Jump to content

Will Marcus Mariota Be a Top 15 Quarterback Again?


footbull3196

Will Marcus Mariota ever be a top 15 quarterback again?  

68 members have voted

  1. 1. Will Marcus Mariota ever be a top 15 quarterback again?

    • Yes, he just needs more help
      15
    • No, he's regressed beyond help
      48
    • He already is a top 15 quarterback (lol)
      5


Recommended Posts

6 hours ago, pwny said:

As for your “unlucky” post, Mariota’s adjusted INT total for 2017 is 17. He had two dropped picks and zero tipped picks. So I also don’t see how you can say he only had 15 bad throws when he literally threw 17 directly into a defender’s hands.

https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2018/adjusted-interceptions-2017

His should be Intercepted % was tied for 5th in the league. The other 5 players above or tied? Rookie Deshaun Watson and 4 players who aren’t starters anymore or never were.

Just like not every pass that coulda/shoulda been intercepted is actually picked off, not every interception is a QBs fault. Sometimes a defense just makes a great play on a good throw, a receiver can't hold on to a good pass and ends up in a defenders hands, etc. 

What PFF was saying was that just about every bad pass made by Mariota was intercepted, and the leave average % of bad passes that are interested is much lower (resulting in the unlucky label). I haven't been able to find the list of all QBs, but I find a couple articles citing this "stat". 

https://titanswire.usatoday.com/2018/01/17/marcus-mariota-interceptions-pro-football-focus/

One of the stats that landed Mariota the No. 13 overall grade among quarterbacks by PFF was his low turnover-worthy throw percentage. He had the sixth-lowest mark in the league in that category at 2.6 percent. That’s a good number on par with the league’s most efficient signal callers.

The problem for Mariota is that he was just flat out unlucky when he did make a turnover-worthy pass. According to PFF, he had just 14 such throws this season.

That means Mariota’s 15 interceptions outnumbered his interception-worthy throws. That means virtually every pass he threw that could get intercepted, did. There weren’t drops, no batted passes and no defenders running into each other. That’s extremely hard to do, and something that probably won’t sustain itself into next year. For reference, he had 15 turnover-worthy throws with nine interceptions last season.

 

And from PFF  https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/final-nfl-qb-rankings-by-pff-player-grades-2017

 

slide31.jpg?w=1024&h=576

Excerpt from the PFF QB Annual: It may be surprising to see how high Mariota ranked in big-time throws, but he had the second-highest percentage in the league and tied for fourth overall. He hit a number of two-level throws around zone coverage and tight-window throws away from tight man coverage. However, he tied for second in the league with five of his big-time throws falling incomplete on the year.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 minutes ago, ragevsuall17 said:

Just like not every pass that coulda/shoulda been intercepted is actually picked off, not every interception is a QBs fault. Sometimes a defense just makes a great play on a good throw, a receiver can't hold on to a good pass and ends up in a defenders hands, etc. 

If a QB throws the ball where a defender can be the first to get their hands on the ball, it’s on the Quarterback. As noted in the FO article, Mariota had zero interceptions that first hit his intended target, but had two picks dropped. 

PFF’s grading system is widely panned by nearly everyone (I mean look at the grades thread we have every year), so I really don’t care about how their rating worked out for Mariota.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

7 minutes ago, pwny said:

If a QB throws the ball where a defender can be the first to get their hands on the ball, it’s on the Quarterback. As noted in the FO article, Mariota had zero interceptions that first hit his intended target, but had two picks dropped. 

PFF’s grading system is widely panned by nearly everyone (I mean look at the grades thread we have every year), so I really don’t care about how their rating worked out for Mariota.

Its a metric as subjective as the open receiver stat you've been using. I also wonder if the numbers you're using are correct... Saw a stat after week 5 that had Mariota ranked 2md in the league... But at 50% right behind Brady (not 80% like you've said). 

As far as the bad luck last year... Its not just a PFF stat... It was something a few of us were talking about last year... Like damn... He's having crappy luck with picks and with those picks being returned for pick 6s. This stat supported that belief. Is it 100% verifiable? Not without watching every single of his attempts again. Again, I'll trust my eyes...

Just like a lot of us placed a lot of the blame from the sacks last week on Mariota. I keep staring he lost the little trust he had in his receivers, scheme, line... And himself. 

