Luck retires

[walleyepw]

Oh well, have not watched football for a few years.

 

[Kutnupe14]

I'm sad for me, but not for Andrew Luck. I enjoy watching the Colts and hate that what started as a very promising season doesn't look so hopeful now.


I would consider myself a decent fan. I had season tickets for about 15 years (the 2000 mile game day commute changed that) and enjoyed game day a lot. Any animosity I have is about the team's outlook and not about Luck's decision.


I don't blame team management or the players, including Luck, for his injuries. Folks seem to believe that the organization wasn't trying to improve the team around him, which I think is stupid. They tried and fell short, sure, but I hope no one is that delusional to believe that they just didn't care enough to try and put the right people in place.


I wonder how much of what he experienced on Saturday evening sealed the decision for him? Maybe the plan was for him to sleep on it? Maybe the booing was the last answer to the question "why am I doing this"?

I'm with you and the Colt have the right people in place now. Andrew Luck was sacked 18 times last year. For reference; Watson, Prescott, Carr, Rogers, Wilson, Ryan Cousins; were all sacked 40 or more times in the same span.
I wouldn't have boo'd the guy, he doesn't deserve that from fans, but if his former teammates boo'd him, especially those whose stock is going take a hit because of his absence (i.e Hilton, Doyle, Ebron), I wouldn't have a problem with it.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Oh well, have not watched football for a few years.

So you just follow the news?

 

[Usmccookie]

Oh well, have not watched football for a few years.

Ok... and your point is?

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

I was actually thinking we should try to persuade Romo to come out of retirement.... but who knows "Briskett" might actually surprise us this season. He's no Luck that's for sure, but unlike the last time he was the starter, he actually has a decent O-Line.

Brad Johnson and Trent Dilfer won Superbowls. Heck, you can even count Peyton Manning's last Superbowl win with Denver as a shadow of himself. Three pedestrian QBs, all with rings.

When it comes to winning NFL football games, a HOF QB is like a Secretary with great legs.......Nice, but not necessary.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Brad Johnson and Trent Dilfer won Superbowls. Heck, you can even count Peyton Manning's last Superbowl win with Denver as a shadow of himself. Three pedestrian QBs, all with rings.

When it comes to winning NFL football games, a HOF QB is like a Secretary with great legs.......Nice, but not necessary.

I like your optimism. I'm not there yet, but I'm trying.

 

[Ski]

Adam Schefter reporting that the Colts could have recouped $24.8 million from Luck but reached a financial settlement in which they won't take back any of the money they are owed. Nice going away gift.

 

[churchmouse]

Oh well, have not watched football for a few years.

OK and the point.....

 

[PistolBob]

A real dick move is bashing a guy for retiring before all the facts are known. Maybe doctors told him his current injury will never fully heal. Maybe they told him one more hit to the head will be the beginning of the end. Maybe Irsay screwed him over somehow. I'll reserve judgement until more information is given.

Irsay kept his buddy Ryan Grigson around way too long. There is no other GM like Bill Polian...and Jim ran him off. Grigson was the worst choice possible...having been a wash out player in the NFL, and the CFL, Irsay selected him in 2012 to replace Polian...the guy was 39 years old going on 40....now he "Senior Football Consultant" for Seattle...how he is even still in the league is beyond me.

Luck came to us with tons of potential and I blame the mismanagement of the Colts front office for most of his problems....they should have taught the kid to run and duck instead of plowing into 320 pound linemen. He lead to four trips to the playoffs in his 6 seasons of play. We just got there and ran out of gump.

 

[deo62]

 

[hopper68]

Oh well, have not watched football for a few years.

​Will you come back if they sign Kapernic?

 

[Dead Duck]

Jeez....
Football is just a game.

 

[ljk]

​Will you come back if they sign Kapernic?

A lot of people have been sickened and tired of the No Fun SJW League for a few years.

 

[ljk]

Jeez....
Football is just a game.

Fat men in tights chasing other fat men in tights while taking a 30 seconds break for every 5 seconds of “play”.

 

[Sigblitz]

Just sign Colin Kaepernick!

There are people on FB already pushing for this.

Burn them. Use Fire. It is the only way to be sure.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Stolen from FB:
What do you call a top 3 franchise QB, when he retires and walks away in the prime of his career with no warning to his team?






A millennial.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Stolen from FB:
What do you call a top 3 franchise QB, when he retires and walks away in the prime of his career with no warning to his team?






A millennial.

Yep. Lots of idiots on Facebook.

 

[DRob]

Good for Andrew Luck! One of the few NFL players who has enough sense to get out while he's still, more or less, in one piece.

 

[Mongo59]

It is like the guy on the radio said, "this guy gets hurt more than Mr Bill..."

 

[churchmouse]

It is like the guy on the radio said, "this guy gets hurt more than Mr Bill..."

Luck was unique in that he would play right to contact. He went head to head with the opposition. He paid for that.