re: Mett Wants a Trade according to Agent

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Joey Harrington, Akili Smith, Chris Miller were world beaters coming out of Eugene as well.

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Said it in MSB and I'll repeat myself....

Worst logic ever.

How does what Harrington, Akili or Miller did have any impact on Mariota's ability to be a pro QB? Literally the only thing they share in common is they all played at Oregon, albeit all with different coaches and different systems.

Whether Mariota becomes a pro QB or not will only depend on what Mariota, and not ghosts of former picks, does. Nothing else matters. Mariota was 8 when Harrington was drafted so please tell me how Harrington's failures has anything to do with Mariota now, 13 years later?

Gotta get back to work. Thanks for the chat fellas. Be interesting to see what happens.

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Glad you've enlightened us with your front office experience.

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And I am glad you are well-versed in your ability to speak as a smartass. As though anyone on this message board has spent time as part of an NFL organization.

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And Foles, really? One of these is not like the other.

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He has shown the potential to be an elite passer. You can call his 27:2 touchdown to interception ratio in 2013 a fluke, but I consider it proof of his capabilities.

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Rodgers and Flacco were first round picks with Brees being first pick of second round.

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And none of them were top-15 picks. Tennessee could have easily traded back in that situation.

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y your logic, we should take as many 6th/7th round guys as we can until we find the next Tom Brady.

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I never said that. I just stated that Tennessee should have remained patient in this draft and selected one of the "other QBs" because they are not a mere franchise QB away from competing for a playoff spot.

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I'd think A) would make much more sense

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Compared to the dumb shite you just posted it would but that's not how it'd turn out in the real world. I know that you probably think the NFL is all about honor and taking the screwing from your team like a man but it's really not.

Lemme just lay out this scenario for you and you can look at the two options that the titans had this offseason (keep in mind that this was easily the weakest QB draft class in recent memory and it's not even close):

1. Stick with Mett. They could've traded down for multiple picks and ended up with top notch players to help their O line and defense, which they need desperately considering that the six losses that Mett accumulated obviously weren't solely on him. If Mett flops this year, at least they'd be left with some quality young talent to hold their line and defense together in the future, and then they could probably pick up Hackenberg or another QB next year that's a more sure thing than Mariota or Winston.

2. Pick Mariota. Gimmick college offense, trouble with making a lot of NFL caliber throws, fits the mold of RGIII, Johnny Football, and pretty much every other first rounder that's flopped in recent years. Even if Mett would stay, he has no additional help if he makes it on the field and now he has the uphill battle of fighting against somebody that the Titans will be paying out the arse for and need to succeed for the sake of the franchise.

The fact that they chose option 2 over option 1 clearly shows that they don't have absolutely any intention of even giving Mett a chance so explain to me, why should he stay other than your "honor" bullshite when he can be traded to a team where he could be a backup behind a veteran and learn from better coaches or just go to a team like Cleveland where he could start right off the bat? To answer your question, if he stays with the Titans and Mariota is even serviceable, he has absolutely no value in 2 years and his career will be over

Foles, such a franchise QB that he's been traded to the Rams after that 27:2 campaign

Foles does not yet belong in discussions with Brady, Flacco, or Wilson. That was my point and it stands true.

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That's exactly what he said read it again.

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No he didn't. No where did he say there was a correlation. That's what you incorrectly inferred.

You're correct. I misread it. He's right that Mett should've waited until this thing played out.

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I agree with you and apologize for misinterpreting your post. Mett should've kept his mouth shut because I'm not sure even the Titans know what have at this point.

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No hard feelings. Not always easy to interpret a post until follow up clarification is added.

So basically you understand that the titans front office flat out sucks but you blame Mett for wanting to leave? He's not any more obligated to stay in a shitty situation than you are at your job, the fact that all these fans act so entitled to athletes and their loyalty is a joke. The team went 2-14 last year and they just royally screwed up their chance to get better players in there this year in favor of somebody that's going to be below average at best in the NFL, why should he or his agent be hush hush about wanting to get him to a better team with better coaches and a better supporting cast? To pay back the titans with the honor and loyalty and they didn't show him? To earn a bunch of random people on a message board's respect? None of those things are going to stop him from getting released when his contract year comes up if he's sitting behind the new golden child