stillers4me
10-25-2014, 09:58 AM
Not even Peyton Manning is keeping up with Andrew Luck, who is piling up the passing yards so quickly and easily he could threaten Manning's single-season record set only last season.
Luck is averaging nearly 360 yards passing during the five-game winning streak the Indianapolis Colts (5-2) will carry into Heinz Field on Sunday, when the Steelers would be well advised to find a long-missing element to their defense.
The sack.
Luck is exceptionally accurate when he's not facing a persistent pass rush — he's completing 71 percent of his passes when not pressured — but like even the best of quarterbacks, he's far less successful with defenders in his face mask. He completes only 52.6 percent of those passes, with 11 sacks.
Now the Steelers must try to get pressure on Luck — who's already elevated himself into the very small group of ultra-elite NFL quarterbacks — when they couldn't get it on Ryan Fitzpatrick or Brian Hoyer............
Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/7001012-74/season-sacks-steelers#ixzz3HAXBzbvR
Luck is averaging nearly 360 yards passing during the five-game winning streak the Indianapolis Colts (5-2) will carry into Heinz Field on Sunday, when the Steelers would be well advised to find a long-missing element to their defense.
The sack.
Luck is exceptionally accurate when he's not facing a persistent pass rush — he's completing 71 percent of his passes when not pressured — but like even the best of quarterbacks, he's far less successful with defenders in his face mask. He completes only 52.6 percent of those passes, with 11 sacks.
Now the Steelers must try to get pressure on Luck — who's already elevated himself into the very small group of ultra-elite NFL quarterbacks — when they couldn't get it on Ryan Fitzpatrick or Brian Hoyer............
Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/7001012-74/season-sacks-steelers#ixzz3HAXBzbvR