[CardinalSagehen]

I know one QB who had a feel for when to be aggressive and push the envelope when the game situation required... Andrew Luck.  

We didn’t see this as much at Stanford because he very rarely trailed in the game and the system was inherently conservative, but we definitely saw this at Indy. I’m sure any thorough analysis would show that his influence on winning games outstripped his conventional stats, which weren’t bad but were always bogged down by relatively low completion rates and high interception rates.

Indeed, Luck took home the gunslinger of the week award several times in Indie.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/ske...-the-pats/

It’s fitting that Luck should be the inaugural winner of this award, since he had one of the greatest gunslinger-y games of all time in last year’s playoffs against Kansas City. After KC scored to push its lead to 31-10 late in the first half, I tweeted:
If Andrew Luck doesn't throw at least 3 interceptions in the 2nd half,* I'm through with him. (*or win)
— Benjamin Morris (@skepticalsports) January 4, 2014

Luck proceeded to throw three interceptions, and at one point — down 38-10 in the third — the odds of a Colts victory were as low as 0.1 percent. But he also threw three more touchdowns and memorably took a Donald Brown fumble to the house. That play drew them within 3 points, and then it seemed inevitable:
Me: Andrew, I said 3 INT *or* win game. Luck: Logical "or", dude.
— Benjamin Morris (@skepticalsports) January 5, 2014

Indianapolis got the win, and Luck added a playoff gem to his collection of fourth-quarter comebacks in the last two years.

BC

Thanks BC.  Great reference, and funny tweets.

[CardinalSagehen]

I know one QB who had a feel for when to be aggressive and push the envelope when the game situation required... Andrew Luck.  

We didn’t see this as much at Stanford because he very rarely trailed in the game and the system was inherently conservative, but we definitely saw this at Indy. I’m sure any thorough analysis would show that his influence on winning games outstripped his conventional stats, which weren’t bad but were always bogged down by relatively low completion rates and high interception rates.

Indeed, Luck took home the gunslinger of the week award several times in Indie.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/ske...-the-pats/

It’s fitting that Luck should be the inaugural winner of this award, since he had one of the greatest gunslinger-y games of all time in last year’s playoffs against Kansas City. After KC scored to push its lead to 31-10 late in the first half, I tweeted:
If Andrew Luck doesn't throw at least 3 interceptions in the 2nd half,* I'm through with him. (*or win)
— Benjamin Morris (@skepticalsports) January 4, 2014

Luck proceeded to throw three interceptions, and at one point — down 38-10 in the third — the odds of a Colts victory were as low as 0.1 percent. But he also threw three more touchdowns and memorably took a Donald Brown fumble to the house. That play drew them within 3 points, and then it seemed inevitable:
Me: Andrew, I said 3 INT *or* win game. Luck: Logical "or", dude.
— Benjamin Morris (@skepticalsports) January 5, 2014

Indianapolis got the win, and Luck added a playoff gem to his collection of fourth-quarter comebacks in the last two years.

BC

Thanks BC.  Great reference, and funny tweets.