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Andrew Luck retiring from NFL


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I don't blame the guy.    I didn't blame Megatron either.    Life is more important, and if they were smart, they are more than set for life.    Luck's family was wealthy before like others pointed out.    I could definitely understand how all the pain and rehab get old, and I can also understand how the love for the game wanes after getting to the NFL and realizing it's just a business.

I don't really feel like most players in the NFL "love" it it.    I feel like 10-20% really LOVE it and the rest, it's just a job.    Compared to something like MLB where I feel that number is flipped (mostly because it takes those guys like 5 years or so through the minors to get called up).     If you can play long enough to bank enough money before you're physically broken, get the heck out.

I love Cam but I could see this happening with him sooner rather than later as well.    Especially with the path Luck just laid out.    I wouldn't blame him either.

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6 hours ago, beastson said:

I'm wondering if the Panthers drafted Luck would they have put more emphasis on the oline than they have with Cam. Hmm.... I also wonder would Ron have been here as long as he has. Just thoughts... :thinking:

Ron would have been gone a long time ago because of the support of luck from people outside the fanbase. Ron gets a pass now out of the hate people have for Cam so cam gets blame for everything, nobody really pays attention to how shitty of coach ron is most of the time.

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8 hours ago, rayzor said:

lol at the colts though for all this. Irsay is an idiot.

the stunt they pulled with peyton towards the end of his career there (making him the highest paid QB in the league then cutting him one year later) and then tanking to get the next great superstar QB and they can never seem to break 11 wins in a season in a weak division and then he quits on them just after 7 years?

yow

Irsay is legendary for his stupidity

Like another extremely powerful, famous person we're all familiar with, he'd probably be getting kicked out of an Applebee's for grabbing a waitress if he didn't have a rich daddy.

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So Lucks “calf and ankle issue” has got to be more like an Achilles issue that requires surgery for him to keep playing, right? He says he’s been in the pain rehab cycle for 4 years and he doesn’t see it ending anytime soon with this new injury. That tells me he has a bad injury and his heart is not in the surgery/rehab process AGAIN.

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i guess wealthy people live in a different world. when you already have stacks of millions upon millions and the rest of you life will be spent in luxury, you can turn down a career that so many people would die for

 

i know im not the only one that grew up with the dream of becoming an NFL player

 

and i know fore sure im not the only one who would put up with rehab fir that paycheck, considering i do a backbreaking job for peanuts on the dollar compared to a star NFL QB

 

not saying luck doesn't deserve the money, fame, or the right to retire. just pointing out the two completely different worlds people live in. 

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and tbh i am a little salty about him not having love for the game anymore. the god given gifts he has puts him in the smallest of % by chance. luck basically. so many people would love to have his attributes physically and mentally to be able to compete. i support his decision to retire 100%. but i cant help but to feel a little salty because i would die to be in his shoes. thats how a lot of people feel. 

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11 hours ago, Daddy_Uncle said:

Glad he didn't want to play for us and stayed in school. Good Luck in retirement

The Colts just figured it out--build a strong OL in front of a franchise QB--after Luck had  been battered for a few years. 

I wonder if Cam is not on the same path--physically.  The mentally part?  I will never doubt that Cam loves the game and the stage more than Luck ever did.

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