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2018 Andrew Luck Progress Report

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  • #76
    Originally posted by Kid Minneapolis View Post

    No, my thoughts are presented as opinion, based on actual facts... While you speak of facts based on your opinion.
    Now you care about facts? Here's one: 3.3 yards per carry.

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    • #77
      Originally posted by imawhat View Post

      Now you care about facts? Here's one: 3.3 yards per carry.

      so you got nuthin?
      There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.

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      • #78
        Originally posted by Bluboy View Post

        That is nonsense. But if you keep patting yourself on the back, you are going to break that arm.
        Coming from you, that's some funny ****.
        There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.

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        • #79
          Originally posted by Bball View Post

          No it's not. If Luck returns this preseason as good as ever, that is still a far cry from what would've been expected based on what we were told all along. The 'ideal' scenario was out the window last July or August with Luck unable to return to summer camp and then out even deeper without any preseason games. Let alone a return in A1 shape. So the ideal scenario was badly missed. Next would've been an early season game 1 or 2 return in A1 shape. Or an early season game 1 or 2 return, but rusty would've been next. You can go down the line. Every step was missed or delayed. He might not be throwing a football even now, or just started if he is based on the most recent media reports about what was planned for the coming days.

          We're not in worst case scenario territory yet and might never get there, but at best it's time for cautious optimism. Anyone who's slid over to the side of pessimism isn't there without any reason. Anyone who argues this is going according to plan has to be blind. It's at the least in 'concerning territory' now.
          Missing a season isn't all that unusual for a player, but that is more typical of a preseason injury or game 1 injury. This was a planned surgery immediately following the season with an entire offseason to rehab. We know right now if there was a game he STILL couldn't play right now. There's no definitive talk (or any talk) that he's fine now and working toward being in shape for training camp. He's just trying to get to a point where he can throw a football again.

          This is definitely not going according to any plans we were led to believe over a year ago with this surgery and at every point right up until he was officially shutdown for the season.

          Maybe he has turned a corner, but we're going to need to see and hear more before we can ever believe it now.

          I'm firmly in wait and see mode. I won't be surprised if he's ready for camp and playing great... I won't be surprised if he has another surgery... I won't be surprised if he shuts it down for good at some point in the coming months. I wouldn't have said this a year ago.
          No, it's definitely craziness. That's a whole lotta text to basically say you really read too deep into things and believe in conspiracies. Makes for good drama, though.

          Btw, who here said "things were going to plan"? Think it's pretty obvious no one thinks that. The difference is, you seem to think it's all a big hairy conspiracy, whereas most of us just think it's all literally "not going to plan" and that's all.
          Last edited by Kid Minneapolis; 02-18-2018, 11:45 PM.
          There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.

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          • #80
            Originally posted by Kid Minneapolis View Post

            Coming from you, that's some funny ****.
            You buy the Irsay line of ******** lock stock and barrel don't you. To make a Trumpian quote, "Sad."

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            • #81
              Originally posted by Bluboy View Post

              You buy the Irsay line of ******** lock stock and barrel don't you. To make a Trumpian quote, "Sad."
              Surprised you didn't go with another Trumpism: "Wrong". Had a hunch, btw.

              Tell ya what, Blu. Let's track this. You think it's all a lie and he's done. I think he's just taking a while to recover. When the moment arrives that Luck either 1) retires forever, or 2) comes back... And assuming you're still a non-banned member of this board... The loser of the argument has to come back on here and say the other was right.

              If I lose, I will gladly uphold my end of the deal.

              You in?
              Last edited by Kid Minneapolis; 02-18-2018, 11:55 PM.
              There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.

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              • #82
                Originally posted by BlueNGold View Post
                You know, this really does make me sick the more I research it. I believe that during Luck's last season he was playing hurt, taking injections. That's why there wasn't a zip on his passes all year. He didn't change his style. He just couldn't throw it. Dude had a dead arm all jacked up on meds. Now he has a noodle for an arm and there's no fixing it. This thing is starting to look like Weekend at Bernies.
                He played pretty well on that injected shoulder. I think Shottenheimer had a positive impact on Luck.

