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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0
Well ... I implore you all to be Colts fans. Andrew Luck will dig them into a hole almost every game and sometimes he'll dig them out. I'm pretty sure if Luck was a Chief we'd probably have no more than 20 wins over the past two years and some would be wondering why he turns the ball over so god damn much and why he misses open receivers (like Alex Smith did with Wilson) so much. Because, news flash, if you watch the Colts you'll see a very inconsistent QB at this point.
But you know what he gets? He has everyone saying "well the Colts have a terrible line and terrible players around him. It's a 1 man team!"
...you say anything about Alex Smith and you get bombarded with "omg that's an excuse!"
You mention Andrew Luck and his inconsistency and someone will bring up 10 excuses and say that he single-handedly got them to the playoffs ..
you know
nevermind Alex Smith took over a 2-14 team and suddenly they were in the playoffs last year
...but he had NOTHING to do with that
It's just baffling. Either QB's or responsible for wins or they aren't. Or it's somewhere in between.
What I've found out is, if Aaron/Tom or Luck struggle, it's never their fault. They are their teams.
Alex Smith has had a top 5 winning % for the last 53 games he's started and according to this board, he, the QB, the most important position in sports, has nothing to do with that he just has elite talent around him.
Just stop.
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if Superbowl winning QBs struggle, they're still superbowl winning QBs...we don't have to wonder if their struggles mean something, we know damn well what they are capable of
if Smith struggles, it's another vet nobody struggling and we rightly worry about what it means...he hasn't accomplished anything throughout his career (the majority of which he has stunk out loud) to mitigate our concerns
and for the love of god stop comparing him to Luck...Luck is better, end of story
and he's in his 3rd year, compare that where Smith was in his 3rd year (being a terrible bust), and it's embarrassing...Luck is still all upside, Smith is a 9 year vet who is never going to be different than what he is now, which is mediocre...and not good enough...as is ****ing obvious