Andrew Luck Has Been in Europe Getting Special Treatment for Weeks and I Think Its Time To Address It

Source - Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano says Andrew Luck is "making progress" as he continues to undergo rehab in Europe.

Pagano made the announcement Monday. He says the Colts have been in touch with Luck through email and text messages.

Luck has not played since having surgery in January on his throwing shoulder after playing the entire 2016 season with a partially torn labrum.

It looked like Luck might return after returning to practice in October. But when the pain lingered, Luck sought additional opinions and eventually Indianapolis put him on season-ending injured reserve in November.

At the time, general manager Chris Ballard said he did not believe Luck will need additional surgery.

Luck has not answered questions since going on injured reserve.



As I'm sure everyone reading this is well aware, Andrew Luck has been in Europe for a month now getting some sort of non FDA approved treatment done on his shoulder.  The procedure itself is completely fine with me.  Tons of athletes have gone over there for a couple of weeks to get this special type of treatment from the team that developed it.  My problem with those athletes is that they were all at or close to being at the end of their careers.  Luck is 28 and supposed to getting ready to enter his age 29 season - his prime years.  And he's getting a procedure done that typically is used to elongate the twilight years of several people's careers.

I know I said I wasn't really nervous before, but I am officially taking this opportunity to proclaim my nervousness.  Getting back on the field shouldn't be an issue, I still 100% see Luck coming back to play football.  My question now is how long will he be able to play football for?  Kobe started doing this type of procedure in 2012 and retired 4 seasons later, Peyton Manning was a similar case after his neck injury.  Tracy McGrady did it to get a few more years out of his knees, but it seems like that's pretty much all you get - a few more years.  It just sucks to think that we may lose a generational quarterback like Andrew Luck to an irreversible injury just as he is supposed to be entering his prime years.  Let's just hope that isn't the case.  Personally, I would much rather watch him toss for 4,000 yards and 35 touchdowns next year instead of having to watch another offense like this one but that's just me.