Much love to all the people out there persevering & clocking in everyday at work in jobs they hate because of the love they have for their families. The struggle is real.
@@JoseRamirez-yh2ll luck did beyond what was asked of him and it was the gm and owners fault luck didn't last. They didn't build around him or get him protection till After he was thrashed up and telesco who is the chargers gm now even said he would do it over again if he could for luck and supporting him. Luck literally brought what little luck the shitty colts could have had. Just be happy you have a player worth bragging about you salty fuck
The comparison I see to this Sam Warburton , Welsh Rugby player, retired suddenly, before the next world cup, out of nowhere. The reason he gave was that with all the injuries he had, he was barely able to play with his kids. Sometimes what's important to you changes, and sometimes, it's best to focus on what's important to you
I'm an American but an All-Blacks fan. Sam Warburton was a sight to behold and one of my favorite players growing up. I was wondering why I didn't see him in the Welsh squad for the 2019 RWC. Hope he's doing ok
And Rugby players don't get 10s $million to play every year so it's a doubly hard position to quit when u are not set up for life like after playing 3-4 years in the NFL as a star player. Even now a top rugby player only makes $1mn per year.
Andrew Luck had to Rehab all off season for 4 years straight due to injuries. Plus he and his wife were having their first child and he was tired of having to Rehab all the time. If Ryan Grigson would have protected him with an offensive line in his early years he would probably be still playing. I know they ended up getting players on the offensive line. But possibly Andrew Luck was injured again in the preseason and said "I can't do this anymore." Plus a Child on the way and 10 surgeries. Can't fault him for saying enough. His wife and new child. Helped influence that decision and good for him. Wants to be able to spend quality years with his children and have the health to do things with him. I know the timing really sucked when he retired. But he had to do what was best for him and his future.
Yeah, I don't question people's reason to retire from sports anymore. I was bummed out when Barry Sanders retired, but looking back, he made it out pretty well health wise for a NFL RB. We forget that these people are human beings with families.
Especially surprising with the type of style QB he was. He wasn’t a escape artist, avoiding contact type of QB. He was the brute physical type, he wasn’t scared to run it right up the middle and taking on a defensive player. Even from his Stanford days, theirs that awesome clip of his RB fumbling the ball and him sprinting down the field and absolutely destroying the LB that picked up the fumble. He was a generational talent and will have people wondering “what if” for a very long time.
ya, the USC LB was Shareece Wright, who actually had a cup of coffee in the NFL somewhere too haha. but yeah he was an absolute truck and wasn't ever afraid of lowering the boom on anyone ever.
When talking about the grind being a musician, these guy's are spot on. Sports at that level is incredibly demanding. Best of Luck Andrew...no pun intended!
The Luck family has very intelligent people in it. His father Oliver Luck was a Rhodes Scholar candidate and the GM of the Houston Dynamo and Andrew Luck attended Stanford University (referred to as the Ivy League School of the west). There is more to life than playing in the NFL.
It was disgusting how the Colts used and abused Luck while he was there, while never putting any good pieces around him on offense or giving him a line that could protect him. It was more shameful and shocking when the fans had the audacity to boo him after he pretty much had been the only good thing to happen to Indy since Manning left.
On point brothers. As a musician, I have never had a roommate or gf I lived with enjoy the amount of times we listen to a song to produce it. It's not even the whole song, it's parts of the song repeated over and over, then you put it all together and listen to that, over and over. It doesn't even phase us as musicians, but you can't have certain people around for it.
I love football, but when luck quit, I got it. I never criticized his decision or courage. When Tony Romo retired, I was happy for him because he was getting hurt too often. Football is an exciting game. But it's not worth being crippled for the balance of one's life.
I respect him for saying wheat he said. Fans might have hated how he did it, but they don’t play the game, and don’t understand what a price it is on the body. I don’t either, but I can imagine. The only real loss is not seeing anymore Captain Andrew Luck tweets 😢
@@jaytee4530 Doesn't matter when he did it; that team was trash and was going to have a bad season no matter what. There aren't Andrew Luck level QB's just lying around for the taking in the offseason. Best chance for the future was to tank the season and try to get someone good in the draft anyway.
