http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000577340/article/andrew-luck-out-26-weeks-with-lacerated-kidney

Quote:Andrew Luck's roller coaster season has taken a turn for the worse.

The Indianapolis Colts announced Tuesday that Luck will miss 2-6 weeks with a lacerated kidney and a partial tear of an abdominal muscle. The team says the injuries will not require surgery and a full recovery is expected.

"It's way too early to guess how long Andrew will be out," said coach Chuck Pagano. "We're going to keep listening to the doctors and evaluating his progress on a week by week basis. We've got all the confidence in the world in Matt Hasselbeck and we're not going to put Andrew back out there until he's healed and ready to go."

The injury was suffered early in the fourth quarter against the Broncos, the team announced. Luck amazingly stayed in the game and helped the team finish off a victory.


The Colts have the relative luxury of a quality backup quarterback in Hasselbeck. He helped the team win two games and played very well when replacing Luck earlier in the season when Luck had a shoulder injury.

The timing is especially cruel. Luck is coming off his best performance of the season by far against the top-ranked Broncos defense. We believe the injury occurred on the first play of the fourth quarter, when Broncos linebacker Danny Travathan hits Luck hard in the midsection before defensive tackle Vance Walker crunches Luck from behind. Luck could be seen grimacing at times later in the quarter.

Indianapolis is 4-5, which is good enough for first place in the AFC South. Unless the Texans, Titans or Jaguars go on a run in November, Hasselbeck has a good chance to keep the Colts alive in the playoff race until Luck is healthy again. The Colts are in the middle of their bye week, and head to Atlanta in Week 11. They host the Buccaneers in Week 12. Both teams are struggling to rush the passer or stop opposing offenses, so Hasselbeck has a relatively soft landing back into the lineup.

For Luck, it's another significant setback in a season where many analysts expected him to make a jump to MVP level. Instead he's suffered the two biggest injuries of his career and mostly struggled on the field. Luck is under contract for 2016 after the Colts picked up the fifth-year option of his rookie contract.

Now the the Colts will have a GOOD QB under center, the wins should start to rack up.

Quote:Indianapolis is 4-5, which is good enough for first place in the AFC South.

The NFL should give a bye to whoever has to play the #1 seed from the South.

who said Luck was bad QB? they just told you he's injured and they have won games. They will win without him and when he comes back

(11-10-2015, 09:59 PM)IsaacCurtis Wrote: who said Luck was bad QB?  they just told you he's injured and they have won games. They will win without him and when he comes back

Allow me to finish that sentence for you. "and when he comes back, he will continue to turn the ball over and suck."

Thank you

(11-10-2015, 10:03 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Allow me to finish that sentence for you. "and when he comes back, he will continue to turn the ball over and suck."

Thank you

who almost won 2 games in the 4th qtr while injured? who beat the Broncos number 1 D?

a good team is having a bad year,nothing more

(11-10-2015, 10:06 PM)IsaacCurtis Wrote: who almost won 2 games in the 4th qtr while injured? who beat the Broncos number 1 D?

a good team is having a bad year,nothing more

lulz

(11-10-2015, 10:06 PM)IsaacCurtis Wrote: who almost won 2 games in the 4th qtr while injured? who beat the Broncos number 1 D?

a good team is having a bad year,nothing more

I don't think you understand the concept of the SMACK forum.

(11-10-2015, 11:04 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I don't think you understand the concept of the SMACK forum.

i'm telling you you're wrong which is smack enough

they are so confident in their 40 year old QB they are trying to get jason campbell out of retirement.

(11-10-2015, 10:06 PM)IsaacCurtis Wrote: who almost won 2 games in the 4th qtr while injured? who beat the Broncos number 1 D?

a good team is having a bad year,nothing more

Check it out...coltsfan got an alt.

(11-10-2015, 10:06 PM)IsaacCurtis Wrote: who almost won 2 games in the 4th qtr while injured? who beat the Broncos number 1 D?

a good team is having a bad year,nothing more

Why the hell does luck suck the first 3 quarters then?

(11-10-2015, 06:29 PM)Benton Wrote: The NFL should give a bye to whoever has to play the #1 seed from the South.

Ida know...if there is one thing with a 1000% success rate it is 7-win teams winning their first playoff game!  I'm hoping to see a 6-10 playoff team this year, though.

(11-10-2015, 10:06 PM)IsaacCurtis Wrote: who almost won 2 games in the 4th qtr while injured? who beat the Broncos number 1 D?

a good team is having a bad year,nothing more

Don't tell me, let me guess. You have 17 favorite teams. You like 15 bestest teams, you have 14 teams you respect. 10 teams you like and so on ?

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/11/13/texas-am-sues-the-colts-over-use-of-12th-man/

more issues for the colts.

(11-11-2015, 08:20 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Ida know...if there is one thing with a 1000% success rate it is 7-win teams winning their first playoff game!  I'm hoping to see a 6-10 playoff team this year, though.

i dont i almost want them to get rid of the current format as if a 6 or 7 win team is in the playoffs that means a team that deserves to be there wont be

No team should be rewarded for being the least crappy team in a crappy division if they cant even pull out a 8-8 record.

(11-11-2015, 05:39 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: Why the hell does luck suck the first 3 quarters then?

Why does he not sck in the last qtr?

Injuries and Bad years happen.
  
Why do the Bengals never get past round one?
 
I wouldn't be surprised if the Colts are next year's Afc front runner  to win conference 

(11-12-2015, 02:56 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Don't tell me, let me guess. You have 17 favorite teams. You like 15 bestest teams, you have 14 teams you respect. 10 teams you like and so on ?

I'm an objective sports fan. 

(11-14-2015, 04:24 PM)IsaacCurtis Wrote: Why does he not sck in the last qtr?

Because he feasts in garbage time, after a team has a large lead and goes soft on defense.

The Colts are going to get screwed out of a top 10 pick since playoff teams get their draft picks after all non-playoff teams.

(11-14-2015, 05:50 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Because he feasts in garbage time, after a team has a large lead and goes soft on defense.

its not garbage time if you are a touch down or 3 points from winning which is what his strong 4th qtrs lead too.

IE almost winning doesnt qualify as garbage time, dude.