Dear Oregon Fans

I assume this was directed toward this me. If it comes down to whose back I have at the end of the day it's Marcus Mariota. He's the only reason I started to post here. And as long as he is a Titan, I will continue to post here unless I develop forum relationships that I just can't live without!

With that said, the comments I continue to get after he was drafted was that he is 'going to a bad situation'. I didn't buy into that idea. I have always kind of liked Wiz, loved how he developed Roethisberger and what he did with Warner as his Qb in Arizoma. I loved the idea of him going to Tennessee and transforming them into a formidable contender for years to come. As fans you have seen enough losing. It's about time for you to start seeing some winning. But in the last three weeks, I can see why others were sayin' this was a bad situation for him. No offensive line. Very few playmsakers and maybe just maybe Wiz doesn't know what he is doing. Cap that with a General Manager I have great concerns on whether or not he can equip the team and Marcus with what they need to win, I'm starting to think this might be a bad situation for he Qb.

I will go in and say it. If Marus Mariota had an offensive line, weeks 2 -6 would have looked closer to his week one. He has been pressured, sacked, and taken plenty hard hits. You give him an average offensive line, the team is .500 or above right now.

If this situation doesn't improve, his career is short lived. And I'm less hopeful now the organization has any answers in preserving his career. If they can't, as much as I believe in him, It would not hurt my feelings for him to take a seat for the remainder of the season and move him in the offseason to a team that has a plan on how to use him. And to a team that will put him around players that will help him excel and preserve his career.

Of cousrse my first choice would be to see Ruston Webster and Ken Wisenhunt show some competence and improve this situation for he and his teammates. The fans have waited long for a winner. I think he is that and more. The dude just needs to be in the right dynamic.

 

I was among those who thought Wiz was the best of a bad bunch to choose from. Although, in hindsight, we probably should have waited until after the SB and hired Quinn...who is now Atlanta's HC and they went from bad before he got there, to undefeated thus far.

Whiz might be a decent OC, but I cannot for the life of me understand how other teams that beat us, throw the ball downfield and we won't. We have both Hunter and DGB to throw the 50/50 balls to and we won't. Then, we try to establish a hard-nose identity in the run game, using 2 scatbacks. That is just insane. Yes, I know Cobb is on the IR until the midseason, but they brought Terrance West in, as a fill in, and they have him inactive.

We have no running game when we are featuring 5'8" 150lb McCluster. He's a slot WR, for Pete's sake!

 

But we have no running game because we have no O-Line. Miami was the worst run defense in the league going into Sunday.
The Titans managed 63 yards, @ 3.5 yds/carry, against a defense that was obviously putting emphasis on QB pressure. 3.5 YPC is 3rd worst in the NFL this year and the last two full seasons.

In 2013 and 2014 Bostad's lines gave up the 6th most sacks with two different teams, the TB Bucs and the TN Titans. He needs to go back to college.

Between play calling that is just crap and an O-Line that can't get it done, Mariota is in trouble, and at this point I just hope he manages to survive the Whiz experiment.

 

Not quite, they just lost to the Saints on TNF.
Falcons have beaten all 4 teams from the 2nd worst division (NFCE) and 1 team from the worst division (AFCS).

Still better than the Titans, no doubt.

 

Yes I was very reactionary at the time to one poster. And I do agree that Marcus has a responsibility here as well. It's not all on the Titans.

 

We have a saying up here. It goes like this, 'Keep Portland Weird'. He fits this to the T. But loved his passion.

 

IMHO great QB play doesnt have much to do with having a super strong arm, it has to do with IQ and intelligence....the successful ones like Manning, Brees, Rodgers, Brady don't have super strong arms, but they are very smart. There have been plenty of Jamarcus Russells around.

This is where MM will succeed. He is smart and is very accurate in short to mid level passes. He will grow and learn the deep ball, but this is hard when the WR's are not great and the O-line won't get him more than 2-3 seconds.

People were too high on MM after week 1 and they are too low on him now. MM should rest for 2 weeks and then get back out there. A hurt and timid MM will not be effective, I have seen him play hurt at Oregon and he wasn't the same unfortunately.