@@jaytee4530The team used and abused him at every single opportunity, and never even tried to put good pieces around him on offense or give him a line that could protect him worth a damn. Luck had shown nothing but continuous improvement for the team while the front office did jack shit to help him. The team lied to the fans and the media about the seriousness of Luck’s injuries, and by all accounts Luck was a great team player and tough as nails. The man was playing with a torn Labrum in his shoulder, along with other injuries that would leave most people unable to WALK, let alone play football. Could he have gone about his retirement in a better way? Sure, but after everything the Coots had put him through I didn’t lose any respect for him and I don’t blame him for stepping away from a team that was going to let him get beat into the dirt every game with concussions and other injuries.
Loving your guys videos and openness. This video should be watched by every high school athlete. Everyone wants to play in front of packed stadium, but whose willing to put in work before that day. I have teenage son. Years ago when he was playing little league. I slowly started letting him know, one day it’s not gonna be one hour practice couple times a week. He slowly came to decision on his own that high level sports wasn’t for him. He has played high school football and tried wrestling. There is no shame. I’m proud of him and we all should respect peoples decisions, we don’t know what they’re going through. Physically or mentally, we all are different.
Andrew Luck wasn't weak. I watched him run and take hits and lay hits on defenders. He took hellacious hits to his spleen and rehabbed four years in a row.
You misquoted Luck with your first line. What he said was, "To play quarterback, you're not allowed to worry about anything except the task at hand, and that seeps into other areas of life. It's not the healthiest way to live." Not necessarily physical health but mental health, family health, etc. he went on to say "I felt no understanding of other parts of myself at all." he only knew the quarterback in him and nothing else.
2 points: 1) A.Luck Self Awareness Level - 1000 2) I’ve been saying for years that elite Punter is the best gig in the NFL. Longevity and great pay. D.Colquitt was making about 6 mil per year with the Chiefs. Full 🛑
Yeah but how many surgeries? They over extent their knee when they kick. And they kick with full force. QB don't throw 100% strength, nor do WR sprint every play. And depth chart is low for punters, one per team or else you use kicker or random player that tried punting in HS. Not back up punter on active roster
Andrew Luck is happier for it now. He's going back to Stanford in their graduate school, he can spend the time with his kids and any injuries he suffered can be healed up.
I know that you two are truly people who make every one feel like they've known you forever. I appreciate the sheer beauty of watching you play and you guys CURED A LIFELONG AFFLICTION that the many teams of Drs and researchers couldn't rid me of .... Cowboys fan hood! The recent shenanigans of the Jerry Jones sideshow and the ref blaming along with a certain shirtless Superbowl winning sultan was just the extra boost I needed to wash that star right off my helmet and in it's place a buffalo certifying the induction into Bills mafia yuk yuk. Your parents are great and I could see hanging at your house would always a delight, love Robon former long-suffering cowboys fan
I don't know about Andrew Luck situation but what I saw from the outside is that the Colts Organization failed him. Not having the medical support staff that he trusted. Not having the O-lineman to protect him that he trusted. Even now, Colts lineman are average. Not having the Offensive coaching staff to design plays and systems. It was becoming a chore that you knew he was gonna be injured again and then having to recover again. Andrew Luck is now in a happier place.
I respect Luck for making that decision. A lot of armchair coaches don’t take into account that being a QB makes you public enemy #1 on the field. So, you end up taking shots on almost every single play both legit and cheap. That takes an unbelievable toll on your body and even more on your mental health. It’s no wonder the average NFL career for a QB is 2.5 seasons. That’s a tough fucking job, and Luck took the full frontal assault on a rebuilding Colts franchise. It’s amazing he lasted as long as he did with mid-tier O-lines that were constantly shuffling due to injuries. I don’t blame the guy one bit for choosing his life and his body over making a few extra million for other people’s entertainment.
This podcast has become the best one in the entire sports world for the most part. At least a lot of people feel that way. People always talk about how funny these guys are. But for my money, what makes this the best podcast in the sports world our best summed up in episodes like this. They go from the humor to the real shit seamlessly. And its completely authentic the entire time. That’s more difficult than it seems.
A lot of people were disappointed, including myself when Andrew luck retired, but you have to be realistic at the time the colts were doing a horrible job of protecting him. He was getting hit way more than he needed to be and then they had a lot of packages where they wanted him to run and take punishment, I can’t blame him. I blame the organization more. It seemed like he was always injured.
