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I'm really curious about this line of reasoning, what does FSU's offense require Winston to do that Oregon's doesn't require of Mariota? I sure didn't notice anything.

Winston takes snaps under center.
Winston takes 3,5,7 step drops.
Winston makes some play selection at the line of scrimmage.

Mariota does none of the first, basically none of the second, and only a little of the third.
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Do the first two things matter at all? I can't imagine that's very hard to teach to someone of Mariota's caliber. And I'd personally be surprised if Winston's play-selection responsibilities were significantly higher than Mariota's.

[stupac2]

[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=11504.msg110406#msg110406 date=1420822314]

I'm really curious about this line of reasoning, what does FSU's offense require Winston to do that Oregon's doesn't require of Mariota? I sure didn't notice anything.

Winston takes snaps under center.
Winston takes 3,5,7 step drops.
Winston makes some play selection at the line of scrimmage.

Mariota does none of the first, basically none of the second, and only a little of the third.
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Do the first two things matter at all? I can't imagine that's very hard to teach to someone of Mariota's caliber. And I'd personally be surprised if Winston's play-selection responsibilities were significantly higher than Mariota's.