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Originally Posted by Luck4Reich
If Luck had the O lines that Brady and Peyton had early in their careers . Luck was getting beat up right out the gates and never had anything resembling a Line of protection until last year.
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I know this stat can be a little misleading at looking at an offensive line's effectiveness (the QB can have a big impact on sack numbers by holding onto the ball too long), but thought I would share the number of times these QB's were sacked during their first 3 years of their playing career as a full time starter:
Player A: Year 1 - 22, Year 2 - 14, Year 3 - 20;
Total first 3 years: 56
Player B: Year 1 - 41, Year 2 - 31, Year 3 - 32;
Total first 3 years: 104
Player C: Year 1 - 41, Year 2 - 32, Year 3 - 27;
Total first 3 years: 100
Any guesses who was sacked the most over the first 3 years of their career - between Manning, Brady, and Luck?
Player A was Peyton.
Player C was Andrew.
Player B was Tommy the Cheater.
Pretty amazing that the numbers for Luck and the Cheater were almost identical with the slight edge to Brady.
I would have included QB hits and other stats but didn't find a resource that went back 20 years (I only did a quick search - I may still look for one). NFL.com only tracks QB hits back to 2009.