the bench and grasp the offense. The NFL has said qbs can be hit like a running back on option plays and defenses have played contain, forcing guys like Kaep and RG3 to beat them from the pocket while taking away their first read.

 

Great post overall, wrong on most accounts though.