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Article by Phil Sheridan: Could title loss bring Marcus Mariota to Philadelphia Eagles? - ESPN
Decided to start a new thread since we have a fresh article.
I think McShay hits it dead on:
"The more I study Mariota's Oregon tape,” McShay wrote before the Ohio State game, “the harder it is for me to find throws that translate to the NFL game. When I went back and charted his passes from the FSU game, screens, dump-offs and scrambles were more common than the type of downfield throws required by NFL offenses.
“It's not that he never makes those throws … but it's hard to find too many of those on tape, and his success rate isn't great on them.”
McShay concludes: “Ultimately, teams could very well decide that Mariota's on-field issues (he has outstanding intangibles) are a bigger concern. I think he absolutely has the tools and potential to develop into a very good NFL quarterback, but teams are going to have to gamble on him being able to get better in a lot of areas in which he hasn't had much experience or great success to this point.”
Decided to start a new thread since we have a fresh article.
I think McShay hits it dead on:
"The more I study Mariota's Oregon tape,” McShay wrote before the Ohio State game, “the harder it is for me to find throws that translate to the NFL game. When I went back and charted his passes from the FSU game, screens, dump-offs and scrambles were more common than the type of downfield throws required by NFL offenses.
“It's not that he never makes those throws … but it's hard to find too many of those on tape, and his success rate isn't great on them.”
McShay concludes: “Ultimately, teams could very well decide that Mariota's on-field issues (he has outstanding intangibles) are a bigger concern. I think he absolutely has the tools and potential to develop into a very good NFL quarterback, but teams are going to have to gamble on him being able to get better in a lot of areas in which he hasn't had much experience or great success to this point.”