Mariota Injury

Lol ok. Rodgers highlights were riding the pine. Brees was messing his shoulder up and being replaced by Rivers then FA. Etc. Etc.

 

Who cares about anyone else. Marcus sucks and can’t stay on the field. Deal with it

 

Well people want to throw out comparisons when the fact is they dont really much.

 

Comparisons from the same year mean a lot


Comparisons over the last three seasons mean a lot

 

Is Marcus Mariota really injury prone and what does that mean for the Titans moving forward?

TLDR;

I compiled data on 26 quarterbacks that I believe were considered by their organizations as “franchise quarterbacks” at some point during the 2015-2018 time frame. I omitted guys like Case Keenum, Josh McCown, and Tyrod Taylor because I wanted to limit the set to players that would only be benched due to injury. Here is the percentage of games missed (I did not add games left to this data set) for each quarterback:

Andrew Luck 40.6%

Ryan Tannehill 37.5%

Deshaun Watson 18.8%

Carson Wentz 16.7%

Aaron Rodgers 14.1%

****Marcus Mariota 14.1%*******

Joe Flacco 14.0%

Andy Dalton 12.5%

Alex Smith 9.4%

Jameis Winston 8.2%

Ben Roethlisberger 7.8%

Mitchell Trubisky 6.3%

Cam Newton 3.1%

Derek Carr 3.1%

Drew Brees 1.6%

Russell Wilson 0%

Matthew Stafford 0%

Blake Bortles 0%

Matt Ryan 0%

Kirk Cousins 0%

Philip Rivers 0%

Eli Manning 0%

Dak Prescott 0%

Tom Brady 0%

Jared Goff 0%

Patrick Mahomes 0%

There are a few things to point out with this data. First, this is games missed in their entirety due to injury only. If you add in games left due to injury, Mariota jumps past Rodgers, Wentz, and Watson to be the 3rd most often injured quarterback in the NFL.

I took a look at the correlation between number of hits taken per game (both sacks and designed runs) compared to percentage of games missed and the relationship between those two numbers was very low. That means that taking a lot of hits doesn’t necessarily lead to a bunch of games missed for most quarterbacks.

Some anecdotal examples include Cam Newton, Deshaun Watson, and Russell Wilson. Those three guys are in a class by themselves when it comes to taking hits. Newton averages 9.9 hits per game, Watson averages 9.4, and Wilson averages 8.1. No other QB averages more than 6.5. Despite all those hits, Wilson has yet to miss a game, Newton has missed just two over the past four years, and Watson’s injury was suffered during a non-contact portion of practice in Houston. Andrew Luck and Ryan Tannehill — the two quarterbacks with the most missed games during this stretch — rank 13th and 14th out of 26 in hit rate.

 

Mary out for the 2019 with that big hit right there


REKT

 

How many on that list have played a full season...

Take them out and Mariotas the most brittle qb in the league

 

local media, Mark Howard in particular, point out MM8 has only missed 8 games in his career. Only grudgingly admits MM8 has failed to finish quite a few more AND has failed to finish 3 of 4 seasons as well. Meaning he would not have been available had the Titans made the POs.


I like MM8. He is a professional and I appreciate that, but he has to finish what he starts.


I am butthurt about him skipping the pony game and will remain so. Will not forget this one. Others might... fine


I no longer care at all about players 'careers' I show up to see the Titans WIN... that game that day. Next game/year will take care of itself

 

I'm far from a Mary apologist. In fact, I'm all for beginning the moving on process as soon as possible.thst said, from what it sounds like, he would have risked permanent nerve damage by playing. Like never able to reliably use his arm again.

If that is the case, I wouldn't have played either.

 

Good point. Mariota could chalk up, the longest to run by a qb in nfl history, 2nd highest completion percentage in a game of more that 20 passes,one of the only people to throw a TD to themselves, the most 4th qbs comebacks for games played through 4 seasons.

Not a bad list for a guy just turning 25