Tag: Andrew Luck

The story of Andrew Luck

Reflecting on Andrew Luck

By: Jake Rajala

Andrew Luck hung up his cleats in 2019. He played six seasons, which was nearly half the amount of seasons that Peyton Manning played (as he played 13 seasons).

If Luck didn’t retire, then the Colts may not have have blown a first round pick on a QB by the name of Anthony Richardson. Richardson has played as many seasons as the former disastrous Colts QB Curtis Painter in Indy and it appears he’s already on his way out.

It isn’t too late for Luck to make a comeback. After all, he is eight years younger than former Colts QB Philip Rivers, who came out of retirement last season!

It isn’t an excuse for Luck to retire because he had an Ivy league education and we’re supposed to believe he’s smarter than us. Ryan Fitzpatrick went to Harvard and he retired at 39 years old.

“So you’re telling me there’s a chance”

If Rivers, Tom Brady, or Brett Favre could come out of retirement, it’s not far fetched to believe Luck could do the same. I’m not saying he’s going to make the Hall of Fame. We have to remember that Nick Foles won a Lombardi trophy and he’s not in discussion to end up in Canton.

Luck was named the first GM of Stanford football in 2024. Obviously, he played football at Stanford. Let’s just all hope that he makes better personnel decisions than someone in the NFL that has several Super Bowl rings.

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Joe Burrow isn’t having fun anymore

Burrow is sad

By: Jake Rajala

As widely reported, Joe Burrow doesn’t appear to be having fun with the game of football anymore. He has a Top-3 wide receiver tandem (in Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins), and he would be pushing for a playoff spot if he didn’t get hurt this season. Yet, he has Andrew Luck syndrome and could retire at 29, which happened to be the same age that Luck hung up his cleats.

Perhaps Burrow would be having fun if he could smoke cigars in the Bengals locker room (just as he did after the CFB Championship). It’s not fair that he can’t couldn’t rip a stogie before a game.

Hendrickson and Burrow can’t be happy with their defense, which gives up more points than any other team. Burrow knows how his idol, Drew Brees, felt after he had many years with the worst NFL defense.

I know Burrow would be having more fun if he wasn’t missing his second former LSU pal, Justin Jefferson. Let it be known that Jefferson isn’t exactly having a lot of fun with the potentially worst starting QB in the league in J.J. McCarthy. The swap would still be a pipe dream, given that Jefferson is the Vikings best player by a long shot. The potential Jefferson trade from the Vikings would have to be more dull than the Cowboys shipping off Micah Parsons.

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Philip Rivers joins the Colts

The Colts sign Philip Rivers

By: Jake Rajala

Philip Rivers has come back from the dead and joined the Indianapolis Colts. The Colts have a thing or two for old QBs. They tried the Matt Ryan experiment, but Matty Ice was clearly washed up.

Perhaps they should have called Andrew Luck to come out of retirement. He’s only 36 years old. He doesn’t have grandkids, like Rivers does.

If Rivers can’t sling the ball like he did in 2020, perhaps Indy should call Tom Brady or Brett Favre and try to lure one of them out of retirement.

Rivers was a first ballot Hall of Famer in my book. He just delayed his time until he gets a gold jacket. Sure, he had four seasons of 18+ interceptions. Nonetheless, he still found a way to win at the end of the day. After all, he did have a record of 134-106.

I don’t want to completely disrespect Rivers, but I still expect it to be the Jonathan Taylor show. In Peyton Manning’s last days in the league, the best thing he did was arguably hand the ball off and make short passes to his weapons. I expect that to be the case with Rivers.

On the bright side, Rivers returns to a team that he bled for already. Of course, he played for the Colts and, even led them to an 11-5 record in his final season. Colts fans can shake the dust off their Rivers jerseys and wear them on game day.

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