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BlueStreak

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4. Not even close.
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 04:52 PM
Jan 2014

In 2012, Newton set a new record for productivity the first 2 years of a QB's career, demolishing all the previous records. And in 2013, Luck demolished Newton's 2-year start. Those other guys are nowhere near that level.

Luck has more come-from-behind 4th quarter wins than Kaepernick and Wilson COMBINED.

Luck has far less to work with than either of those other two. You put an average NFL starting QB on either the 49ers or Seahawks and they still make the playoffs. You put that same QB on the Colts roster and they go 4-12.

Wilson and Kaepernick are above average, but nowhere near the level of either Luck or Newton. They are in the pack with Romo, Rivers, Flacco, Ryan, and Cutler. Better than dime-a-dozen, but not all that special. Newton is special, but he probably won't least 5 years the way they are using him.

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