Wow, the Indy hate is still strong. Am I missing something with the “suck for Luck” theory? Peyton Manning missed the entire 2011 season due to a legit neck injury, while still a member of the Colts. There was concern Peyton would never play again because of the required surgery. It was just a coincidence that Luck was in that upcoming draft following the 2011 season. Also, are we still complaining about deflategate? If a team feels an opponent cheated, then they should bring attention to it. Like the old saying goes, if you’re not cheating, you’re not trying, and it’s only cheating until you get caught.
As for Luck, I’m shocked and sad to see him retire, as he showed he could be a great quarterback. However, the thing that’s most shocking is the timing of his decision to do it two weeks before the season opener. I believe he only practiced 3 times this offseason and there was a recent report that Luck informed the team of his potential retirement two weeks ago. At that point, I’m not sure there was much the Colts team could do, other than to be optimistic and supportive for Luck. I just hope, this does not lead to the cries by the media for Colin Kaepernick to be entitled to get a starting job on the Colts.
In both cases with Manning and Luck, the Colts had great quarterbacks that still had years ahead of them to still play. If you’re the team, how do you sign another starting quarterback when both Manning or Luck were still on the team and taking up such a large part of the cap? The logical scenario is to just use the backups in house that already knew the system and are under reasonable contracts.