Falcons: Ranking Marcus Mariota’s best games in his NFL career

2) November 26, 2018 – Week 12 vs. Texans – Lost 17 to 34

• Passing: 22/23 | 95.7% | 303 yards | 13.2 avg | 2 TDs | 0 int | 147.7 QBR
• Rushing: 6 attempts | 28 yards

This looks like something that would have happened to Matt Ryan and the Falcons. You throw almost a perfect game and you still lose by a wide margin.

This was against a Texans team that ended the season with a playoff berth and an 11-5 record. If you are interested in why they lost this game, look no further than the fact that Mariota was sacked six times for a total of 43 yards. The Titans’ offensive line did not show up against their division rivals that day.

But the fact that Mariota could be under so much pressure and only throw one incompletion in 23 attempts is ridiculous. Just look at that 95.7 completion percentage.

It isn’t like he was throwing check downs either, he averaged 13.2 yards per completion which is elite. Throwing for a first down plus another three yards per completion is crazy.

Just think about this, Mariota had twice as many touchdowns as incompletions.

1) September 13, 2015 – Week 1 vs. Buccaneers – Won 42 to 14

• Passing: 13/15 | 86.7% | 209 yards | 13.9 avg | 4 TDs | 0 int | 158.3 QBR
• Rushing: 2 attempts | 6 yards

Marcus Mariota’s first game as a pro came against the only player drafted higher than him — Jameis Winston.

Not often do you see a game between two teams that combined for four wins the year before making top headlines to kick off a season but in 2015 that was the case as this featured the top two picks in the draft going head-to-head.

Marcus Mariota gave the Buccaneers reason to regret their draft selection in the first game of the season by torching them.

Mariota had two incompletions, threw for 209 yards, almost 14 yards per completion, and had a perfect quarterback rating.

Four of his 13 completions went for six points, think about that, almost a quarter of his completions were for touchdowns.

It is just crazy that he started his NFL career like this and we can only hope he starts his Falcons’ career with similar numbers, and even more important, similar results.