Quote:Just remember how far down that list Bortles probably was in his rookie year.....


A lot can change in a year.

 

A lot can change, but it was always clear watching Bortles play that he was a guy that had everything a true elite passer should have, and he just needed coaching and refining. I see Mariota as the opposite, he has everything that screams "game manager" and is plenty refined in all of the ways that don't matter. Mariota is Gabbert if Gabbert had gotten to face the equivalent of three games against the bucs in his rookie season with the first one being in his debut. Perception of Mariota is heavily slanted in his favor so far thanks to that first game, it made it easy for everyone to dismiss his really poor games against any team that could trot a reasonable defense onto the field.

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