Andrew Luck Retires from NFL

[Nunchucks]

I'll tell ya what, if I had made 90 million dollars, I'd rather retire than play the rehab game over and over.

 

[BTTA]

Looking at this situation again, I think Luck's decision to retire before the season is poor. This is the profession he chose. He has quit on the fans, his team mates and all the people that invested time in him. He is over there talking about all this interest that he has in things outside football and it kind of annoys me.
I don't know why and how he is getting all these support for quitting at his job. No explanation can change my mind so if anybody wants to reply to this and try to do that, please stop and don't waste your time. I come from a time and place where you were lauded for completing your job. There was no quitting worthy of praise.
What would I have respected? He goes on IR, rehab his lower leg injury if indeed he is that hurt. Give it a go, if it does not heel by the end of the season, retire then. Don't tell us you used 10 days to decide to quit. Are people pretending and being just nice about this or I am crazy or weird?

To your question, yeah, you are being a bit extreme. It sounds like your values of hard work, dedication, loyalty, etc. are creating a distortion in your perception of the facts in all this.

 

[fightingirish595]

 

[Kontradiction]

Maybe he’s just an engineering major who always wanted to pretend he was an architect.

It’s too bad he couldn’t use that education to engineer a win against the Pats.

 

[A Defiant Goose]

It’s too bad he couldn’t use that education to engineer a win against the Pats.

oooo killem

 

[Kontradiction]

oooo killem

 

[Angelpats]

Luck retires abruptly and pats fans wish him well.

Brady gives us a 5 year timetable to get everything in order and pats fans want to trade him or get their jg back.

Brady has gotten us 6 sb titles what have luck done for them.

 

[Boomer B]

That is an interesting and plausible theory. So the seemingly moving lower leg injury is also part of this charade?

No, according to Peter King the leg injuries real and at this point Luck just doesn’t want to keep putting his body through continuous rehab. King believes that he told the Colts his plan to retire weeks ago but they asked him to reconsider, possibly going on IR and returning later in the year. They said think it over and decide before pre season game 3 which is what he did.

I think is commendable that Luck quit now when he could of went on IR and been paid over $20m by the Colts this season.

 

[LJRomanoff]

The cynic in me wonders if it's hush money for his injuries. That's probably a bit heavy on the conspiracy-theory side of things, though.

It's very likely that's what it is. What else would Luck be trading in exchange for all this unearned salary?

 

[LJRomanoff]

There is an obscene amount of love for this guy on the interwebs. I don't get it. Decent QB but didn't win much in the post season and couldn't stay on the field. OL or no OL you have to figure out a way to stay healthy.

A good quarterback stuck in a bad situation who wasn't a jackass. Not sure anyone would have a problem with him.

 

[Ivan]

The cynic in me wonders if it's hush money for his injuries. That's probably a bit heavy on the conspiracy-theory side of things, though.

I’m more inclined to believe that it’s Irsay hoping Luck will have a change of heart and return next year. I don’t believe that will happen, I think it’s final.

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

The Colts really need a new head trainer.

 

[PatsDeb]

Looking at this situation again, I think Luck's decision to retire before the season is poor. This is the profession he chose. He has quit on the fans, his team mates and all the people that invested time in him. He is over there talking about all this interest that he has in things outside football and it kind of annoys me.
I don't know why and how he is getting all these support for quitting at his job. No explanation can change my mind so if anybody wants to reply to this and try to do that, please stop and don't waste your time. I come from a time and place where you were lauded for completing your job. There was no quitting worthy of praise.
What would I have respected? He goes on IR, rehab his lower leg injury if indeed he is that hurt. Give it a go, if it does not heel by the end of the season, retire then. Don't tell us you used 10 days to decide to quit. Are people pretending and being just nice about this or I am crazy or weird?

I don't know. It's hard to walk away at any time and maybe he really was going to play, but he's had yet another set of medical setbacks. As someone pointed out in this thread, him spending the next two years on IR would have cost the Colts even more, so retire now, save your health, you and the team both bite the bullet, and you go from there.

 

[Simpelton]

Does this open up a possible market for Hoyer? Suddenly the Colts are in desperate need of an experienced veteran QB2 to provide some mentorship to a very young inexperienced QB room. Right now the Colts' QBs are Brissett (27), Kelly(25), and IIRC a fringy older QB named Ballard who's mostly there to be practice squad fodder. There might not be a veteran QB2 more suited to Indy's current situation, than Hoyer. If they have some modest asset we need, you could probably make a trade that worked.

 

[jmt57]

I, personally, would have retired in this exact moment. I’d have had my agent walk right onto the field with a pen and my papers. So credit to Andrew Luck for hanging on for a few months.
- Michael Hurley

 

[A Defiant Goose]

Luck retires abruptly and pats fans wish him well.

Brady gives us a 5 year timetable to get everything in order and pats fans want to trade him or get their jg back.

Brady has gotten us 6 sb titles what have luck done for them.

Uhh what? What Pats fans are you talking about? You mean like two out of thousands or millions of Pats fans?

 

[Angelpats]

Uhh what? What Pats fans are you talking about? You mean like two out of thousands or millions of Pats fans?

Almost everyone in the game day threads after Brady throws an int.

 

[BaconGrundleCandy]

For the wicked tough guys...


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[Ring 6]

Would it be ok if we stop calling a 29 year old quitting his job and keeping 24 million he didn’t earn COURAGEOUS and HONORABLE?

Yes it’s his decision and he doesn’t have to answer to anyone but come on man.

 

[BaconGrundleCandy]

Would it be ok if we stop calling a 29 year old quitting his job and keeping 24 million he didn’t earn COURAGEOUS and HONORABLE?

Yes it’s his decision and he doesn’t have to answer to anyone but come on man.

Did Gronk quit?