QB contracts are crazy. He's put up big numbers but his turnovers and decision making are problematic.
No they weren't. Luck is the excuse king around here. He's a turnover machine.
And you trash them at all opportunity. Watch them, then comment.
No they weren't. Luck is the excuse king around here. He's a turnover machine.
No it really is his O line. They can't keep him vertical long enough to do anything. They are truly horrid and Grigson better do something to remedy that so Luck can live out this contract.
That being said I don't want it to seem that I'm placing all the blame on the O line, obviously all QBs make poor decisions, and Luck isn't immune to that. But the O line just exacerbates that since the offer no protection.
No it really is his O line. They can't keep him vertical long enough to do anything. They are truly horrid and Grigson better do something to remedy that so Luck can live out this contract.
That being said I don't want it to seem that I'm placing all the blame on the O line, obviously all QBs make poor decisions, and Luck isn't immune to that. But the O line just exacerbates that since the offer no protection.
Go watch his all-22's and you'll come away with a much different point of view. Is he good? Yes. Can he be elite? Yes. Is he elite right now? Not quite. Also the funny thing with quarterbacks is that they rarely get better at what they struggle with in the NFL. Every quarterback is going to make mistakes, its football but the avoidable mistakes are what kills Luck at times.
The numbers are eye-popping at first, sure. But within the context of the NFL quarterback market, Andrew Luck's new deal is a pretty big letdown.
This is a deal that has been anticipated for more than a year now by people around the NFL. Agents have been drooling in anticipation of a contract they believed would set new benchmarks and really drive the top of the quarterback market upward for the first time in years. Team executives have been watching to see how much of his considerable leverage Luck would wield against the Colts.
The answer? Not that much.
Look, there's no crying for Luck here. The numbers set several records. The $87 million in injury guarantees ($47 million of which is guaranteed at signing) far surpasses the $65 million that Eli Manning got last year. The $23.3 million a year surpasses Aaron Rodgers' $22 million and Joe Flacco's $22.133 million. The $140 million total surpasses Jay Cutler's $126.7 million.
But it's not as great as it was supposed to be. The average salary is less than the $25 million many were predicting. The $47 million at signing is $13 million less than Ndamukong Suh got. Pushing off $27 million of the guarantee into the third and fourth years is seen by people around the league as too risky to the player. It's a nice deal, not a great one.
He will never win the super bowl, much less make one.
Didn't realize only 40 million was guaranteed.Colts OL is going to continue to suck, given how much they now have invested in Luck.
Colts OL is going to continue to suck, given how much they now have invested in Luck.
koalabear9301 said:The cap went up this year, and most like will again. In a few years, when Ryan, Cam, and Wilson's contracts are up, they're gonna look ridiculous.
As a Redskins fan (and maybe this is a good problem to have), if Kirk Cousins balls out this season, he's gonna get PAID.
What idiot wrote this? Darren Rovell? Do they understand how contracts work? Luck's numbers are record setting. You just don't see record setting contracts that double the previous best. .