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re: Mett Wants a Trade according to Agent
Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:19 am to Alt26
Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:19 am to Alt26
That's somewhat fair, but the entire offseason the Titans coaches and teammates have been infatuated with Mettenberger and raving about his improvement and leadership skills.
I live in the heart of Titansland and people here thought Mett was the future. None of my friends who love the Titans wanted Mariota. They unanimously wanted to trade the pick and get a bunch of good pieces to build around Mett.
Mett has a big league skillset. He would have been a 3rd/4th rounder at least if not for his ACL. He has great arm strength and accuracy on his intermediate and deep routes. Guys who can do that are pretty rare.
Issue is, he is Tom Brady/Ryan Mallet immobile. Guy needs a good OL and if he gets it, he will be a good QB in this league.
I live in the heart of Titansland and people here thought Mett was the future. None of my friends who love the Titans wanted Mariota. They unanimously wanted to trade the pick and get a bunch of good pieces to build around Mett.
Mett has a big league skillset. He would have been a 3rd/4th rounder at least if not for his ACL. He has great arm strength and accuracy on his intermediate and deep routes. Guys who can do that are pretty rare.
Issue is, he is Tom Brady/Ryan Mallet immobile. Guy needs a good OL and if he gets it, he will be a good QB in this league.
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Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:20 am to blkhawktiger
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Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:20 am to TigerRanter
Ok? So the Titans took a chance on him. And the injury concerns are still legit. He got great experience his rookie season that very few late round QB's ever get. His arrogance to want out this quickly is ridiculous.
Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:22 am to blkhawktiger
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Ok? So the Titans took a chance on him. And the injury concerns are still legit. He got great experience his rookie season that very few late round QB's ever get. His arrogance to want out this quickly is ridiculous.
I think it pissed him off that everyone, included his coach and GM, has been telling him he IS THE GUY for this team. And then instead of helping him in the draft, they pick a QB to replace him.
I don't know what I'd do in that situation, but I know I'd be pretty pissed.
Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:24 am to blkhawktiger
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His arrogance to want out this quickly is ridiculous.
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Ken Whisenhunt: "That's the plan" on Mariota starting in Week One. #Titans
What's the problem with wanting out when your coach already picked the starter - before Day 1 of practice?
Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:25 am to TheCaterpillar
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Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:25 am to TheCaterpillar
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They unanimously wanted to trade the pick and get a bunch of good pieces to build around Mett.
would have been the smart thing to do, high QB picks seldom turn around struggling franchises.
Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:26 am to oldschoolqb
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Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:27 am to Globalx39
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Mett won't see the field again unless MM is injured. As it has been said you don't draft a QB #2 overall to have him compete....the job is MMs, there is no competition.
Yeah Whisenhunt said he expects Mariota to be the starting QB. I get it. What if Mett came out and ripped shite up in camp and preseason though? Either the Titans would have to at least try him as the starter or someone else would want to trade for him and give him the starting role after a team loses their QB to an injury, which will inevitably happen.
Saying that you want to be traded the day after your team drafts a QB is pretty pussy. Someone might want to trade for him in a year or 2. Doesn't mean he has to come out and say he wants a trade the day after the Titans draft another QB.
Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:27 am to Alt26
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People are acting like Tenn. took him in the 1st round last season then moved on after 2-3 games.
HE WAS A SIXTH ROUND PICK!!! That means all 32 teams, especially those in need of a QB, passed over him multiple times before he was finally selected. In a business that is completely results oriented and a league that relies so heavily on the QB position, teams aren't apt to pass over QBs who they think could be franchise QBs. And before all of the "what about Tom Brady" idiots come in, that is the RARE exception, not the rule. For every one Tom Brady, there are 50 late round QBs that amounted to nothing in the NFL.
Mettenberger was a 6th round project that showed some flashes of potential last season. Still (though not completely his fault) he failed to lead his team to a win. TN was in a spot to take a guy rated, at worst, as the 2nd best QB in the draft and a guy with 1st round potential. It's hard to pass that up in favor of a guy (Mettenberger) that is still unproven himself.
