re: Mariota: "eating it up pretty quickly"

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I have witnessed several Mariota thread blow up on this forum and they are largely disparaging. Not a lot of posters give him a chance.

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That's because most of the arm chair QBs on this board only watch 1-2 Oregon games a year. The Stanford game and their bowl game.

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It's usually mixed with the Oregon "QB narrative"

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Again. Lazy arse analysis. All of Oregon's previous high draft picks at QB had accuracy issues. Mariota has NEVER had those.

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Most comments I read suggest his ceiling is low (could be an average qb at the very best) but most likely a bust.

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I think his ceiling is extraordinarily high. It's his starting point and his floor, which is low. In Tennessee he won't be afforded the time to grow at the rate he needs to succeed. It's a simple matter of reps. Great work ethic and character are great but even the most well prepared QBs like your Mannings and Lucks have a learning curve, and I wouldn't put Mariota in that category.

So many QBs that have taken his path have been forced to play early only to have their confidence shattered. Then they never recover.

Quite honestly if he ends the season healthy I'd consider that a major victory for him.