                Also, and I can't find it now... I would've sworn I read a report immediately after Luck's surgery that reported the team didn't want him to have the surgery. It was his choice (well, duh, obviously it was his choice... it's his arm), but one the team didn't think was necessary.

                I've not seen that mentioned again so maybe it was just so internet speculation and not an actually insider report on a legitimate site. Or maybe I dreamed it... :/
                Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.

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                "A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that’s teamwork."

                -John Wooden

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                • #83
                  Originally posted by Kid Minneapolis View Post

                  No, it's definitely craziness. That's a whole lotta text to basically say you really read too deep into things and believe in conspiracies. Makes for good drama, though.

                  Btw, who here said "things were going to plan"? Think it's pretty obvious no one thinks that. The difference is, you seem to think it's all a big hairy conspiracy, whereas most of us just think it's all literally "not going to plan" and that's all.
                  I don't think there's a "big hairy conspiracy" in that they know he's done and not coming back.... I just think there's a team that doesn't want to tell the fanbase how serious this actually was or is because.... insert reason here...

                  Is it career ending? Nobody knows that for a fact. Otherwise Luck wouldn't still be rehabbing. Is this dragging out way longer than it should? Oh yeah.... No conspiracy there.

                  If you're agreeing that things aren't going as planned then I don't even know what you're arguing with me about. That is ALL I'm saying that I feel confident about, outside of believing the team has played loose with the truth for whatever reason when they easily could've been more definitive about games Luck would miss. And if you're arguing about that then you are blind to some facts that were made clear with hindsight.

                  In June could've the Colts had told us that Luck would definitely miss at least 6 games? Probably not.... In Sept could they have told us there was no chance of him playing until somewhere near the end of the month at the earliest? Oh yeah... No way they didn't know that. When they were pretending it was game to game, it was really a far off point in the future because there never was a scenario where he would get cleared to practice and be ready to start that weekend. We can know that for a fact because once he did get cleared to practice we learned how far away he really was. Once he actually started practicing the goalposts moved and we learned it would be several more games before he could possibly play. That's probably the first point we finally got some truth. They were dangling that "he's getting close" carrot on a stick as if once he practiced he'd be close to taking the field. Until he finally got cleared to practice and the truth came out about the timeline. And then it didn't matter because there was quickly a setback.

                  How you disagree with that I have no idea.
                  Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.

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                  "A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that’s teamwork."

                  -John Wooden

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                  • #84
                    That's a good way to put it. Once the timeline was officially revealed, we could see there was no chance he could come back soon, as was left a possibility.

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                    • #85
                      Disagree with all this "they knew it would take longer, they lied to us, it's worse than we think" stuff. The original timetable was what they honestly believed, and what hasn't gone to plan is Luck's shoulder recovery. That's all.

                      The Colts had a precedent to reference for their timetable. Brees had a very similar injury, similar procedure, same doctor, the exact same time of year (January) and returned and missed no time the next season.

                      For Luck, they said it was a 6-9 month recovery, putting him anywhere right up to the start of the season. If it was 6 months (July return), that woulda gave him a few months to "get back in game shape". If it was 9 months, his "get back in game shape" timetable might eat a few weeks/months into the season, but still would be able to return at some point mid-season, which is why they kept him off IR and kept us all waiting week-to-week. Now, that said, 6-9 months is usually best case, but it can go longer, so it's not like Lucks' case is alarming or unusual.

                      But Luck's shoulder didn't respond like Brees', so after 2 months, they shut him down, and there were a number of reasons... 1) we weren't having a good season, were 3-6 and likely out of the playoffs, and 2) Luck was still having problems, and 3) our O-line is still terrible. There was no reason at that point in time to bring him back for a losing season, risk further injury behind that terrible line. Once they shut him down in November, that gave Luck theoretically 10 months to get his shoulder right for next season. Now, in the 3 months since, he went to Europe for therapy which evidently was a good thing for him, they set the timetable for re-evaluation saying that in January if his pain hadn't subsided, they might consider surgery, and Luck has stated that his pain went down drastically, he doesn't need surgery. He came back looking visibly stronger/bigger/healthier, and immediately signed up for the Cali throwing academy where they are rebuilding his motion and mechanics.

