I don't think Luck's been quite what many thought he would be, but I think it's unfair to lay all of that on him. That team's been under completely incompetent leadership for years. Remember, The year before "Suck for Luck", Manning had managed only a 10-6 record, and Luck managed to drag that team to 11-5 in each of his first 3 seasons.
And, I don't know anyone who claims his play has been at the "generational" level, to date, so I'm not really sure how overrated even comes into the equation, because he's obviously a very good QB when healthy.
There have been many, many, posts on this board about how much credit for the Patriots unprecedented long term sustainable success is due to BB, and how much is due to having the greatest quarterback of all time.
You have been one of the leaders in making cogent arguments for why having Brady makes everything else easier, and his impact on the team's success is vastly underestimated. Simply, I agree.
However, I occasionally wonder what would have happened if Brady had ended up in an average organization with average coaching, as opposed to the top coaching he received under BB. I have also occasionally wondered what would have happened if he had ended up in a terrible organization.
My opinion is that Brady is so transcendent that he would have probably uplifted even a lousy organization to at least one Championship. And, to be clear, Luck is a million miles below Brady when it comes to talent, intangibles, work ethic, etc.
Nevertheless, Luck was one of the most gifted quarterbacks that has ever come out from college, with the full package of athletic gifts, intangibles, and work effort. It is a tragedy that he ended up with the Grigson Colts. Just as Brady (and perhaps Montana) landed in the perfect situation, Luck ended up in the worst possible one. I wonder what could have been. I also wonder if he can resurrect his career in a different situation, or if he has been irrevocably damaged by his organization in a similar way to what the Texans did to David Carr.
