Marcus Mariota Watch

[MDS]

"Moving up and mortgaging your future for a receiver does not make sense, but I'd do it for a quarterback," a general manager from another team said. "I don't know if Mariota would be worth it, but he might be for Chip because the hardest part at quarterback is the learning curve. Mariota would be seamless in Philadelphia."

To be clear, Mariota landing in Philly is a long shot, to the point that I was initially skeptical about engaging the subject at all. But as I gathered insights from coaches and executives around the league on the subject, I realized this was an interesting exercise whether or not the Eagles go down that path. And there is plenty of logic as to how and why such a move could come together.

The Eagles could be picking in the middle 20s or later, and Mariota is in the conversation as the No. 1 overall pick if he comes out. Bridging such a wide gap would come at a steep price

[Don Ho]

 

[PhillyPhreak54]

No shot.

Give up an RGIII type ransom and sink the franchise? No.

[MDS]

the franchise is already sunk...you aint winning with nicky foles and marcos sanchize

shady + 3 1's + 3 2's....IN

[LBIggle]

admittedly don't know shtein about the dude.  however i'm not giving up a whole lot of anything unless he's another luck. on the other hand the way the iggs like to roast away draft picks... they probably wouldn't be giving up on much talent to move up anyway.

[QB Eagles]

This thread should really be in the "Rest of the NFL" section, unless this is a Bucs board now.

[QB Eagles]

Also, consider me a nonbeliever that drafting this dude would suddenly make Chip's offense start hanging 60 points on NFL teams every week, like Oregon playing Cal. He's just the latest in a long line of CF savior QBs from college, including Matt Barkley and Teddy Bridgewater. The Eagles likely won't be bad enough to draft a worldbeater QB for the next few years anyway. If they somehow manage to win the SB, it'll be with a "good enough" QB from the mid rounds who will be inconsistent enough that CF will still bitch about him every other week and create threads about ungettable college players.

[SD]

I wouldn't give up more than 2 firsts, a second and maybe a later pick. It ain't happening no matter how much Chip whines to Howie. In hindsight we should have drafted Manziel.

[BigEd76]

admittedly don't know shtein about the dude.  however i'm not giving up a whole lot of anything unless he's another luck.

He's a smarter, less bulky version of Kaepernick, but his main drawback is that he ran read option in high school and at Oregon, so he's never really run a traditional under-center offense

[MDS]

chip's aaron rodgers gushing leads me to believe he at some juncture in the game was like

"i need that"

well, here's that

[General_Failure]

Was it the point in the game where he stared dead-eyed across the field without blinking for twenty seconds?

[Rome]

If they had Mariota they still would have lost.  What they need is to build a great defense and trading away multiple high picks is exactly the wrong way to accomplish that goal. Pissing away your future on one player is a colossally stupid idea. 

Close this abortion of a thread.

[smeags]

I like the direction this going in.

[ice grillin you]

but his main drawback is that he ran read option in high school and at Oregon, so he's never really run a traditional under-center offense

chips ideal offense is a read option offense so that would actually be a positive...in fact thats the main reason you go after mariota

hes also essentially the same size as kapernick and should actually end up being bigger once he gets older and starts hitting the smoothies and nfl weight programs

that said this is a silly thread....hes not nearly a good enough prospect to do a ricky williams type deal (with more 1's in it) which is what it would take to get him

[Rome]

they're not getting him.  you might as well open a new thread with peyton manning as the subject.