Quote:Exactly. Mariota managed some good looking drives against the league's flat out worst defenses, however, against all other defenses (except for the Bucs week one) he was actually worse than Gabbert when he was here.

 

You usually shouldn't judge a QB based on his rookie season but you can look at some trends.  His completion performance was very good for most of the games he played and in the games I saw him play it seemed like he was on the run a lot.  He averaged 252 ypg and a 91.5 rating, both are considerably better than Bortles numbers during his rookie season.  I suspect you'll see a Bortles-like improvement for Mariota in his second year as well.

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