He played poorly. Doesn't mean he's not a great QB. People have put him in the elite category a bit too soon, but IMO his play last year warranted that.
Every player has bad games. Teammates play a huge part in how successful you are...Wilson/Luck reminds me of Brady/Manning...
Eventually Brady just got there, but if you remember back to when they won 3 superbowls in 4 years, Brady was almost like Eli Manning when he won superbowls, and Wilson now....good player...all star caliber....clearly not elite.
And yet people started the "I'd take Brady over Peyton" because Brady was a "winner".
Completely ignoring the fact that the Patriots had a lot more talent than the Colts did starting out. The Colts were horrific and Peyton carried them, and now Luck is doing the same thing. The talent that surrounded Peyton Manning with the Colts at the end of his reign was putrid. That's what Luck started with. The bad division allowed the Colts to have immediate success, but otherwise he probably would have followed Peyton Manning's footsteps in having a bad rookie year in terms of W/L record.
In a vacuum it's too difficult to judge players against one another...too much bias obviously hurts that as well. Wilson came into the NFL and started with a superior team. Arguably the best CB, FS, SS, MLB and RB in the NFL. Luck had nothing even close to that. Offense and defense affect one another - not just in a game (field position/turn overs), but in practice. I'd imagine Wilson has gotten a bit better throwing against Sherman in practice...
So now replace Luck and Wilson and play it out in your mind...Seahawks are the best team in the NFL by far, while the Colts don't even make the playoffs. Wilson is still a franchise QB, but he's not even close to Luck.
Every player has bad games. Teammates play a huge part in how successful you are...Wilson/Luck reminds me of Brady/Manning...
Eventually Brady just got there, but if you remember back to when they won 3 superbowls in 4 years, Brady was almost like Eli Manning when he won superbowls, and Wilson now....good player...all star caliber....clearly not elite.
And yet people started the "I'd take Brady over Peyton" because Brady was a "winner".
Completely ignoring the fact that the Patriots had a lot more talent than the Colts did starting out. The Colts were horrific and Peyton carried them, and now Luck is doing the same thing. The talent that surrounded Peyton Manning with the Colts at the end of his reign was putrid. That's what Luck started with. The bad division allowed the Colts to have immediate success, but otherwise he probably would have followed Peyton Manning's footsteps in having a bad rookie year in terms of W/L record.
In a vacuum it's too difficult to judge players against one another...too much bias obviously hurts that as well. Wilson came into the NFL and started with a superior team. Arguably the best CB, FS, SS, MLB and RB in the NFL. Luck had nothing even close to that. Offense and defense affect one another - not just in a game (field position/turn overs), but in practice. I'd imagine Wilson has gotten a bit better throwing against Sherman in practice...
So now replace Luck and Wilson and play it out in your mind...Seahawks are the best team in the NFL by far, while the Colts don't even make the playoffs. Wilson is still a franchise QB, but he's not even close to Luck.