Andrew Luck retires... Chance for the Bengals to trade a promising QB?

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(08-25-2019, 01:52 AM)samhain Wrote: Why?  He pulled the rug out from under them two weeks before the season opener.  He hasn't won shit for them.  Absolutely nothing meaningful.  He's the ultimate hype-generated superstar.  Lots of cred for stats and physical traits, but at the end of the day his legacy is garbage in the grand scheme of things.  This is even more so now that he's a bona fide quitter.  

That team ran arguably the most legendary quarterback this side of Tom Brady out of town, then proceeded to intentionally tank a season to obtain the ability to draft Andrew Luck.  This is the reward the fans reap.  A quitting loser who lacks the class to drop the news before late August.  

Screw Luck and his silver-spoon bullshit.  I hope the fans show up on his lawn with torches and trash bags full of dead, decaying raccoons.  He's a punk and a chickenshit.  It's his right to quit, most assuredly.  But that comes with a price.  He's going to pay it forever in the eyes of Colts fans.

For all we know Luck was telling Irsay he wanted to retire 2 years ago and Irsay was more interested in pretending everything was great in order to sell tickets.  Remember in 2017 when he was confident Luck would start week 1 and then Luck missed the whole season?  

I'm not going to bat for Luck here so much as saying that Irsay may be rich but he's still a lying druggie.  Not sure why everyone is so sure he's being honest with everyone.  At any rate, Luck could have just gone public with this weeks ago, but I feel like he was strongly leaning towards retirement and Irsay was just hoping he'd change his mind.  Owners know they hold all the cards, because fans go right after the players every time when it comes to being butthurt.

Or maybe Luck just kicked everyone in the nuts and walked away...that's possible, too.


EDIT - Back on topic, the Colts have Brisset who knows the system and Chad Kelly who can be their long shot "maybe this young guy can be good" QB. They don't need to trade for anything this year and probably want to keep draft capital in case they move up to get a QB in 2020.