Not sure if any of you saw this, but Bruce Arians went on a popular sports podcast, Pardon My Take, and said that if he were to create a perfect quarterback out of Brady, Peyton, Roelisberger, etc. it would simply just be Andrew Luck.
Doesn't take much to get me started on the topic of 12.
It has been over 5 years since Luck retired and I can't say it still doesn't pop into my brain every now and then. Wondering what he would have accomplished the last 5 years, writing records, amassing awards and championships.
We are obviously biased being hard-core Stanford fans but he certainly is one of the most unique athletes of all time. Having the ability to be perhaps the best player at the most important position in American sports, and instead opting to pursue a more ordinary life.
I remember David Shaw being interviewed on SportsCenter that night. He sounded extremely sad that he won't get to watch Andrew on Sundays anymore, but also not totally surprised. Knowing Andrew so well he knew that Andrew marches to the beat of his own drum.
I wasnt participating on this board back in August of 2019. It must have been a wild night.
Picturing Luck in 2024's NFL is a bit difficult. The NFL game has changed (deteriorated) a lot since 2019 in my opinion -- the amount of penalties, kickoff formats, longer seasons, quality of play, etc. -- maybe he got out at a good time
Regardless, I do miss watching him play. I became a die-hard Colts fan, often streaming out-of-network FOX 10am PT games on Sundays.
It was one of those moments where years later I can still remember exactly what I was doing when I heard the news. I was up in Lake Tahoe with friends and someone yelled while I was in the kitchen "Yo! Andrew Luck just retired". I watched his press conference live and was shell shocked the rest of the night.
Has your guys impression of his retirement changed over they years? That Seth Wickersham article was quite revealing.
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