08-20-2012, 11:08 AM
I haven't seen RG3 play for the Redskins yet, but I was monumentally impressed by Luck last night. There wasn't any point in the game where I saw him do something where he looked lost or defeated. And he made some brilliant throws. The Pick 6 he threw was on him. It wasn't a result of being fooled by the defense. He just stared down the receiver the whole time, and threw a deep out. Can't do that at the NFL level.
Luck has a proclivity to do something or be involved in sort of odd or wacky plays you've rarely if ever seen. Last night there were two. First was the INT off the hands of T.Y. Hilton, a ball that hit him in the hands on deep skinny post route, but as he took his first steps he dropped it and when he tried to catch it, he hit it forward in the air about 5 yards, where it became an easy catch for PIT. Luck had probably five INTs last year that went off his receiver's hands. The second was the slide into the end zone for the TD. I've never seen a QB slide into the EZ. You are down as soon as you slide, so the routine there is to dive forward. Doubt he slides into the EZ again.
DeCastro looked pretty darn good to me. He didn't have any trouble finding and eliminating LBs and seemed to do well in pass protection. Fleener looked pretty darn good, and I was amazed at how well Griff Whalen played.Â
But back to Luck and Indy. That offense appears it is going to be damn good. They have a lot of weapons at receiver with Wayne, Collie, Hilton, and Fleener and Allen at TE. The Colts are going to be the most improved team in the NFL this year, IMO.
Luck has a proclivity to do something or be involved in sort of odd or wacky plays you've rarely if ever seen. Last night there were two. First was the INT off the hands of T.Y. Hilton, a ball that hit him in the hands on deep skinny post route, but as he took his first steps he dropped it and when he tried to catch it, he hit it forward in the air about 5 yards, where it became an easy catch for PIT. Luck had probably five INTs last year that went off his receiver's hands. The second was the slide into the end zone for the TD. I've never seen a QB slide into the EZ. You are down as soon as you slide, so the routine there is to dive forward. Doubt he slides into the EZ again.
DeCastro looked pretty darn good to me. He didn't have any trouble finding and eliminating LBs and seemed to do well in pass protection. Fleener looked pretty darn good, and I was amazed at how well Griff Whalen played.Â
But back to Luck and Indy. That offense appears it is going to be damn good. They have a lot of weapons at receiver with Wayne, Collie, Hilton, and Fleener and Allen at TE. The Colts are going to be the most improved team in the NFL this year, IMO.