Friday, March 23, 2012

Yo, Colts....make the right choice.

Ok so the team I've grown to adore has traded away our past (ie the Colts traded Peyton Manning)

They sucked last year without Peyton, highlights include the following:a 34-7 loss to the team the Colts have owned (the Texans) in the season opener, A close Monday night game where the Colts gave up the lead to the Tampa Bay Bucs, Then a Sunday night game in prime time where the New Orleans Saints took the innocents of the Colts, the rest is all downhill (even the two games we won).

ALL AND ALL, we ended up with the top pick of the upcoming NFL draft. We all know who the Colts are going to pick, even their former General Manager said something along the lines of "Have fun being a Colt Andrew", and yet the there are these reports of people saying they aren't ruling out RG3...Wait What.

Ok Ok Ok let us leave this to the d00de.

RG3 vs Luck

First off let's take a look at the resumes of these guys, technically both these guys are franchise type players.

Robert Griffin III
-Born in Japan (his parents are both US army Sergeants)
-Three Sport star in high school (basketball, football, and track)
-Broke high school state (Copperas Cove, Texas) records in track for the 110 and 300 meter hurdles.
-Was recruited to play collegiate level football for the following: Stanford (oddly enough), Tennessee, Kansas, Nebraska, Houston, Tulsa, Illinois, Washington State, and Oregon.
-Started 11-12 of games fro Baylor his freshman year.
-Tore and ACL his sophomore, and was red-shirted his junior year.
-He then led Baylor in his Senior year to 10-3 season and a bowl game
-He also won the Heisman

Andrew Luck
-Born in DC, but spent time in his childhood overseas in London, England and Frankfurt, Germany.
-Son of Oliver Luck a former NFL QB
-Dominated High school level football
-Was recruited by Northwestern, Oklahoma State, Purdue, Rice, Virginia, and of course Stanford.
-Was given the opportunity to just start his freshmen year, instead said he wanted to earn it, went through the red-shirt program, earned the starting quarterback job.
-Led Stanford to a 12-1 record and dominated the quarterback position.
-Could have declared eligibility for the 2011 draft, said he wanted to finish his degree first from Stanford.
-Went back in the 2011 season for went 11-2 and got a BCS bowl bid.
-Runner up for Heisman.

Now Griffin is a little more interesting I guess, but when you contrast the styles I'd say Colts just need to look at the names. I mean there is a guy who does most of the stuff Peyton use to do, has a last name Luck, and you have a horseshoe for a symbol on the side of the helmet. THAT and not everyone is Cam Newton, taking Griffin and crumpling up what you have and tossing it aside, just to accommodate to a more free form style (the kind of offense Griffin would need) just seems a little to abstract.

Colts Griffin is a sexy pick, but sometimes excitement fizzles out, and durability and trustworthiness is what were after. Let the Skins take Griffin, let us get some Luck.

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