Yes if Peyton is not fully healthy u must draft Luck. However, if Peyton's healthy u trade pick for these reasons:
1. Irsay has already said if Manning is healthy he will be QB, Luck would sit and that trading pick would generate 3 to 4 more possible starters at other positions just in this years draft alone. Not to mention picks that would b for next year that would generate another 2 to 3 starters. With our own picks and picks from trade you could practically replace all starters on offense or defense within two years.
2. If we draft Luck, and cut Manning what r we truly guaranteeing. Nothing but full blown rebuilding stage which means we lose for the next three to four years since we will not have a strong enough team around Luck.
3. Cutting manning still has cap ramifications and cutting other veterans doesn't save much cap space for their signing bonuses being escalated. Cap savings would not happen till Lucks second year. Then what try to fill holes through FA. We saw how that worked for Philly and Washington.
4. Most of the premier QBs in league right now were not highly regarded as Luck, but we're developed within their respective organizations. Luck is the most ready right now,but that doesn't mean another QB is not going to be able to be developed up to Lucks caliber or even surpassing it.
5. Luck has had the benefit of a great OL and running game as well that most of his passes have been off of play action we currently r nowhere near that with our team.
6. Every fan has complained about colts being too conservative for the previous 12 years. With coaching and schemes we play. Luck may be the safe bet but why not trade and build the team around manning in a different way with a strong defense and enable the defense to be young through the rest of mannings playing years and then his eventual replacement will not have to burden the load he carries. heck the Steelers and big Ben have 1 more SB win and more deep playoff runs then we have had. I think with the change in management coming that a thinking and the way the team is built needs to change with it. With Luck most likely we would be the same kind of team we are now offense extremely talented but not good enough on defense to make to playoff runs and Super Bowl wins.
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Yes if Peyton is not fully healthy u must draft Luck. However, if Peyton's healthy u trade pick for these reasons:
1. Irsay has already said if Manning is healthy he will be QB, Luck would sit and that trading pick would generate 3 to 4 more possible starters at other positions just in this years draft alone. Not to mention picks that would b for next year that would generate another 2 to 3 starters. With our own picks and picks from trade you could practically replace all starters on offense or defense within two years.
2. If we draft Luck, and cut Manning what r we truly guaranteeing. Nothing but full blown rebuilding stage which means we lose for the next three to four years since we will not have a strong enough team around Luck.
3. Cutting manning still has cap ramifications and cutting other veterans doesn't save much cap space for their signing bonuses being escalated. Cap savings would not happen till Lucks second year. Then what try to fill holes through FA. We saw how that worked for Philly and Washington.
4. Most of the premier QBs in league right now were not highly regarded as Luck, but we're developed within their respective organizations. Luck is the most ready right now,but that doesn't mean another QB is not going to be able to be developed up to Lucks caliber or even surpassing it.
5. Luck has had the benefit of a great OL and running game as well that most of his passes have been off of play action we currently r nowhere near that with our team.
6. Every fan has complained about colts being too conservative for the previous 12 years. With coaching and schemes we play. Luck may be the safe bet but why not trade and build the team around manning in a different way with a strong defense and enable the defense to be young through the rest of mannings playing years and then his eventual replacement will not have to burden the load he carries. heck the Steelers and big Ben have 1 more SB win and more deep playoff runs then we have had. I think with the change in management coming that a thinking and the way the team is built needs to change with it. With Luck most likely we would be the same kind of team we are now offense extremely talented but not good enough on defense to make to playoff runs and Super Bowl wins.