Well said guys. Pro sports is the ultimate challenge for an athlete. The NFL is incredibly hard. At the end of the day you have to protect yourself and your family.
Andrew had the talent to be one of the greatest quarterbacks ever but it's a perfect example of a bad team drafting him with a crappy offensive line , leading the league in sacks multiple times in his career while playing on Astro turf.
As a colts fan I’m happy he’s doing well. I was shocked when he retired but at the same time it made sense for him. I still can’t shake the hope that he’ll come back some day for one last run
I think especially during the offseason if y’all do the show during that time you should have on more guest and i understand it’s supposed to be light hearted and fun but I think getting even a little insight on people’s mental health, especially if they are people in sports because people look up to them, that it would be a great thing for people to hear and just help people realize it’s ok to be not ok sometimes
Ed O'Neill has an interview with Rich Eisen about trying out for the Steelers and discovering the reality of NFL Football on the body. Our gain - a great actor. Luck was a really positive player. I think it was a good balance/choice of playing and then deciding to stop still able to enjoy his life. Plus, it is hard to be your best self in pain. That makes it hard on those closest to you. Teammates. Friends. Family.
Luck was like a astrophysicist playing football professionally, a very talented football player who was as smart as a brain surgeon! He knew his body, mind & soul would not benefit from the hits and pressure, he came from a family of success and honorable didn’t need football money!
I’m a trauma and sports orthopedic surgeon and I try to talk to my patients and players about coming back from injuries and the physical but even more so the mental side of a recovery. It’s rough. I myself have had two shoulder surgeries, a knee, an elbow reconstruction and I tell them it’s haul and you gotta suck it up sometimes and sometimes it’ll break you.
Jason is so much more comfortable talking about this. I really see his maturity in comparison to Travis (who will likely get there). But it is just making me respect him so much and honestly I'm a fan of him, it's inspirational to be a complete person like that.
As a Colt fan I watched Luck get pummeled each week. The Colts didn't protect him and he was reckless with his body, taking on linebackers when he scrambled.
I remember how much criticizm he got for that decision and yes the timing was awful but he had lost the love of the game he was constantly hurting. He did not need the money. Time has shown just how damaging pro football is to a player's body down the road.
So I do think most people respect luck for leaving and doing what’s best for him. It’s a shame it happened how it did. But at the end of the day, football is a game and that is Andrew lucks life. I think we all just wish we could have seen how amazing he truly was for longer. Wish him the best
Calvin Johnson/ Andrew luck all the hits they took adds up even as physically as dominant as they were those hits add up.. that's why I've always thought professional football players are kinda psychopaths.. add another Arian foster not as physically dominant but the position he played you just don't last for long only injuries do..
I don’t know how familiar you are with the rapper Big Sean but he he has line that goes “ I want to make a 100 million and Run away” on the Detroit Mixtape/Project and I think it encapsulates like your comment!
I think Luck was fully aware of the toll it would take, physically. In fairness, his O-line didn't do a great job protecting him and he took much more punishment than he should have. The guy is tough as nails.
the sad thing is really that he retired right at the start of the year when they had the best o-line in the league (they drafted nelson in that draft) - after years of getting injured because of his shit oline he would've finally had good protection. probably not a super bowl team but they would've been fun
He also had 109m career earnings, we all make the joke of how much is enough.... for him making 109m career earnings (whatever the difference is after tax, agent etc etc.) hes likely still sitting pretty on 10s of millions that hes happy to retire with and thats more than enough for him. Some people dont want to be Brady or win x superbowls etc.
A year later, it’s interesting to hear the comparison to being a singer/musician. It’s probably what makes Travis and Taylor so compatible. Completely different worlds and yet in many ways exactly the same.
Part of the problem is that injuries aren't respected until the pros, maybe a little in college now. I have a buddy who is a high school coach, and his philosophy is "football hurts. Get over it." Yeah, well, that kid that just rolled his ankle now has a forever nag because a bone wasn't broken or a ligament wasn't torn enough for you, the person not experiencing the injury and who has no PT or medical background, to validate it. The way we treat kid and young adult bodies is detrimental for sports and those people that do get injured young. Don't get me started on wrestler diets.
What matters is his happiness and his family. Glad he chose what's best for him because the NFL will choose what's right for them. At the end of the day who cares what the fans think. It's your life!
