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Originally Posted by Dirtbag59
I look at it this way. Luck took a calculus 2 course at Stanford (pro style offense) while RG3 took a Pre-Calculus course (spread-option offense). Both QB's aced their respective courses. Luck had the easier teacher (Pac 10 defenses) but in the end both are very smart. However right now Luck is much more prepared to handle the calculus 3 that is an NFL offense then RG3. At least in terms of learning it.
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I'm trying to follow your analogy but I think it makes it more complicated.
Luck is not the 1st QB to come from a 'pro-style' offense and even that label 'pro-style' is a misconception because more and more NFL offense are using spread concepts as part of their base packages.
Some teams are in shotgun between 50-60% of their offensive plays (not just pass plays but total offensive plays).
Also, Luck comes from a particular style of offenses the WCO and IIRC Bruce Arians comes from the digit system not the WCO so the core concepts and verbiage will be different.
Imo coachability and football intellect are far more important then being 'pro-ready' because regardless of how pro-ready a prospect maybe (unless they go into the exact same offense) they are still gonna have to learn a new offense and learn the NFL defenses both learning curves are steep departure from college.
tldr:
being pro-ready is a very short lived advantage that may not last past training camp