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The Athletic launching podcast about Andrew Luck

Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 7/4/2022 8:47 am
Heard an ad for it on another podcast - 6 episodes launching on July 11th. Be interesting to hear Arians' perspective most of all.

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This is the Andrew Luck story as you’ve never heard it: Why did the greatest quarterback prospect since John Elway walk away from the game before he turned 30?

The Athletic’s Zak Keefer spoke with over 25 of Luck's former teammates, rivals, coaches, executives, staffers, friends, and journalists, in an attempt to peel back the curtain in a way that’s never been done before on one of the most unique NFL careers of the last three decades.

Interviews include Jim Irsay, Tony Dungy, Chuck Pagano, Bruce Arians, Bill Polian, Chris Ballard, David Shaw, Robert Griffin III, Jacoby Brissett and Peter King.

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would be interesting  
Producer : 7/4/2022 9:53 am : link
but also fairly obvious. He took an intense beating. The kidney issues in particular. His body probably already suffered permanent damage when he decided to hang em up. Unfortunate end to a career with such a phenomenal start.
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robbieballs2003 : 7/4/2022 10:02 am : link
In comment 15746991 Producer said:
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but also fairly obvious. He took an intense beating. The kidney issues in particular. His body probably already suffered permanent damage when he decided to hang em up. Unfortunate end to a career with such a phenomenal start.


I think the issue that most have was the timing of it all. What changed for him to make the decision when he did? A lot of people have retired young. He seemed to have left everybody in the dark about it until one of the worst times possible for his teammates and organization. I am not going to be able to listen to it but I will be curious how others perceive it years later.
Dude was getting the shit kicked out of him.  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 7/4/2022 6:16 pm : link
I think he was so fucking beat up he was pissing blood. YIKES. The timing & suddenness of was surprising...I think he announced it weeks before the season started/had been in training camp?

He's been a ghost since he's retired & I've never heard any rumors about him returning. When Barry Sanders abruptly retired, there were rumors for awhile of him coming back, but to Miami. Obviously that never materialized.

I'll give this pod a listen.

RE: Dude was getting the shit kicked out of him.  
robbieballs2003 : 7/4/2022 8:14 pm : link
In comment 15747195 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:
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I think he was so fucking beat up he was pissing blood. YIKES. The timing & suddenness of was surprising...I think he announced it weeks before the season started/had been in training camp?

He's been a ghost since he's retired & I've never heard any rumors about him returning. When Barry Sanders abruptly retired, there were rumors for awhile of him coming back, but to Miami. Obviously that never materialized.

I'll give this pod a listen.


He announced it one round after I selected him in my draft which is always at the end of August.
"the greatest quarterback prospect since John Elway"  
BlackLight : 7/5/2022 1:34 pm : link
For some reason, I keep getting hung up on this.
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Matt M. : 7/5/2022 4:48 pm : link
In comment 15747492 BlackLight said:
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For some reason, I keep getting hung up on this.
I was going to say the same thing. One thing is who determined Elway was the barometer and two who determined Luck was the best since?
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BSIMatt : 7/5/2022 10:37 pm : link
In comment 15747492 BlackLight said:
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For some reason, I keep getting hung up on this.


Yeah, that statement reeked of hyperbole. Especially given the guy Luck was replacing.
So did they talk to Luck or no?  
ThreePoints : 7/5/2022 10:57 pm : link
I love a good podcast, but this seems really excessive. I don’t think there’s all that much to unpack here.
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