                      So it sounds to me that his original timetable just didn't work out, and once they shut him down, they gave him all the time he needed to focus on getting his arm right, and it sounds like that is in-progress and making progress.

                      This whole notion that the timetable never added up for you guys, or that they knew all along, and lied to us about the whole thing is just not true. I think they were genuinely playing it week-to-week, because by that time he was supposed to have been through all this and playing again, and when it became obvious that it wasn't happening, they were likely just as disappointed as you. But they had to play it week-to-week.

                      Now, if you build yourself up in your mind to believe that his injury is "way worse", or "he's done", and they're lying to us for God knows what reason, you can use revisionist history and say "look, every time he was supposed to play, he didn't, and they kept saying next week, there's proof." But that's the problem with reading between lines and thinking everything is a lie, it's unhealthy. There is no evidence that supports this claim that he's worse than they're letting on. That is created entirely by you; it's a sky-is-falling mentality. They said he had a labrum tear (he did), they said it would be 6-9 months which should make him available for the following season (which was true), and then his recovery didn't go as planned.
                      Last edited by Kid Minneapolis; 02-19-2018, 04:35 PM.
                      There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.

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                      • #86
                        Originally posted by Kid Minneapolis View Post
                        Disagree with all this "they knew it would take longer, they lied to us, it's worse than we think" stuff. The original timetable was what they honestly believed, and what hasn't gone to plan is Luck's shoulder recovery. That's all.

                        The Colts had a precedent to reference for their timetable. Brees had a very similar injury, similar procedure, same doctor, the exact same time of year (January) and returned and missed no time the next season.

                        For Luck, they said it was a 6-9 month recovery, putting him anywhere right up to the start of the season. If it was 6 months (July return), that woulda gave him a few months to "get back in game shape". If it was 9 months, his "get back in game shape" timetable might eat a few weeks/months into the season, but still would be able to return at some point mid-season, which is why they kept him off IR and kept us all waiting week-to-week. Now, that said, 6-9 months is usually best case, but it can go longer, so it's not like Lucks' case is alarming or unusual.

                        But Luck's shoulder didn't respond like Brees', so after 2 months, they shut him down, and there were a number of reasons... 1) we weren't having a good season, were 3-6 and likely out of the playoffs, and 2) Luck was still having problems, and 3) our O-line is still terrible. There was no reason at that point in time to bring him back for a losing season, risk further injury behind that terrible line. Once they shut him down in November, that gave Luck theoretically 10 months to get his shoulder right for next season. Now, in the 3 months since, he went to Europe for therapy which evidently was a good thing for him, they set the timetable for re-evaluation saying that in January if his pain hadn't subsided, they might consider surgery, and Luck has stated that his pain went down drastically, he doesn't need surgery. He came back looking visibly stronger/bigger/healthier, and immediately signed up for the Cali throwing academy where they are rebuilding his motion and mechanics.

                        So it sounds to me that his original timetable just didn't work out, and once they shut him down, they gave him all the time he needed to focus on getting his arm right, and it sounds like that is in-progress and making progress.

                        This whole notion that the timetable never added up for you guys, or that they knew all along, and lied to us about the whole thing is just not true. I think they were genuinely playing it week-to-week, because by that time he was supposed to have been through all this and playing again, and when it became obvious that it wasn't happening, they were likely just as disappointed as you. But they had to play it week-to-week.

