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indy locks in luck
Still always have the option of trading it and just picking up griffin.
agreed, but they make a mistake not taking luck. in a league where only 10-15 quality qbs exist at any given time you have to always make it a priority imo.
people are acting like Luck is already an MVP nfl quarterback. Am i the only one to notice that he is only a college QB?
In terms of when you draft a quarterback, Luck has everything that you look for. And if you are going to draft a QB, there is less risk taking Luck.
Bypassing up Luck in favor for a more draft picks and picking up Griffin is a bigger risk, it's just a bigger reward if it pans out correctly.
what i dont get, is why you would drop Peyton manning (proven MVP, superbowl winner, likely hall-of-famer etc.)? Surely they can afford 2 qb contracts, cant they?
There's still uncertainty whether Peyton will ever be able to play again and even if he can, at the same high level. He has a severe neck problem.
Peyton probably takes up about 10-15% of their payroll salary.
There's a lot of risks here. If they pass up on Luck or a big QB and keep Peyton and he can't play or his neck just doesn't allow him to play football anymore, you missed opportunities to pick up a QB for the future.
This situation is not black and white, it decides the entire future of their franchise for the next 5 years or so.
I didn't know you consulted a neurosurgeon about manning's neck fusion. His neck wouldn't be the reason why he wouldn't play... its a simple neck fusion that unless his doctor committed malpractice, he will be just fine, and ready to play next year.
Why not draft luck AND keep Peyton? Is the money just not there? How much does a #1 pick cost a team?
Since when was there talk that if they draft luck, they have to lose Peyton, nobody said that in this thread.
And it doesn't matter, you can't act like the injury he has isn't serious.
There's just a lot of questions and variables they will have to consider with this pick. And the beginning of this conversation was about why everyone is raving about Luck and it's because he's one of the most talented Quarterbacks ever coming from the college level, whether or not this will carry over to the NFL is obviously yet to be seen, but if you have the opportunity to take him, you probably should.