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PLAYERS: Peyton Manning,  Cam Newton,  Andrew Luck
TEAMS: Indianapolis Colts
Even the greatest quarterbacks can’t overcome bad teams, especially not in their rookie year. It’s something that I have always believed and will continue to believe until forever. Look at Peyton Manning, one of the most prolific passers of our time, and a number one overall draft pick. He came into a team that was legitimately terrible in 1998, and the Colts were capable of only 3 wins. Even recent teams that have been resurgent with new, talented quarterbacks, like the Panthers and Cam Newton were only better by a handful of games after Newton took over. I’m trying to say that the Colts were never a bad team. They were relatively unchanged from 2010-2011, except for the Peyton Manning injury, and they ended up winning 8 fewer games. There was surprisingly little change between 2011-12 either, aside from the tight end position, which was simply replaced, and the quarterback. Andrew Luck is obviously a good quarterback, but I think the change from 2010 to 2011 and 2011 to 2012 has e...
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