Andrew Luck is Officially Out for the Season. Not Good!

Source - The Indianapolis Colts are shelving Andrew Luck for 2017. The team announced Thursday the quarterback will be placed on injured reserve.

Luck underwent surgery on his throwing shoulder in January. Despite early optimism that he would be ready for the 2017 season, the Pro Bowler has missed the entire season and will be shut down for the remainder of the year.

"I wish I was better and 100 percent this season, but that's not the case," Luck told the team's official website on Thursday. "I know I'll be better from this. I know I'll be a better quarterback, teammate, person and player from this, and I'm excited for the future."

Luck missed all offseason, training camp and the preseason. He returned to practice in early October doing light throwing. After suffering a setback, the 28-year-old was held out of practices and had a cortisone injection in hopes to relieve soreness in the injured shoulder.

When that avenue didn't work, the team shut down their franchise signal-caller for the season.


Well, that stinks...I mean we all kind of figured that he wasn't going to be good to go at this point.  It's pretty much been red flags from the get go, but just seeing the word "setback" is a massive bummer.

A lot of people have been coming out and saying that he might not play again, ex-Colt D'Qwell being one of them with Steve Young being another.  I'm not sure if I buy into that yet.  Absolutely there's reason to worry and speculation is a natural thing but we're not talking about something totally degenerative like a back injury or a neck injury.  And sure I guess if you're a quarterback a healthy shoulder is kinda sorta important, but Ballard is saying surgery isn't a totally foregone conclusion.  And with the offensive line looking the way it currently does, trotting our franchise player out there to get bundled every other play when we have no chance of the playoffs would just be irresponsible, especially given our second half opponents.

We still have to play Houston twice, the Jaguars - who for whatever reason do not suck (1st in sacks), Baltimore whose tied for the league lead in turnovers plus Terrell Suggs scares the shit out of me, Pittsburgh (3rd in sacks), Denver (fewest yards allowed), and Buffalo (3rd fewest points allowed).  These are not games we would have done well in even with a fully healthy #12.  At this point we basically just have to hope for the best and hope to god the new front office is scouting their balls off because we're on course for a top 5 pick.  Hopefully, we also draft a nice fat left tackle with the grace of a Russian ballerina and the intensity of a young Owen Schmitt.

PS - I want to say this will just be more time for Andrew to grind in the film room and break down defenses but we all know he's just going to use the extra time to read books.  Such a fucking nerd.