Quote:And that is all he has done is quoted stats. Anyways, no way around it. Bortles struggled last year. Yet we aren't arguing for last year. We are talking about this year.

The thing is, historically rookies usually do struggle.  I think a lot of people put WAY too much stock into Mariota's first game, just as they're giving too much weight to Bortles rookie year.  It's rare a rookie comes in and plays well enough to be considered among the better QBs in the league.  More often than not, they are going to struggle as they adjust to the NFL game and the different looks they've never seen before.  Bortles certainly ran into that last year, and Mariota will probe to be a mere mortal as well as the season progresses and the amount of game tape teams have to game plan against him increases.

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