Quote:Congratulations, Mario is good in the redzone and has a nice completion rating. Too bad he'll be in the cellar for years with that non existent talent he has around him...

 

I'm just stating facts my friend. He isn't the 2nd coming of Jesus like you're making him out to be. Bortles is and will continue to be a better QB due to the players he is surrounded by for a long, long time. You're overreacting after watching him abuse the worst defense in Jaguars history. Hasselbeck, Crab Legs, Hoyer, EJ Manuel, and Fitzpatrick did the same thing.

 

At least you aren't delusional and realize that a large part of Bortles' success is due to his playmakers. I'm not basing the evaluation off of one game, I'm basing it off the fact that Mariota is having one of the best rookie seasons in NFL history behind one of the leagues worst offensive lines with a terrible/inexperienced supporting cast. For the entire season he has a higher completion %, a higher YPA, a better TD%, a lower INT%, a higher QBR, QB rating, and is the NFL's best QB in the redzone.

 

Mariota also has much better throwing mechanics and footwork, his football IQ is much higher (decision making, pocket presence, situation awareness), and is on another level athletically.

 

Quote:https://twitter.com/Tdickman89/status/67...0522454016

 

Citing a cherry picked stat does not help your argument, Winston is younger and had a 5 TD game too.

 

Quote:You can't be serious. Do you remember the last quarterback who was supposed to be a great dual threat? Oh yeah he's benched for Gabbert.


Mariota, if he's gonna succeed, is going to have to become a pocket passer. He's not going to get an 87 yard TD run against a scrub defense every game. Bortles threw 5 TDs today. He's going to throw over 30 this year possibly. Right he is not slightly better he's definitely better. Mariota obviously like I said is just getting started.

 

I don't know what to tell you if you think Mariota is anything like Kapernick. Way to trot out the sorry predraft rhetoric that has been proven as obviously false. Mariota has 4 TDs in half a game, and has multiple games with 3+ TDs, one performance does not make a career. Welcome to the present NFL where passing numbers are inflated.

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