Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2018 1:45:48 GMT
Jan 7, 2018 1:31:19 GMT @johnthehumble said:
We can't dismiss Mariota's spectacular second half performance simply as a Kansas City choke. Sure, they did choke, but if he had played any less well, the Titans would still have lost.Credit needs to be given where credit is due.
See, I'm no Titans fan and no Mariota fan. Just, as a football lover, I can'd deny that what he did in the second half was pretty special.
Trent D and B Johnson both have SBowl rings....you want them over Marino?
Brock Osweiler won us a playoff game....you want Brock? (Ask Denver how that went.)
Titans played KC, a KC team you and I both werent even sure theyd get to the playoffs, remember my friend? Remember how we both saw KC losing game...and another...and another....and another. Hey, 14 votes were cast who'd win...KC Vs Titans, I picked Ten, only me.
Why, because you and I saw it...KC was wetting the bed the 2nd half of this season, at times we put them in the "TBD" category. KC from game 1 to game 17...not the game. I thought Reid and the Chiefs would choke it away, and I was right.
Eli out played Tom twice...you really want Eli > Tom, no. As the movie says,"Any Given Sunday." (Good film btw).
I'm pretty happy with Matty Ice, by the way.
But I have to tip my hat to Mariota's performance today, the *way* he did it. He treated us to two facts that occurred just twice (counting today) in the entire history of the league, scored a TD himself in spectacular fashion (pretty fast thinking), blocked a defender to allow his runner to score, was very accurate in passing, extended plays running, played under pressure for two full quarters (any failure and they'd have lost, since they were behind by so many points) and still prevailed.
I'm not saying he is one of the top QBs in the league. I'm just saying that he had a second half performance today, for the ages, won the game for his team coming from behind 18 points, and I'm saying that a 3rd year QB who does that can't be called a bust.
I'm not calling him elite or anything.
But a bust???