Colts - Andrew Luck or RGIII?

[z Revis]

Quote: Originally Posted by mKoz26

Who says Griffin has Luck physically beat? Accuracy is a physical trait, IMO. Luck's no track star, but he's also not slow. He's plenty athletic.

Yep. Name another QB who's made a one handed catch down the sideline.

[snowfish]

Quote: Originally Posted by mKoz26

Who says Griffin has Luck physically beat? Accuracy is a physical trait, IMO. Luck's no track star, but he's also not slow. He's plenty athletic.

yea but he's not as fast as RGIII, nor as explosive.

[mKoz26]

Quote: Originally Posted by snowfish

yea but he's not as fast as RGIII, nor as explosive.

No, but he's as fast as a QB ever needs to be. He can pick up a first down and avoid sacks with his legs. Granted, RG can do those things even better than Luck, but Luck throws the ball much better. Personally, all things considered, I'd take Luck's abilities over RG's.

[bkrich83]

Quote: Originally Posted by snowfish

yea but he's not as fast as RGIII, nor as explosive.

He doesn't need to be. He's athletic enough to escape pressure and hurt defenses with the run, or athletic enough to extend plays and make downfield throws.

Is he as fast as RGIII? Nope. But he's as athletic with as much escapability as any NFL QB will ever need to be.

A QB's ability to make runs down the field is overrated by most people anyway. A QB's ability to escape pressure, extend a play and make a play with the pass down the field trumps scrambling any day.

Both these QB's have these abilities in spades.

[Bellsprout]

Aaron Rodgers isn't exactly fast, and he's one of the best running QB's in the league.

I don't think the fact that Luck isn't a world class sprinter like Griffin should be all that big a deal. He's plenty athletic enough.

[bkrich83]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dayman

Aaron Rodgers isn't exactly fast, and he's one of the best running QB's in the league. I don't think the fact that Luck isn't a world class sprinter like Griffin should be all that big a deal. He's plenty athletic enough.

For being 235 lbs. Luck is much faster than people give him credit for being.

[NateDogPack12]

An important factor to consider here is that Griffin is close to Vick's size, but lacks his elusiveness and scrambling ability. Griffin III can run and run well, but he's not the elite scrambler Vick was in his day. I'd compare his running ability to McNabb or Newton before Vick. Griffin is smaller than Newton obviously, and has a different running style of course, but there are similarities as well.

My personal opinion is that when it comes to mobility at the QB position, there's Michael Vick, then everybody else.

I think Griffin III is going to be smarter than Vick, McNabb, Newton, or any other QB save Andrew Luck to come out this year. He is a real professional through and through and I think he's going to make an NFL team very happy.

That being said, Luck will go #1.

[bkrich83]

These 3 Luck plays still kill me. One was against USC.