11-04-2015, 03:30 PM
(11-04-2015, 03:24 PM)djs7685 Wrote: I'm just saying, we have a division with 2 teams that are talked about as contenders year in and year out along with us who have been to the playoffs for 4 straight seasons. I completely understand that we're in a great division and definitely the best in the conference over the past 4 seasons.
However, I just think the whole "omg AFCN smash mouth tough as nails grrrrrrr" stereotype it has is quite exaggerated. Every division plays physical football and even the "weaker" AFCE has a team that has been trouncing the entire conference since the turn of the century. Luck may have his benefits from a weaker division than some others, but he still has to play at least 10 games outside of it each season. Some people around here act like every game a team plays is a divisional matchup and that the Browns haven't been awful yet we split with them more often than we should.
Meh, it is what it is, I just wish people would stop putting so much stock into which division a team plays for to hype up or diminish the ability of certain QBs. You can bet that I won't be bashing Andy one bit for playing in a weakened AFCN this year. The Steelers, Ravens, and Browns could lose out (except when they play each other of course) and I wouldn't rag on Andy's great season because of it. That's just silly. He's playing good football, no need to act like 6 out of the 16 total games played are the only ones that really matter when looking at strength of opponents.
Andrew Luck's AFC South Stats:
Games 19
Cmp % 59.6
Yards 4,828
Yds/Attempt 7.45
TD 34
INT 13
Andrew Luck vs the Rest of the NFL:
Games 35
Cmp % 57.5
Yards 9,766
Yds/Attempt 6.86
TD 65
INT 42
In 10 less games played against the rest of the league, Luck has 5 more picks than Dalton does. The numbers suggests he benefits greatly playing against AFC South foes.