Why? So everybody can take advantage of that and say they aren’t capable of working but still get paid??.. Shut the fuck up, do your job, earn your money.. Don’t be soft.
They used and abused him at every opportunity, Luck was tough as nails and they used that to inadvertently pressure him into playing an entire season with what turned out to be a serious shoulder injury that would require surgery. Colts front office sucked ass and ruined Luck’s talent while wasting his time and letting him get battered every single night by the other team.
There’s just something wrong with grown men playing football. Everyone I know that played through even low level college is messed up with a variety of head and emotional issues or body issues all over. They all seem to be smoking heavy amounts of weed and/or consuming pain killers to cope.
Luck is so interesting to me. Dude carried some bad teams, took way too many hits and still balled out at an elite level. As he said, when he knew he couldn’t be all in, he had to hang it up.
Im a professional musician. Trust me when I say 99% of you could not handle the lifestyle. Most of us live in transit vans, and survive on peanut butter.
The Colts happened to him. Talented guy and intelligent, someone who actually put the league in a good place and got paid nowhere close to what the quarterbacks not even 10% talented as that dude. The colts should have protected him and I’m sure their investment in him would have paid dividends. It’s not mental when the team basically puts you out there to get a beating on every Sunday.
Selfishly made an unselfish decision puts it best. Being a good/great starting QB in the NFL has got to be the hardest job in professional sports If your head and heart are not in ALL THE WAY, you can't do it successfully Evidently this is where Andrew Luck was at. As bad of a spot as he left the Colts in, he couldn't just mail it in for his last season His team and teammates deserved someone that would give everything he had, and that was no longer him
I respect for Andrew luck but I think he's saying he's good and the colts not getting him a good offensive line really tanked his career in my opinion your team starts with your quarterback then your offensive line then you're running back then you're tight end then you're wide receivers the colts built a good team but they didn't invest in the line as much because I would say that Andrew luck would be in the Hall of Fame if it wasn't for his career being cut so short but I don't know if he might make it into the Hall of Fame
Colts had used and abused him at every single opportunity available, never gave him any weapons on offense and his linemen let him battered damn near every game.
The man was I am new at all of these things getting beat up because they won’t get an O-line to protect him!! He carried that team to wins where if another young QB was in his place, the Colts wouldn’t have been as good as they were!
Bad take. Very bad take. Luck’s wife was going to leave him. She didn’t want to completely halt her career to raise their child because for 8 months out of the year he couldn’t be a father. The injuries were only a small part of it. I’m shocked Jason mentioned how well written the article was but it’s clear he didn’t read it.
I retired from football after the season the eagles won the super bowl. As an eagle fan and a fantasy owner I had had enough pain myself without ever playing. But after that season I was undefeated in fantasy. Win it all never lost. My favorite team won it all. I was sick of seeing what I thought was men sacrificing their futures to win a game. It had made me sick to watch. Andrew retiring was the catalyst of my decision... my oldest son talked me back into fantasy and thusly football this past year. Only to see what happened to Demar Hamlin.. I'm glad to be watching again. But i really think the NFL needs to look at 2 things. Helmets and refs.
What a douche he’s over here comparing his struggles to a player buddy it’s fantasy football it ain’t that deep. You didn’t retire from football you can’t retire from something you don’t get paid for. These players know full well what they sign up for by the time they reach the nfl they been playing most of their life. Like they say life is full of choices ain’t nobody put a gun toy their head. It’s a rough sport. Rugby is worse and those dudes do it for less. Most do it cause they love to compete some do it for the pay check. Oh and f luck he screwed us
I guess but a bit of a let down for his 52 teammates that he left hanging one week before the season started. Should of retired a few months beforehand.
@@eamonkelley3811 he could have yes. But I don't believe he was prepared or knew he was going to retire until that moment. Idk if you noticed but it was very much a spur of the moment kind of retirement, and while I believe he definitely had been mulling it over it was that day maybe even during that game that he decided to hang it up.
