Quote:if you asked me last year i would have said that mariota might be the best qb in the draft. i still think he potentially could be better than jameis, im on record talking about how i think jameis lacks in a lot of areas.

 

the thing about mariota and why specifically i didnt draft him for the jets, is that i dont think he is really that much better or will be that much better than geno. same thing with jameis. even the same thing with teddy. 

 

i think mariota with a clean slate will take a lot less flack than geno has taken but those guys honestly all seem close in overall talent level. 

 

im leaving bortles out of the equation because anything i say about him is probably going to sound biased and includes the upside we have already seen in him. 

 

 

 The way the mock draft shaped up when the Jets were on the clock,  it was a difficult choice.  

 

 One major concern I would have had in drafting Marcus Mariota if in your position is the media in the New York market.  Mariota probably would be better off going to a team that has less intense media scrutiny.   He doesn't seem like the type of player that would be a good fit as a QB in the NY Metropolitan area.   That much more with the difficult transition he would have to make to a more conventional Offense.   I certainly respect your decision to bypass him with pick # 6.

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