                        Now, if you build yourself up in your mind to believe that his injury is "way worse", or "he's done", and they're lying to us for God knows what reason, you can use revisionist history and say "look, every time he was supposed to play, he didn't, and they kept saying next week, there's proof." But that's the problem with reading between lines and thinking everything is a lie, it's unhealthy. There is no evidence that supports this claim that he's worse than they're letting on. That is created entirely by you; it's a sky-is-falling mentality. They said he had a labrum tear (he did), they said it would be 6-9 months which should make him available for the following season (which was true), and then his recovery didn't go as planned.
                        Tell, the truth, you are Irsay in disguise or a member of the front office. I suppose you felt the same way about Manning when it was a reverse situation where they wanted everyone to think he was done so that they could draft Luck without taking a hit from the fans. Manning signed a big new contract with Denver, won another MVP and got to two Super Bowls winning one. Manning leaked a video of himself throwing the ball and throwing it well when the Colts were telling everyone that he had a noodle arm with no strength or power. Now, of course, in this new situation, they have suddenly become a paragon of virtue? I don't think so. Luck may come back and be fine but I just think at this the point the odds are way against that. But hang in there, you have protected your season ticket sales for another year and that is what this is really all about.

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                        • #87
                          Let's assume the best case situation. That Irsay and the Colts were not lying. Rather than weigh in on that, let's just make that assumption.

                          Irsay comes out in 2017, all year long, all the way into August claiming that Luck was going to play. He was dead wrong and he now knows it.

                          Next...

                          In early January of this year...just a few months later after being dead wrong..and knowing he was dead wrong...and knowing fans were ticked at him...he doubles or triples down on a bet he already lost and raves like a mad man about Luck.

                          Yet he knows for a fact that fans RELIED on his statements that Luck was returning to play last year and spent their hard earned money on season tickets only to watch a team go 4-12 because their superstar "born to do great things in the NFL per Irsay" quarterback got pulled at the last minute. 2nd to last in the AFC. That's what those fans got to watch after Irsay pumped them up. That right there is the problem.

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                          • #88
                            There is no evidence that supports this claim that he's worse than they're letting on. That is created entirely by you; it's a sky-is-falling mentality. They said he had a labrum tear (he did), they said it would be 6-9 months which should make him available for the following season (which was true), and then his recovery didn't go as planned.
                            This pretty much refuted your entire counter argument.
                            Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.

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                            "A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that’s teamwork."

                            -John Wooden

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                            • #89
                              Originally posted by Bluboy View Post

                              Tell, the truth, you are Irsay in disguise or a member of the front office. I suppose you felt the same way about Manning when it was a reverse situation where they wanted everyone to think he was done so that they could draft Luck without taking a hit from the fans. Manning signed a big new contract with Denver, won another MVP and got to two Super Bowls winning one. Manning leaked a video of himself throwing the ball and throwing it well when the Colts were telling everyone that he had a noodle arm with no strength or power. Now, of course, in this new situation, they have suddenly become a paragon of virtue? I don't think so. Luck may come back and be fine but I just think at this the point the odds are way against that. But hang in there, you have protected your season ticket sales for another year and that is what this is really all about.
                              Well, I'm not sure if that's all true. But one thing is true. Jim Irsay is either a liar or a loon.

                              Also, a great majority of the people who would say the things Jim Irsay has said are definitely lying. The only out Jim has is that he's an idiot. That's a terrible best-case situation.

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                              • #90
                                Originally posted by Kid Minneapolis View Post
                                This whole notion that the timetable never added up for you guys, or that they knew all along, and lied to us about the whole thing is just not true. I think they were genuinely playing it week-to-week, because by that time he was supposed to have been through all this and playing again, and when it became obvious that it wasn't happening, they were likely just as disappointed as you. But they had to play it week-to-week.
                                The problem with this is that Luck got ruled out just 6 days before the season opener. Then the Colts revealed their 21-day ramp up period once he started practicing. So at a minimum, assuming Luck had been further along and had started practicing, they concealed that Luck would miss the opener by at least 15 days, but I suspect they knew even sooner.

                                In any case, I see a 0% chance that they truly believed Luck could play 10 days before the opener.

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