Andrew Luck of the Indianapolis Colts, that is. The number one overall draft pick could have expected his first performance to come under unnatural scrutiny and we, the observers and eager critics, could have expected the Stanford stand out to wilt under the bright lights of stardom.
However, Andrew Luck has clearly been reading play books, not scripts.
His first pro pass - albeit a pre-season one - went 63 yards for a touchdown.
Colts owner, Jim Irsay took to twitter before the end of the game to anoint his new signal caller, citing his performance as historic. It sure would be a nice footnote to his career should it take off as we now expect it will.
The Colts new QB is clearly the real deal. Whether he has success in the long term is down to both his character and his namesake. If he is lucky enough to enjoy a talented surrounding cast as his predecessor did, he will be a first ballot Hall of Fame selection.
Yeah, I went there. After one pre-season performance against a shoddy team. But let's just see his career out before you tear me a new one on this, okay?
In other news, Schaub of the Texans continued the weird trend I pointed out yesterday of starting QBs to play sparingly and throw a pick (Seattle's new starter-elect Matt Flynn did the same!). TJ Yates stepped-up well going 8/12 for 89 yards. The Texans triumphed over the Panthers 26-13, and shut out the Carolina outfit in the second half.
In the other Saturday game the Seahawks beat the Titans, who suffered thanks to Matt Hasselbeck's 2 picks and the sluggishness of CJ2K. In good news, Jake Locker looked very comfortable in the pocket and Hasselbeck's implosion will no doubt go further towards locking down the top spot under centre in Tennessee.
No sign of TO on the stat sheet this week. Guess we'll have to wait to see if this legend of the game makes his last stop count.
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