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NFL.com Analysts Answer 20 Questions

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Wow, Rivera tied for most votes for Coach of the Year surprises the heck out of me. I don't recall hearing much of anything positive about Rivera from analysts.

And I hate to nitpick, but you might wanna check your math there...

3/20 would pick Cam before any NFL player if they were to start a franchise tomorrow. 13 have Rodgers, 7 chose Luck.
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Agree with most of it.

Luck gets a ton of praise for not having live bullets flying yet.

No doubt the kid is great, but come on man.

seriously. I mean by all means he could be great, but crowning him before he takes a real NFL snap is a bit....optimistic.

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And for those Luck nay sayers, I agree with what you're saying for sure, but you can't legitimately knock on these guys for simply making predictions.

Before last season, a lot of us were saying things like "Cam is gonna change the game forever", well before we ever saw him play a down.

I think Luck will be very good, he's definitely looked a lot better in the pre-season than I expected him to. But like Cam last year, we can't be putting a golden crown on him just yet.

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19/20 voted Most unmarktable future NFL star was Andrew luck

Luck however would bring audiences to tears in the Mask reboot starring Cher.

The first 8 years of Peytons career he was not too marketable either.

Are the supposed to be marketing execs, or football people running the FO's?

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Andrew luck is going to throw for 3500 yards 28 tds - 14 ints and people are going to legitimately try to compare his and Cam's rookie seasons.

I seriously don't get how people can think Luck will be better than Cam and that he would be a more important piece in starting a franchise. Cam dropped nearly 5000 total yards on this league with ONE year of division 1 college football and hardly any offseason as a rookie on the offense that a year before set a new standard for ineptitude.

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Andrew luck is going to throw for 3500 yards 28 tds - 14 ints and people are going to legitimately try to compare his and Cam's rookie seasons.

I seriously don't get how people can think Luck will be better than Cam and that he would be a more important piece in starting a franchise. Cam dropped nearly 5000 total yards on this league with ONE year of division 1 college football and hardly any offseason as a rookie on the offense that a year before set a new standard for ineptitude.

I expect more INTs. They have no running game and really only 1 proven threat...teams will make Luck throw the ball.

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Andrew luck is going to throw for 3500 yards 28 tds - 14 ints and people are going to legitimately try to compare his and Cam's rookie seasons.

I seriously don't get how people can think Luck will be better than Cam and that he would be a more important piece in starting a franchise. Cam dropped nearly 5000 total yards on this league with ONE year of division 1 college football and hardly any offseason as a rookie on the offense that a year before set a new standard for ineptitude.

so what. who cares?

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Luck is in a no win situation in my opinion.

There may never be another QB like Manning was, and let's not forget that Manning wasn't brought in and surrounded with the likes of T.Y. Hilton and Donald Brown. Manning, as a rookie, had the luxury of handing off to Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk and throwing to future hall of famer Marvin Harrison.

Even if Luck comes in and plays great football, it may never be good enough in Indy.

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