rmilia1
Well-Known Member
The Colts throw the ball a ton. Most decent quarterbacks would put up big numbers . That fact is also why he throws 14 picks a year as well. Luck is ok. He's better than most but not a top tier or ( imo ) even a second tier guy. Elite guys are Brady , Rodgers , Brees, Roethlisberger. Second tier guys are guys who have proven they can get you big numbers over an extended period and/or get you to the SB like Wilson, Ryan, Cam, Rivers, Eli, Stafford, Palmer. Luck is on the tier with young guys who haven't really done either but may some day with Winston, Carr, Dak, Cousins but Luck is older than most of those guys so I take him behind most of them . It's not a slight. All those guys are good QBs, they just aren't great yet and Luck has had more time to be so than they haveAbove average? Yeah...the guy has a 40 TD season under his belt. Last year, while being sacked more than every QB except a few, still had 31 TD's/13 ints...4200+ yds. and a 96+ rating. Those are top 10 numbers. Of the 5 seasons he's had, you can only point to one where he played poor, and it's been pointed out why...the dude went out there when he shouldn't have due to injury. Either you have an agenda against the guy, or clearly accepted that he 'should' be one of the absolute elite throwers of all time - which is just not realistic.
Oh...and for 'the Colts were better without him' stuff...take a look at what the Colts did when they put others (Hasselbeck) back there. Quick tempo, short rhythm type passing attack....which is exactly what they should be doing all the time with Luck. When AL is in the lineup, the coaching staff puts far...FAR more weight on his shoulders to carry that team - 5/7 step drops, deep vertical plays downfield - and it leads to him taking more shots and susceptible to injury. I readily admit that Luck tends to do too much....forcing passes/holding onto the ball too long....but that seems to be the culture built up in Indy.