How Andrew Luck’s career compares to Peyton Manning’s

Luck has been with the team since 2012, so there is a large sample size now. How has he compared through his first seven years to the all-time great quarterback he succeeded?

Andrew Luck was drafted to replace a legend. He is part of the reason why the Colts cut that legend. Peyton Manning was due $28 million in 2012, but his neck injury wasn’t guaranteed to be recovered from. So then the Colts let him go and drafted Luck.

Luck has been with the Colts for seven years now. It’s a large enough sample size to compare the two quarterbacks. Both made it to the playoffs. Manning made it 5 of his first 7 years, while Luck has made it in 4 of his first 7. Neither have won a Super Bowl at this point…