@@johnnybravo6755 The team treated him like ass since he came to indiana covering up injurys and letting him play he had a play in the playoff where they broke bones in his body and he came back nobody checked on him and he threw the winning td the guy sacrificed for that horrible franchise
@@josejonah4678 Payton Manning had a broken neck and won a championship so no excuses for Luck and QBs are always treated like shit ...zero when you lose and hero when you win so some grow to be special and some stay shitty like Luck 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
With all due respect Andrew luck was playing quarterback in the NFL with a highschool offensive line basically so he got the snot beat out of him and still lasted longer than Carson Wentz and had less injuries probably.
When i was 15 or 16 i got run over be a running back from Grambling College that join us for a few plays in a scrimmage game. I'm in full gear and he's in sweats. He didn't knock me out but gave a concussion. I realized right then that football wasn't my future 😂. Of course being 5'6" and 150 pounds was also the writing on the wall. You guys are modern day gladiators and the best of the best. Football is the greatest game on Earth but intentionally trying to put someone out of the game is going over the line. Injuries are going to happen but as much as possible targeting someone for injury has to me minimized.
I can respect not wanting to continue with the NFL, but it’s irresponsible of him not to wait until the season is starting to announce it. He’s made a commitment to his coaches, teammates, and fans to play that year. Abandoning them with no way to work in a replacement during training camp and the off-season left his team in a lurch. He let everybody down.
"I'm surprised he didn't realize before," and then the younger brother stated, "If you are not all in." I am amazed that an NFL player would make these comments. The Colts did an awful job of developing their OL - even a casual fan could see that. He may still be in the league if the program tried to protect their franchise QB better. They could have looked at the Browns and what they did to Tim Couch to learn that lesson.
It was disappointing, the early parts, where they joke about Luck's comment, "It's not the healthiest way to live." The context of that comment was far from anything to do with the punishing nature of football - the hits - but how the mentality of being a quarterback - the control over everyone and everything - seeps into others areas of one's life. That's not healthy. If the Kelce brothers read the article, they did not comprehend it.
Much love to all the people out there persevering & clocking in everyday at work in jobs they hate because of the love they have for their families. The struggle is real.
My shit is like groundhogs day but I got mouths to feed
@@richardrobinson7429you chose to have kids
@@440-fishermandrock8true, but marriage and kids are the best, most rewarding thing you can do as a human.
You don't need to stand out to be successful.
@@jadedtoday1019no sh*t sherlock of course humans want to do it. Calling the only thing that keeps our species going “unoriginal” 🤡
Nothing but respect for Andrew Luck and good on him to open up and share everything
Man fck luck, Colts been nothing but unluckily since getting him. And it's just karma as much for the Colts for releasing peyton manning
@@JoseRamirez-yh2ll and who’s fault is that? Oh right, the colts as a franchise let him down.
@Jose Ramirez Imagine getting one of the best qbs of his era and not finding talent to protect him. Yea, totally Luck's fault.... lol
@@JoseRamirez-yh2ll luck did beyond what was asked of him and it was the gm and owners fault luck didn't last. They didn't build around him or get him protection till After he was thrashed up and telesco who is the chargers gm now even said he would do it over again if he could for luck and supporting him. Luck literally brought what little luck the shitty colts could have had. Just be happy you have a player worth bragging about you salty fuck
@@JoseRamirez-yh2llThe Colts have nobody but THEMSELVES to blame for that.
The comparison I see to this
Sam Warburton , Welsh Rugby player, retired suddenly, before the next world cup, out of nowhere.
The reason he gave was that with all the injuries he had, he was barely able to play with his kids.
Sometimes what's important to you changes, and sometimes, it's best to focus on what's important to you
No Americans know who that is
I'm an American but an All-Blacks fan. Sam Warburton was a sight to behold and one of my favorite players growing up. I was wondering why I didn't see him in the Welsh squad for the 2019 RWC. Hope he's doing ok
And Rugby players don't get 10s $million to play every year so it's a doubly hard position to quit when u are not set up for life like after playing 3-4 years in the NFL as a star player. Even now a top rugby player only makes $1mn per year.
Andrew Luck had to Rehab all off season for 4 years straight due to injuries. Plus he and his wife were having their first child and he was tired of having to Rehab all the time. If Ryan Grigson would have protected him with an offensive line in his early years he would probably be still playing. I know they ended up getting players on the offensive line. But possibly Andrew Luck was injured again in the preseason and said "I can't do this anymore." Plus a Child on the way and 10 surgeries. Can't fault him for saying enough. His wife and new child. Helped influence that decision and good for him. Wants to be able to spend quality years with his children and have the health to do things with him. I know the timing really sucked when he retired. But he had to do what was best for him and his future.
thanks for the essay
Dude ruptured his spleen. Anyone bashing him for retiring should give that a try
@koylar guess reading isn't your strong suit.
