RG3's fall from grace as stunning as his meteoric rise to stardom

Yahoo ^ | November 19, 2014 | Dan Wetzel

[freebilly]

Luck seems to be progressing nicely:

2012 23 TD/ 18 Int/ 54.1% Comp/76.5 Rating
2013 23 TD/ 9 Int/ 60.2% Comp/87.0 Rating
2014 28 TD/ 10 Int/ 63.2% Comp/99.4 Rating

The TD to Int ratio is actually fairly impressive for a young QB. I’ve never been a Colts fan, but Luck seems a pretty damn worthy successor to Manning....

[cport]

That’s true, but I would still argue the fact that bootlegging does not a running quarterback make. That was still a designed pass play that was afforded to those teams fortunate enough to have a mobile qb, but still primarily a pocket passer. I think the distinction is made with the read option and designed qb rushing plays. The precursor to all this was Carmichael and the Eagles. Although not running a true read option, they still designed rushing plays for him. Until he got hurt. Then the focus was making him a better pocket passer. Like they do now. After their qb gets hurt from the abuse.

[cport]

That’s true, but I would still argue the fact that bootlegging does not a running quarterback make. That was still a designed pass play that was afforded to those teams fortunate enough to have a mobile qb, but still primarily a pocket passer. I think the distinction is made with the read option and designed qb rushing plays. The precursor to all this was Carmichael and the Eagles. Although not running a true read option, they still designed rushing plays for him. Until he got hurt. Then the focus was making him a better pocket passer. Like they do now. After their qb gets hurt from the abuse.

[cport]

That’s surprising since I always struggle posting from my phone with its crazy auto correct! When faced with a good rucking (sorry couldn’t resist the spelling poke, looks like you have the same auto correct) d-line that can bring pressure with three our four, out frees up a qb spy that covers the qb rush.