Andrew Luck described as “not close” to returning

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Ten months after shoulder surgery, Colts quarterback Andrew Luck remains a long way off from playing.

The Indianapolis Star reports that Luck is “not close” to a return, won’t practice this week and has no timetable for when he might.

Luck has scheduled appointments with multiple doctors who will attempt to diagnose why it’s taking so long for his shoulder to get 100 percent healthy. Luck is experiencing pain in the shoulder and is unsure what is causing it after he appeared to be making progress toward a return.

When Luck had the surgery in January, Colts owner Jim Irsay said Luck would be ready for the start of the season. That prediction turned out to be way off. It’s beginning to look like the Colts will actually have to focus on getting Luck ready for the start of the 2018 season.

38 responses to “Andrew Luck described as “not close” to returning

  1. How is this a story?

    He’s going to sit out this disaster season and start over with a new head coach/regime in 2018.

    No reason to put him back there this year.

  2. It really is too bad.

    After getting overhyped by the NFL p.r. department and sports media…
    I didn’t want to see Indy or Luck succeed… but… I didn’t want to see this.

    Get well, Andy.

  3. He was NEVER going to play this year! Colts didn’t want an empty stadium all season so they strung out this announcement all season. If you don’t believe that just research how they handled Peyton Manning’s neck injury from before preseason until they finally admitted his season was over.

    Never trust anything out of Irsay’s (drunk, high, or sober)

  4. Whatever happens they need to keep Brissett for an insurance policy. He can be developed but the guy has no hope with that offensive line. I think the Colts have other issues as well but similar to my Bengals that o line just derails that team and it has for years.

  5. So irsay manufactured this lie knowing that luck wasn’t gonna play a snap this year but keep him active to not have te fanbase jump ship this year and con all
    THE hardworking fans outta there cash. Sounds a lot like te hall of fame game last year. What a racket and con the NFL season and that should be the story here.

  6. It’s scar tissue that needs cleaned up. At least that’s what everyone says after surgery that won’t heal. You’d think after 10 months they would have figured that out. Unfortunately my MD license that I bought on Facebook has expired so I can’t help at the moment….

  7. There are going to be 4 to 6 good QBs coming out in this next draft. One or two might be great QBs. They usually don’t end up getting drafted in the correct order. I would draft a young QB, and then wait and see what becomes of Luck. A couple years ago, Luck was the best young QB in the game. He’s still the same guy. There is no rule against having two great QBs.

  8. I’m not an Irsay hater (nor a Colts fan) so I think the simplest explanation tends to be true. I would bet that Irsay thought what he was saying was true in January. If nothing else, it really would be no reason to lie that early. It was this summer where I think the lies got rolling.

  9. mrbigass says:
    October 29, 2017 at 9:17 pm
    It’s scar tissue that needs cleaned up. At least that’s what everyone says after surgery that won’t heal. You’d think after 10 months they would have figured that out. Unfortunately my MD license that I bought on Facebook has expired so I can’t help at the moment….
    ____________________________________________________________________________________
    No no no…Those medical licenses on Facebook are fake you idiot.

  10. The good news about Irsay’s goal of winning multiple SBs with Luck is that zero is a multiple of zero.

  11. I’ve had two torn Labrums. They heal in 6 months, but it doesn’t feel that way. It took me a solid year and a half before I felt normal. The football throwing motion is the worst because it pulls directly on the tear area. It’s like someone drove a rusty nail into the joint.
    He’s not coming back this year folks…..

  12. Kinda the same thing with Jason Verrett. His knee just wasn’t 100% and it only took one game before realizing he needed more surgery to further repair it. No reason to rush Luck back in this lost season. Let him get 100% healthy and be ready for 2018.

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