What Luck could have been lingers: 'You always hoped that when the top five NFL quarterbacks of all time were listed, Andrew would be up there.'
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck announces his retirement.INDIANAPOLIS -- He came to the Colts a 22-year-old bookworm trying to fill shoes the size of a football monster named Peyton Manning. He came beardless and golden.
As Luck was interviewed that April night, he told reporters he had already pondered the uphill battle in front of him as he replaced one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. He knew he had to prove to a Colts fanbase that a flip-phone-carrying, bike-over-car riding, board-game-playing, college engineering major could be as revered in Indy as Manning.
Luck had NFL greatness, Super Bowl victories, future Hall of Famer, legendary quarterback status in front of him, said Stanford coach David Shaw. And that’s what brings Luck's college coach almost to tears. As that golden Luck draft pick approached, Venturi was working in St. Louis, 243 miles away from the team he had helped coach from 1982 to 1992. He was appearing on St. Louis radio shows, national shows, giving his perspective on the upcoming draft.
But going into the draft, the Colts had finished the 2011 season 2-14 with Kerry Collins, Curtis Painter and Dan Orlovsky replacing Manning, who was out after having spinal fusion surgery.Andrew Luck says fatherhood is a 'complete joy' during appearance at national championship That's exactly who Luck was as a quarterback at Stanford, said Shaw, who started as Luck's offensive coordinator and ended as his head coach.
Chuck Pagano was thrilled to see Luck coming his way. He possessed all the intangibles you look for in a quarterback, Pagano, the Colts' coach from 2012-17, wrote in an e-mail to IndyStar.It was 2011 and the Colts didn't have Manning. As the season started, teams across the nation started chanting"Suck for Luck." The Colts were well on their way.
Then the next month he was in New York City for the draft. As Luck was announced as quarterback of the Colts, Hagan knew he would be a game changer. "What was amazing to me when I moved back was the feeling for Manning and the dislike by so many people that the Colts let him go," Venturi said."I'm thinking, 'What a lucky team to have Luck,' but I'm realizing the impact Manning had on the city.It seemed Luck would have to play in Manning's shadow for a while, a shadow that might only be lifted with a Super Bowl win, Venturi said.
As season after season wore on, with Luck at the helm, Colts fans began to get excited, Hagan said. Maybe he could be Manning reincarnated, albeit with a different personality. "His work ethic and competitiveness were off the charts, and he quickly developed into one of our leaders," Pagano said."I’m proud of what we accomplished as a team, especially in some of Andrew’s earlier years when we reached the playoffs in three consecutive seasons.Luck stood at the lectern inside Lucas Oil Stadium August 24, 2019, painfully, obviously devastated that he was leaving the Colts. He tried to fight back tears, but they came anyway.
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