Don't take this the wrong way but this post is way below your standards. The numbers across the board are improving. Percentage, TD to INT's, QB rating is also up substantially and right in line with Mannings first 2 years. I have tickets to the Cardinals/Indy game. The Cardinals have a legit D and play nasty at home. I'll get to see how he handles things live where I can see the entire field. The dome should be open for that game. To be continued...
Luck needs help that's evident. The guy's a winner and his demeanor never really changes throughout the game. Doesn't help that Richardson is a bust in the making. Congrats to the Lions btw they may finally win the division
Andrew Luck is a good QB in this league right. He's not near the top caliber of QBs in the league right now. But, for me at least, I think he might be a QB like Cutler, Rivers, Eli, Big Ben who stay around the NFL for a long time but never truly dominate That's the quick 1.5 season judge for me, but part of that has to be it's almost impossible to say a QB is going to be an all time great after just 1.5 seasons. On a side note, Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco are in their 6th year in the league, Eli, Rivers, and Big Ben are in their 10th year, and Brees his 12th. How time flies.
Exactly. Is Andrew Luck a good young QB? Sure. Is he the best QB or likely to be the best in 3 years? Very unlikely. He's Jay Cutler at the same age with a lot more hype and a better overall playing situation because of the dome and the fact that the offense is definitely going to flow directly through him - due to the hype and the conditions.
All I'm saying is that 55.7% after 25 starts doesn't stack up very well against Peyton and Donovan McNabb, both of whom played in much tougher situations initially. It doesn't stack up very well against Joe Flacco unless you give Luck the benefit of the doubt given that he has had no rookie bubble to live in. Here's the really strange thing here. We're at an unusual point in Andrew Luck's career. The Colts are under some pressure all of a sudden because they just lost a game to a bad opponent after losing to the Chargers a couple of weeks ago with an offensive power outage. They're not really in danger of losing their playoff spot at the moment but if they don't buckle down right now and take care of business they might be. Reggie Wayne is out for the season and that's a big deal. Over the last month, starting with that loss to the Chargers, Andrew Luck has thrown 155 passes. He's completed 86 of them for a, wait for it, 55.4% completion percentage. Almost the same number as for his first 25 starts. He's passed for 1,054 yards over that span, which is a 6.8 YPA - below his 25 game average. In other words his performance is part of the reason the Colts are in a bit of a rut right now after looking like they were going to run away and hide with the AFC South. Let's watch the next few games. If Luck is just an average guy over those games the race in the AFC South is going to get closer. And people are going to be asking if Luck is part of the reason that is happening.
Did I have to specifically mention college. Of course after all the media hype all analyst gave in to the media hype. But the fact stand he's one of a few who didn't buy into him from the BEGINNING. So he can always refer to his original opinion when the Luck ship sinks. Right now it's not too popular to say anything negative about Luck. The guy have a job to keep, you know. Luck's father is very influential in the sports realm, if you didn't know.
Looks like somebody's been watching football also. All the power to you, my man! I know right now it's not very popular to have a negative opinion of Luck's ability but don't cave in to the hype.
The Colts are perennial superbowl contending team. 9 wins won't cut it. The coaches will probably get fired and then the new coach will move to a different direction. It is very possible that they might go 8-8 this season and either squeak into the playoffs or miss it. If that's the case there might be trouble in paradise starting next year.
You can't expect every receiver to able to make acrobatic catches down after down like Wayne to the point of blowing his ACL. It's the QB's responsibility to keep the WR upright for YAC by throwing catch-able balls. Thanks to Luck's inaccuracy now come the 'no WR' excuse.
Could not have said it better. To add to that, they changed the offensive system to that he run at Stanford including bringing in his TE and OC from college. They run a power running offense(that's why they traded for Richardson) with short passing attack and a lot of play action. But he still short-hop and overthrow his WRs every other attempt. The fact that he plays in a dorm and can't make those throws consistently is even more concerning.
Who decided he's top 15? You should be more concern about his accuracy than his ranking. Right now he's no better than sanchez.
Regarding that completion percentage, they were down 35-0(Luck was only completing 15-30, 190 yard) in the 4th and they still had him out there to pad his stat against prevent defense. This concern me a bit as the coaching staffs seem to be on a public relation campaign to show that Luck wasn't that bad.
Newton is a beast though. Teams have to game plan for him every week and he seems to always end up completing around 60% of his passes even with limited weapon. I think Luck is more in line with EJ Manuel. Either they throw an inaccurate check down pass that the receivers have to fall down to catch or throw an almost INT in double coverage to their primary read. And when they go through their progression they go through it quickly and impatiently to satisfy the coaching staffs.
Luck is not the only QB who is right in line with Mannings' first 2 years statistically. That's no measuring stick. It means nothing.
