Quote:In regards to the fumble on the QB sneak, he extended his arms, exposing the football, should the whistle have been blown? Yes but it wasnt and he has to secure the ball. Plue he went in high, he would have had a better chance going in low.

 

The INT as already discussed was bonehead move. 

 

Bortles missed a TD passed to Lewis early in the game, plus there were some other throws he was not set on that were under thrown. The pass while it was a great catch by AR15 was thrown into double coverage. 

 

He also walked into a couple of sacks and did not make the proper blitz adjustments at the LOS. 

 

Mariota moved the pocket pretty well. He made a couple of nice throws to Walker on the flat or on a seam. 

 

He also got Beckham involved as well.

 

He made a couple of crucial plays with his feet on the TD run and made a couple on 3rd down conversions. 

 

Mariota struggled with making throws downfield, the one pass to Fowler, or Fasano with Gratz covering was behind. 

 

He also rushed through his progression alot in the game and unnecessarily threw too many check downs. 

 

Overall, both QB's were average but the deciding factor was the punt return by Greene. 

 

Mariota didnt make the crucial mistakes, hence looking better when actually watching playing style.

I won't touch on every point... but

MM won't make crucial mistakes because the coaching staff takes them out of his hands. There are 0 passes down field and he takes 0 chances. It is part of the reason why he has 2 wins. His wins have come against the softest of competition on D.

 

BB5 moved this team into position and hit AR15 and JT80 and Hurns on a couple throws he isn't getting credit for because AR15 had a couple jump balls (BTW that is HIS job as the BIG WR)

Greene return was awesome, but I have no doubt Bortles would have moved us into position... the question is....

Was the coaching staff holding back BB5 in the RZ early with the questionable run calls?

 

I agree Bortles moved into some sacks... but some of that was from the pressure getting to him early and often... sometimes, there was no one open, sometimes he missed a guy.

 

On the INT there is a check down. On a throw in the dirt he had Lewis coming over the middle and as you mentioned he missed Lewis in the EZ....

It wasn't his best day... but on his best day he is going to have eye popping numbers.

 

Not sure MM will ever have eye popping numbers.

I know he lit up the Aints... and the Bucs early....

anomalies if you ask me. Kid won't face D's that bad the rest of his career probably lol

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