(12-05-2018, 01:32 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

(12-05-2018, 01:15 AM)JagsFanClubOfMD Wrote: [quote pid='1175746' dateline='1543979272']
 No.  With that loss, the Colts were able to take Andrew Luck, and they have been in contention most of the time since then, which is more than what the Jaguars can say during the same time period.

This says more about how bad the Jaguars have been than how good the clots have been. They have been more competitive than we have, but they haven’t won or even been to a Super Bowl. Meanwhile two QBs taken in the third round of the same draft have won Super Bowls.

Maybe so, but the Colts have been a contributing factor in our poor performance.

Luck is, by my count 8-4 lifetime against us.

No, the Colts have not been to a Super Bowl under Luck.  But that's more an indictment on the remainder of his team than it is Luck.

The Colts HAVE been to the playoffs several years under Luck.  

Would you honestly rate either Nick Foles or Russell Wilson as better QBs than a healthy Luck?  If so, you are in the minority.

Now would you honestly rate the Colts rosters under Luck as better overall than the Eagles who won the Super Bowl last year, or the Seahawks that won the Super Bowl under Wilson?

If you put Luck on that Eagles' team or on that Seattle team, does he win a Super Bowl?

If you put either Foles or Wilson on the teams Luck has had, do either come close to winning it?
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I think that Russell Wilson is every bit as good as Luck. I’m ok with being in the minority.  Still, we’re talking about Andrew Luck, universally regarded as  a generational prospect at the most important position in football and there can still an argument between him and a 3rd round pick in the same class.

Also, you are basically saying that even if you get an Andrew Luck level QB prospect, the level of talent around him matters. Why then is it not better to bring a QB on to a better team. If we all agree that the players are trying to win. Why then is it so much more significant to pick 4 or 5 draft positions earlier than to have several players who are already on your roster play well enough to win 3 or 4 more games.

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