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Bill Polian: Marcus Mariota has traits like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning
There are some beautiful football minds who really believe that what we saw in Week 1 from the Tennessee Titans rookie quarterback is more indicative of what we'll see throughout Mariota's career.
Success.
Shutdown Corner spoke with 2015 Hall of Fame inductee Bill Polian, the architect of the Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers and Indianapolis Colts — all of whom drafted franchise quarterbacks under Polian's guidance — and asked him about Mariota.
Not about whether his Week 1 performance was a mirage or whether he's an instant start. But rather, we wanted to know from Polian, who receive his Hall of Fame Ring of Excellence at Sunday's Buffalo Bills-New England Patriots game, whether he thought Mariota had what it took to be built to last in the NFL as a sort of new breed of quarterback.
Polian has no doubts that Mariota possesses what it takes to thrive for years to come.
"He’s supremely intelligent. He has great football intelligence. He has incredibly high character. He’s got an incredible work ethic and incandescent leadership. Football people recognized it immediately,"
Polian said he thinks Mariota possesses rare intangibles that put him — at least in that department — in the same breath as some of the all-time greats.
"Regardless of what style of offense he eventually will play, he’s very special. He’s no different, really, in terms of the non-physical traits than Peyton Manning and Tom Brady," Polian said, doubling down on his pre-draft support for Mariota over Jameis Winston (whom Mariota clearly outplayed in Week 1) as the best quarterback available this year.
"He shares the characteristics that all successful quarterbacks in the NFL — especially in the recent NFL — have. He just was in a different system that requires a learning curve, and he’s going to go through that learning curve. That’s the way it’s supposed to be."
"It doesn’t matter whether he would have played the spread, the single-wing, the Dead T … it didn’t matter at all. He has all the capabilities that every great quarterback has."
We certainly know there are different players, with different strengths and weaknesses, and Mariota's groundedness and maturity appear to be of a different ilk.
Polian hammers home that last point and said those qualities will allow him to adapt to whatever environment he's put in. Brady and Manning? Yes, Polian feels Mariota has the same intangible qualities of two of the all-time greats, and we should take Polian at his word. After all, he drafted Manning and faced Brady umpteen times over the years.
There are some beautiful football minds who really believe that what we saw in Week 1 from the Tennessee Titans rookie quarterback is more indicative of what we'll see throughout Mariota's career.
Success.
Shutdown Corner spoke with 2015 Hall of Fame inductee Bill Polian, the architect of the Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers and Indianapolis Colts — all of whom drafted franchise quarterbacks under Polian's guidance — and asked him about Mariota.
Not about whether his Week 1 performance was a mirage or whether he's an instant start. But rather, we wanted to know from Polian, who receive his Hall of Fame Ring of Excellence at Sunday's Buffalo Bills-New England Patriots game, whether he thought Mariota had what it took to be built to last in the NFL as a sort of new breed of quarterback.
Polian has no doubts that Mariota possesses what it takes to thrive for years to come.
"He’s supremely intelligent. He has great football intelligence. He has incredibly high character. He’s got an incredible work ethic and incandescent leadership. Football people recognized it immediately,"
Polian said he thinks Mariota possesses rare intangibles that put him — at least in that department — in the same breath as some of the all-time greats.
"Regardless of what style of offense he eventually will play, he’s very special. He’s no different, really, in terms of the non-physical traits than Peyton Manning and Tom Brady," Polian said, doubling down on his pre-draft support for Mariota over Jameis Winston (whom Mariota clearly outplayed in Week 1) as the best quarterback available this year.
"He shares the characteristics that all successful quarterbacks in the NFL — especially in the recent NFL — have. He just was in a different system that requires a learning curve, and he’s going to go through that learning curve. That’s the way it’s supposed to be."
"It doesn’t matter whether he would have played the spread, the single-wing, the Dead T … it didn’t matter at all. He has all the capabilities that every great quarterback has."
We certainly know there are different players, with different strengths and weaknesses, and Mariota's groundedness and maturity appear to be of a different ilk.
Polian hammers home that last point and said those qualities will allow him to adapt to whatever environment he's put in. Brady and Manning? Yes, Polian feels Mariota has the same intangible qualities of two of the all-time greats, and we should take Polian at his word. After all, he drafted Manning and faced Brady umpteen times over the years.
