re: Brees Successor

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Mariota could be a very successful NFL quarterback if he works very hard on his mechanics.

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Mariota will be a bust if he has to play day one. He is no where near prepared to handle an NFL offense that doesn't involve Chip Kelly as being the head coach & offensive coordinator. Just imagine the average elementary school student having to go from elementary math straight into college algebra. That's the type of learning curve Mariota is facing coming out of a college spread offense into NFL pro style offense.

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He is much more mature than Winston IMO. He (Winston) gets rattled way too easily and loses his cool.

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Off the field, the comparison isn't really close. Mariota is far more mature than Winston at this point. When comes down to who is more prepared from a technical & systematic standpoint, it's Winston by a mile. People will point at Winston's interceptions from this past season but that is just a reflection of one, his self confidence & two, the lack of consistent 2nd & 3rd receivers at FSU in 2014.

Quarterbacks who are ultra confident & as well as having a complete understanding of reading defenses, will take risk when the talent level around them is subpar. Brees does the same thing. So do Peyton Manning, Tom Brady & Andrew Luck. Past greats like Favre & Marino threw picks in bunches at times too. Aaron Rodgers is the exception & not the norm. He hardly ever throws picks. The biggest question mark surrounding Winston is behavior off the field. That is what will ultimately make or break him.