Steve Beurlein blasts Luck for retiring

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“I am a HUGE Andrew Luck fan. Always have been. But this I cannot defend or justify,” Beuerlein wrote. “NO scenario where retirement is defensible. To do this to his teammates, organization, fans, and the NFL 2 weeks before the season is just not right. I love the guy but this will haunt him. Point is this is a massive decision he SAID he has pondered for 10 DAYS! Colts invested in him for 5-10 more YRS! Go on IR, get away for a few weeks and think about it. Get healthy for 2nd half of season and make a run! Colts are good! If Jacoby goes 4-4 they have a chance! His team needs him to make this run. I know rehab is tough. I had 19 surgeries as a player. 8 over 2 years. It sucks! But he owes it to his team. It is just a lower leg injury and it will heal! Just give it a chance. If it doesn’t walk away after this year.”

[Joe the Show]

I'm so tired of Luck retirement takes already.  We really need to season to start.

[jfra78]

He makes a lot of sense

[BrianS]

Well, Buerlein is right.  He definitely did the Colts dirty after they stuck with him.

[CarolinaCat89]

Luck will be a QB in my eyes who played like 4 seasons in total. Pretty bad you're 8 years in the league and played like half the time. He was never in the SAME CONVERSATION AS CAM NEWTON WHAT A JOKE.

[AceBoogie]

Life is bigger than just football. Obviously Steve never learned that. Sad. 

[pantherclaw]

I don't care what people say to defend Mr. Luck. 

He's just Mr Asshole. 

As a franchise QB and leader, you don't leave your team 2 weeks before the season opener. 

Suck it up, be the man you're suppose to be. If he still feels that way at the end of the season, then retire. 

Classless, no  Integrity, POS. 

[Toomers]

   I can’t wait to be important enough to judge what others do with their bodies and life in general. 

[Newtcase]

LOL If Steve had made the bank in his career that Luck has he might have hung it up sooner too.

[DeAngelo Beason]

This feels appropriate for what the Colts did to Peyton Manning.

[therealmjl]

He’s not wrong

[GoPanthers123]

Look if it’s your passion, then money shouldn’t matter.    It is your life.  Football is your life, it is not your job if you are passionate about it.  There is also right way to do things and wrong way to do things.

[pantherclaw]

21 minutes ago, Toomers said:

   I can’t wait to be important enough to judge what others do with their bodies and life in general. 

Yeah, I guess he never should have played pro football to begin with. Then you'd have a point. 

[Toomers]

Just now, pantherclaw said:

Yeah, I guess he never should have played pro football to begin with. Then you'd have a point. 

  SSDD. Always the team first....right?????

 Maybe you should have played long enough to know what the person might be going through? Or are you just guessing and bashing as someone who never played football at any level. Because that much is fairly obvious. 

  Just to be clear, you think the team comes before any players health? Is that the prevailing opinion now. A team with fans that lose their minds every time a player leaves, for any reason, is now chastising another player for doing what HE feels is best for him and his family. 

As always. Team first....Logic last.