Quote:Why a poor man's Luck? 

 

In watching Andrew Luck for a couple of years now, he's not a flawless technician.  He's not a guy like Manning.  He's good, don't get me wrong, but is he really in the same level as a Manning, Brady, or Rodgers?  I don't think so.  I think he's part of the next tier of QBs.  I think that with work, Bortles can certainly get to the same level as a Luck. 

 

Now, if we were talking about a guy we drafted in the 2nd round who we thought could develop into a Luck, then fine, he's a poor man's luck.  Bortles is the 3rd pick in the draft, and the first QB taken this year.  There's nothing poor about that.

 

I agree with that Luck assessment.  It's as if he over-thinks a situation sometimes and makes mistakes he shouldn't be making, missing some simple things by making them out to be more complex than they are.  Perhaps sometimes letting himself get fooled by the D.

 

Blake is more like Roethlisberger.  He's confident and sometimes takes chances he shouldn't.  Over aggressive.  That's not the same as the over-analyzing Luck seems to do.

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