If Tenn. is picking 5th or 6th, then this is a non-issue. However, the ultimate question for the Tenn. front office came down to:
Do we want to take a chance on a guy that many scouts think has the potential to be a great QB? Or, do we want to take a chance on a guy that had his moments, but ultimately team after team decided to bypass when they had the chance to grab him last season? It's a gamble either way. They're just going with what they think is a better bet
Those are all fair points, but Mariota still comes with a number of question marks in what I consider to be a pretty weak draft class for quarterbacks.
No quarterback which has been brought up through the Oregon offensive scheme has proven to be an effective NFL passer. That's one concern.
The second issue is that many people will tell you that Tennessee has a number of issues unrelated to the quarterback position, most noticeable offensive line. Do you need a guy running for his life back there?
Why not trade back and pick up two potential OL starters or an instant-impact wide receiver which can assist your starting quarterback?
Hundley and Petty are still on the board. Both are highly mobile passers who have drawn praise from a number of scouts. Supposedly Sean Payton is enamored with Bryce Petty. The argument some make with Mariota is that even though Tennessee's offensive line is in shambles, things might be okay because Mariota is so elusive. Hundley and Petty are exactly statues by any means.
I'm not saying that Mettenberger is the answer, because in all honesty I don't think he is due to his limited mobility and his tendency to force the ball down field to his number one target.
However, you could have saved a great deal of money by trading back and in the process you might have acquired some immediate veteran starters and additional draft picks.
In doing so, Tennessee could have still selected one of several still available and valuable quarterbacks in either the second or third round. This would have enabled them to save a great deal of money on a rookie contract and allowed them to select a player or players of need in the first round.
Mariota is the sexy pick. He comes with zero off-the-field concerns, is a Heisman winner, presumably pretty humble, and has quarterbacked one of the most successful offenses in college football.
Tennessee is not coming close to doing what Carolina did by drafting Jimmy Clausen and then selecting Cam Newton shortly after, but I still think their thought process is very short-sighted.
Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:27 am to CarRamrod
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yea you dont know what you are talking about..Do you let your girlfriend frick other dudes and stay with her cause you want to fight for her love?
You seem like a really smart person.
Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:28 am to TheCaterpillar
I can understand some frustration there but this is a business. Put your head down and let that motivate you even more to get better. This isn't the business you can run from shite like this.
Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:30 am to DelU249
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Yeah, I'd be so pissed I'd make their new face of the franchise look like shite on the field and make them go explain to their fans how they totally wasted their #2 overall pick
That's because you're an idiot...
Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:31 am to ForeLSU
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Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:32 am to blkhawktiger
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I can understand some frustration there but this is a business.
it's a business on both sides of the equation...I'd say at this point there's a strong chance Mett will be released anyway, so most of this is probably moot.
Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:33 am to saint amant steve
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Why not trade back and pick up two potential OL starters or an instant-impact wide receiver which can assist your starting quarterback?
Pretty simple. They weren't offered what they wanted. Again, refer to my previous post. How long do you wait to take a QB? Next year's class looks even weaker than this one. Of the 10 or so franchise guys in the league, all but Manning and Luck came with a certain amount of risk and criticism. At some point, when you're a franchise that has wallowed in mediocrity for over a decade, you have to trust your scouting and take a QB and see what happens. You can't afford to wait another 10 years for the next Luck or Manning.
Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:34 am to ForeLSU
Both sides? Like the franchise works for the player? Wtf, no they don't.
Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:36 am to ForeLSU
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Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:38 am to blkhawktiger
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Both sides? Like the franchise works for the player? Wtf, no they don't.
Players, much like employees, have to ensure they make good "business" decisions for themselves. If your employer hires some stud away from a competitor and sticks you in a shite territory that is likely to get you fired within a year or two, you don't "suck it up and show them they made a mistake".
Posted on 5/1/15 at 10:39 am to AlaTiger
He needs to go to New England and learn from Brady.
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