08-29-2015, 02:59 PM
(08-28-2015, 05:21 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: Luck has more numbers than Dalton, but he has WAAAAAAY more turnovers than him. He's had 28 fumbles in his career, and 43 INTs (in the regular season). Not to mention that he has a boatloads of dropped INTs from defenders. In Daltons first 3 years he has had 12 fumbles, and 49 INTs just to compare (and the most dropped INTs in Daltons career is 5).
Luck has:
8 dropped INTs in 2014 http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2015/2014-adjusted-interceptions
5 dropped INTs in 2013 http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2014/adjusted-interceptions-2013
14 dropped INTs in 2012 http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2013/adjusted-interceptions-2012
Here's an article from ESPN about it too. http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/13464939/why-indianapolis-colts-qb-andrew-luck-lucky-not-throw-more-interceptions.
Now Luck is a really really good QB, and I think he's better than Dalton (I had to say the obvious otherwise you would assume that I think Dalton is better). You just have to remember that he turns the ball over WAAY too much, and if he was in a division where people could actually catch his INTs then he would have over 20 INTs every year.
You do realize that the links you provided prove that with the Adj. Int % Luck outperforms Dalton? I guess I am missing the point you wanted to make.
2012 - Dalton 3.0% vs. Luck 2.9%
2013 - Dalton 3.6% vs. Luck 2.4%
2014 - Dalton - 4.4% vs. Luck 3.7%
