Quote:i also disagree. gabbert was scared of the pressure. mariota isnt scared to take a hit and maybe itll take him a while to learn the playbook, if mjd even knows that information about him somehow...but in time he will learn it. 

MJD was Gabbert's teammate for several years. I think i would take his point on the playbook and maybe Gabbert did struggle with NFL offenses. I think the point about Gabbert and Mariota was that Mariota is not as polished as Winston. Mariota like Gabbert came from a spread offense to NFL offenses, its not easy to go from a spread to a pro style. And Mariota likes to run the ball as well, again, running QB have had hard times transitioning. I think like Gabbert, Mariota either needs the perfect system or should sit a year and develop. Gabbert should of had that....but was thrown into a fire with a team in flames ( jaguars) and just never was able to get it going. 

 

I definitely think Gabbert is not a franchise player, and his internal clock was all messed up. But i think Mariota may run into the same issues if he is thrown into the fire just like Gabbert was. 

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