Bridgewater or Mariotta?...


Be prepared to hear that allllll off season

 

Turn it on ESPN2 look at that kid from UCLA a lot of scouts love Brett Hundley

 

The thing about Hundley and Mariotta that scare me is that they are soph. I need to year to play out for a full evaluation on them.

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<B><FONT color=cyan>Jags this is your year</FONT></B>

That 2 minute drive....hundley was throwing darts.


I like him more than mariota but the top 3 qbs all look very promising.

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Would not surprise me to see some Bridgewater/Mariota go 1-2 or vice versa. I think Mariota will have the better stats this year and is probably the favorite to win the Heisman but Bridgewater isn't far behind. Not a bad year to have the first pick.

The offenses the 2 play in is vastly different.

Bridgewater/ Mariota.


Seeing Teddy play against Rutgers Thursday night--His OC is horrible. Instead of playing to the team strength (QB), He has a RRP -RUN RUN PASS---mentality. Not seeing the OC playing to Louisville strength on thurs. night was frustrating.


Mariota plays in a wide open spread offense, The OC for Oregon plays to Mariota strength. They're relentless, a machine on offense I think he sees the field excellent---accurate, poised, Smart, a winner, very fast....I wouldn't be surprised if Mariota is the # 1 pick.

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I've gotta say, I love me some Teddy Bridgewater, but Marcus Mariota is really growing on me.  He went through all of his progressions today, which is something that I didn't see last season, but that he's been doing consistently the last couple games.

 

Both guys are gonna be stars at the next level.  I'm very confident of this.

Not to bash you too hard, but Oregon's offense only has one secondary option before Mariota is told to tuck it and run, so while he was going through one progression sometimes I certainly wouldn't characterize it as 'all of his progressions'.

 

That said, I love Mariota's tools and upside, and wouldn't be too upset if we wound up with him instead of Teddy. However, the 'progressions' that Mariota is making is the same as Algebra compared to Teddy's Calculus. 

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Not to bash you too hard, but Oregon's offense only has one secondary option before Mariota is told to tuck it and run, so while he was going through one progression sometimes I certainly wouldn't characterize it as 'all of his progressions'.

 

That said, I love Mariota's tools and upside, and wouldn't be too upset if we wound up with him instead of Teddy. However, the 'progressions' that Mariota is making is the same as Algebra compared to Teddy's Calculus. 

 

While that may be true in theory, yesterday I saw Mariota look to his first option, second option, then hit his third option -- with him scrambling within the pocket from time to time, but not as often as you'd think.  He stood tall in the pocket much of yesterday's game.  He did not do that last season, nor the first couple games of this season, but he has been doing it regularly the last couple games.  I've been paying so much attention to it, because I really wanted to get a feel for each qb that could be coming out in 2014.  He really takes command of the offense.

 

While you could make a case for the offense being "gimmicky," that is not what NFL scouts look at.  They look for individual attributes, and less of the type of offense ran.  It's almost like when people get on to Teddy because of his "weak schedule."  Teddy can't help that schedule, as Mariota cannot help the offense he is in.  However, you still evaluate the player.  Mariota has a skill set that could translate to the NFL in a big way.

 

Again, Teddy is still #1 on my imaginary rankings that I make from my living room couch, but I'm on record as saying I would not mind having Mariota either.

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