Quote:You may be right. I remember some dog teams in those early days too. Jets and Buffalo, Miami had moved on from Marino an NE hadn't elevated Brady yet. So I am not sure the East was that much tougher than the South. But will give you it probably was slightly better. But let's not preten they were great!

 

I'm not saying (pretending) that PM's early divisions were GREAT back in PM's first 4 years, but they definitely weren't the patsies they are today, they were clearly better.

 

Luck gets to play his first 4 years in a division where the QB play has been pretty abysmal, except for the Texans 12-4  2012 season, in Luck's 1st yr.

 

I'm just saying this is the biggest reason that Luck has a better record then PM did in his first few seasons, not because he's clearly better.

 

PM was 3-13 in his first season and Luck was 11-5, getting him off to a much better start in his career, but it's mostly because Luck played in an awful division and the Texans unreal meltdown after being 12-4 the previous season.

 

An 8 game lead is hard to lose in a couple of seasons

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