Tanny and MM on field together...

Mariota’s athleticism is drastically overblown

 

No, you must have forgotten about that time when Mariota was scrambling out of the pocket, there were no open receivers anywhere on the field. He looked, found the target he was looking for, threw the hardest pass he could muster (.7mph) hit his target square in the forehead forcing a ricochet right to where he was running. Scooped it up and scored the TD...

When you can intentionally do something like that your athleticism knows no bounds.

 

I don’t know about that, but Mariota seemingly had zero ability to extend plays outside of the pocket or throw on the run. All of that stuff he was billed as coming out. I don’t know if that’s because his athleticism was over blown, or because the team drilled into his head to be a prototypical pocket passer. Either way, he did none of that stuff.

It’s stuff we’re seeing Tannehill do on a weekly basis. Crazy.

 

it wasnt at the combine win he won every skill.

 

Ok?

what’s the combine have to do with NFL games?

 

The second I watched Tannehill on this team, I knew Mary was done. His pocket presence alone was worlds better. Mariota just isn’t a true NFL QB. If he goes to a team and somehow changes that stance, god bless him and that team. 5 years in and the dude keeps regressing. Sad state of affairs.

 

It is a formal an unbiased measure of athleticism. Go back and look at the results. His 4.48 forty was by far the fastest qb time,- Watson ran a 4.67 the next yr,. He also won all the shuttles and the verticle jump,. His 56 mph velocity was 2nd out of 14 I believe. Don't get me wrong, tannehill deserves to be under center but lets not act like Mariota is not athletic. Atbat ,6'4" 225 those are amazing numbers. Mariotas 40 was faster than Derrick Henry's. I'd say use his athletic ability a few plays each game. He's not our future qb, so if he gets hurt it's not the end of the world.

 

Mariota smokes Watson in 40. Pretty neat video. Especially with mariotas size

Simulcam: Deshaun Watson vs. Marcus Mariota

 

Imo, the key play to look at is the pass play. The d didn't really know what to think, they were thinking it was a trick play, but it was a simple slant. No pressure and tanney just stood there, hardly moved. I think it's a wrinkle that can be used, not often at all, but used.