08-10-2016, 10:58 PM
(08-10-2016, 04:54 PM)OrlandoBengal Wrote: How do you figure that Luck has had the better offense? Listen to any analysis and they always talk about how poor the line is. Yes, he had Reggie Wayne and Andre Johnson, but it was at the extreme tail end of their careers. Are you saying that Hilton is better than Green? They have basically no rushing game.
I wouldn't go as far as saying Luck has always had a better offense, but it hasn't been significantly worse, either. Hilton is a fine #1 WR. Reggie Wayne was better than you're letting on, even towards the end. He was a damn good #2 and certainly better than Andre Johnson was. Luck's always had a very good TE in Coby Fleener and/or Dwayne Allen.
He hasn't had a very effective run game to back him (average rank of 24th in YPC), but Dalton hasn't had much better (average rank of 22nd). Dalton - believe it or not - has actually been sacked at a slightly higher rate (once per 17.8 attempts) than Luck (18.3).
Overall, I just think that people exaggerated how awesome Dalton's weapons were early in his career to explain why he was having more success than anticipated. In contrast, people exaggerated how BAD Luck's supporting cast was to explain why he's been mildly disappointing.
Dalton's cast finally matched the hype last year, but before that I don't think the casts were far off.
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