Quote:Honest question: How has Luck been mostly mediocre to bad when he set the league rookie passing record in 2012? Then he goes on to set the passing record for the most passing yards within a player's first 3 years. In his third year, he lead the league in TDs and was third in passing yards. He did have a lot of INTs during that span, but again as stated earlier, he compensated for them by still being able to win. His quarterback rating is the highest of any QB in the league in the 4th quarter.

 

I argued that the talent between the Jags and Colts are similar: Both teams rely on the QB and receivers. Both teams have bad O-lines, no run game and poor defenses. Yet Luck wins and takes the Colts to the Playoffs each of his first three years. Meanwhile, Bortles hasn't had a season over .500 or close to it. Respectfully, do you have an argument to explain why?

 

Passing yardage isn't a really significant stat, so the notion that him having more passing yards as a rookie than Cam Newton is impressive doesn't hold a lot of water with me. Cam Newton isn't a great passer, either.

 

The funny thing is you say that the wins make up for the mediocre play, but wins are what the team gets, not just the QB. Did Bortles play poorly because he lost a game against the titans that he led the offense to six touchdowns in?

 

The colts haven't been super at every position from 2012 to 2014, but they were MUCH better than the Jaguars of 2014 overall, and significantly better on defense through that stretch than the Jaguars in 2015.

The Jags defense in 2015 allowed 448 points.

In 2014 the colts allowed 369.

 

How many more games does Bortles "win" if the Jaguars defense was average, like the colts defense has been? How does that change the perception of a guy in his second season?

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