The all-22 confirms this. A lot of blame to go around everywhere... Not a lot of places to go with the ball... And Mariota losing trust as the game progressed... 

https://www.musiccitymiracles.com/2018/10/16/17982418/keeping-up-with-marcus-mariota-week-six-2018

Which again, you're not going to change your mind regardless of what's shared. That ok... You have your own team to worry about... Like I posted beside, just seems like sour grapes at this point how much effort your putting into this thread. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

49 minutes ago, ragevsuall17 said:

Its a metric as subjective as the open receiver stat you've been using. I also wonder if the numbers you're using are correct... Saw a stat after week 5 that had Mariota ranked 2md in the league... But at 50% right behind Brady (not 80% like you've said). 

There’s nothing subjective about agg%. It’s a completely defined stat with measurable data.

https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/glossary

Link to comment
Share on other sites

 

On ‎10‎/‎14‎/‎2018 at 11:24 PM, BayRaider said:

He's better than Bortles. Jags are wasting an all time great D.

Mariota is NOT better than Bortles...

and I think people are really starting to over exaggerate when it comes to the Jags D;  It's all part of this 'replace Bortles' narrative; trying to make it appear Bortles is the only problem on the team, which he is not...

On ‎10‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 7:14 AM, Fixxxer said:

My guess is he's missing Walker, badly, but I thought he was better than he has shown this year. 

He had Walker last season, and wasn't much better.

and if losing one guy makes that much difference, then it speaks volumes about his development, or lack there of...

On ‎10‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 8:37 AM, drd23 said:

But why would they want Carr?  Based on this season surely Carr wouldn't really be upgrade

Base it on any season you want, Carr is definitely an upgrade over Mariota.

 

On ‎10‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 8:40 AM, drd23 said:

So Gruden is the reason why Carr looks scared all the time and struggles to throw it beyond the LOS?

I'd say it's the o-line...  easily one of the most overpaid/overrated lines in the league, and I still have doubts about their effort...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, Danger said:

Exactly the same reason no one takes "QBR" seriously. Because their data isn't published on how it's calculated and for all we know could just be a panel of judges like at the NBA Dunk Contest.

The PFF stuff? Or the agg%?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just now, Danger said:

PFF and QBR.

I've read most of the glossary on NGS

That said, even NGS shouldn't be used without context. For example. a QB is taking 3.48 seconds to throw. Does that mean the offensive line is really good or the QB is holding on to the ball for too long. Is the QB extending the play with his legs.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Danger said:

That said, even NGS shouldn't be used without context. For example. a QB is taking 3.48 seconds to throw. Does that mean the offensive line is really good or the QB is holding on to the ball for too long. Is the QB extending the play with his legs.

Agreed. Time to throw used to be on another site with time to sack and some other data that gave it a bit more context. But even then, it’s not great. A west coast QB is going to need to get the ball out quicker than a QB who is in an offense predicated on throwing the ball downfield. So an OL that blocks long enough to run the Rams’ offense might not be blocking long enough to run some of the Chargers offenses with slow developing throws from a few years ago, even if they’re both giving exactly the same amount of time.

 

For the agg%, you really can’t tell what got the player to that point. Could be coaching, great receivers, an OL that blocks long enough to let receivers open, a QB who is incredible at diagnosing a defense, a QB who is really careful, a QB who can manipulate the pocket to get receivers open, or any number of things.

I think the important part of that is that we can judge actual arm talent and true accuracy of players when they’re low on the list. If players are higher on that, you maybe give their arm a bit of a pass and look at the other stuff; is coaching bad or do the receivers suck or is the QB bad at reading defenses or is the offensive line not giving enough time for the type of offensive game plan you're running? But Mariota is getting receivers that are open and adequate windows to throw into more often than anybody. Maybe he’s really good at diagnosing a defense and I’d even concede it if someone wanted to use that as the reason; he seems to have a decent grasp most of the time when to run and when to throw so I’d trust his decision making. But something is going horribly wrong from the point the ball leaves his hand to when it gets delivered.

And based on the PFF stats, of course he isn’t throwing balls “worthy of being intercepted” more often than what’s being suggested. If you deliver a ball off a half yard into tight coverage, it can be a pick. But if you’re delivering a half yard off when 91% of your passes are to receivers who are a yard or more open, you’re just throwing incompletions.

I also think it’s extremely telling that 3.5% of all his passes end up going directly into a defender’s hands when only 14.6% of his passes are into windows that should even have a defender available to touch the ball. That’s a rate of 24% which is absurdly high and either shows terrible tight area accuracy or terrible decision making on when to try tight throws. 

 

EDIT: Just checked percentages for all qualified players based on 2017:

2TlR9MP.png

He's not in good company. And the couple big names that show up around him are all doing things he's not.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 weeks later...

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.




×
×
  • Create New...