The Buckeyes had a fantastic scheme against Oregon. They played a ton of contain tonight, which limited what they could do. Oregon was missing a lot of key components on that team. Mariota is still a great prospect, raw, but this game wont hurt his overall body of work. This was just a very hard matchup for Oregon.
If they prefer Winston, I get it. If they prefer Mariota, I get it. If they think neither is a potentially elite NFL QB, I get that too. I won't be upset as long as passing on them nets a slew of picks in a trade, or a game breaking pass rusher. I don't like any of the OL enough to invest the #6 and I don't want us to blow the pick on another position. Trade down, draft a QB, or draft an elite edge rusher.
Yeah this wasn't the type of game to hurt his stock, there were many other variables in the Oregon loss. Didn't help his stock, but didn't hurt it either. I'm not sure he put a lot of NFL throws on tape in the college football playoff if that is going to be the games analyzed the most though. He's raw and probably not ready to step in and start Game 1.
We'll, yeah... It's college. Mariota will also have a offense that is much more talented on from a personnel perspective. Mariota was without some of his key weapons tonight, even then, the scheme is what makes up for the lack of play makers on that offense. So if you remove the few key weapons you already have, you are going to naturally struggle. It's not like Mariota was playing confused, not reading coverages properly, it just wasn't there.
I'd take him at 6 and not think twice. I'd take Winston at 6 also if his character checks out. If I had my choice, I'd take Mariota all day.
Overreactions are just that: overreactions. Luckily teams overreact just as fans overreact (see: Bridgewater's pro day.) I think there's a decent shot both Mariota and Winston are there for the taking at the 6th overall pick. I'm not sure what we should do, but we should think very carefully about our decision. Personally I would take a shot at either Qb with the 6th pick, whoever we think is most likely to be our franchise guy. At worst, you draft a bust and lose the 6th pick (but don't lose much money, unlike big busts before the CBA). At best, you find your franchise Qb for the next 15 years.
It'd be really nice to run a major bluff on Mariota if he's there at 6 and get Chip Kelly to trade us 3 1sts for him.
Anyone who watched the game and said Mariotas stock isnt going to fall, is just kidding themselves. As he is, he is not a franchise qb. If we did get him, he needs to sit at least a year, hell id say 2.
He still made good throws man, he still made good decisions. The only bad throws I can remember him making was in the redzone when he missed his tightend and the last throw of the game that was way too high. Other than that he still did some damage against a pro style defense. His stock wont drop because of this game.
It will. He looked unremarkable. He looked like a college qb. Not one whos gonna stand tall in the pocket against an nfl defense. Hed have to get a lot better. Like I said hed need to sit. He may not even come out this year, I wouldnt be suprised.
I was hoping Mariota would ball out so that he goes number one to the Bucs but he just got exposed. I'd be pleasantly surprised if he didn't fall but I think he will.