Yeah, I don't question people's reason to retire from sports anymore. I was bummed out when Barry Sanders retired, but looking back, he made it out pretty well health wise for a NFL RB. We forget that these people are human beings with families.
Yep let’s always blame the coach and Oline for bad QB play. It’s never the QB’s fault.
jason has the voice for tv man. he will be an amazing sports caster when he retires
Agree completely!!
He wants you to think he's a meathead, but he's incredibly self aware and empathetic.
this comment aged nicely !
Especially surprising with the type of style QB he was. He wasn’t a escape artist, avoiding contact type of QB. He was the brute physical type, he wasn’t scared to run it right up the middle and taking on a defensive player. Even from his Stanford days, theirs that awesome clip of his RB fumbling the ball and him sprinting down the field and absolutely destroying the LB that picked up the fumble. He was a generational talent and will have people wondering “what if” for a very long time.
ya, the USC LB was Shareece Wright, who actually had a cup of coffee in the NFL somewhere too haha. but yeah he was an absolute truck and wasn't ever afraid of lowering the boom on anyone ever.
When talking about the grind being a musician, these guy's are spot on. Sports at that level is incredibly demanding. Best of Luck Andrew...no pun intended!
The Luck family has very intelligent people in it. His father Oliver Luck was a Rhodes Scholar candidate and the GM of the Houston Dynamo and Andrew Luck attended Stanford University (referred to as the Ivy League School of the west).
There is more to life than playing in the NFL.
It was disgusting how the Colts used and abused Luck while he was there, while never putting any good pieces around him on offense or giving him a line that could protect him. It was more shameful and shocking when the fans had the audacity to boo him after he pretty much had been the only good thing to happen to Indy since Manning left.
Shame on them for paying him 109 million dollars to play football
@@gman4011so you think money removes the need to treat someone well. Guess we know what kind of king you’d be. 🤮
@@gman4011also shame on the Oline and coach for Andrew luck willingly taking unnecessary hits instead of throwing the ball away or sliding.
Shame they didn't get a solid OLinemen to protect him till after he retired. It's what he needed while he was there.
@@gman4011 You that compares to not being able to hang out with your kids when you are in 30's? Getting CTE and killing yourself due to it?
On point brothers. As a musician, I have never had a roommate or gf I lived with enjoy the amount of times we listen to a song to produce it. It's not even the whole song, it's parts of the song repeated over and over, then you put it all together and listen to that, over and over. It doesn't even phase us as musicians, but you can't have certain people around for it.
I love football, but when luck quit, I got it. I never criticized his decision or courage. When Tony Romo retired, I was happy for him because he was getting hurt too often. Football is an exciting game. But it's not worth being crippled for the balance of one's life.
You get it!
Luck is a very intelligent person and finally was honest with himself of what he wanted in life and what he did not want.
I respect him for saying wheat he said. Fans might have hated how he did it, but they don’t play the game, and don’t understand what a price it is on the body. I don’t either, but I can imagine. The only real loss is not seeing anymore Captain Andrew Luck tweets 😢
should’ve did it months earlier instead of right before the season, sabotaging the team’s season
@@jaytee4530 Doesn't matter when he did it; that team was trash and was going to have a bad season no matter what. There aren't Andrew Luck level QB's just lying around for the taking in the offseason. Best chance for the future was to tank the season and try to get someone good in the draft anyway.
@@michaeldegrave5905 that’s giving up on and blindsiding his teammates. horrendous look as a leader or any kind.
@@jaytee4530The team used and abused him at every single opportunity, and never even tried to put good pieces around him on offense or give him a line that could protect him worth a damn. Luck had shown nothing but continuous improvement for the team while the front office did jack shit to help him. The team lied to the fans and the media about the seriousness of Luck’s injuries, and by all accounts Luck was a great team player and tough as nails. The man was playing with a torn Labrum in his shoulder, along with other injuries that would leave most people unable to WALK, let alone play football. Could he have gone about his retirement in a better way? Sure, but after everything the Coots had put him through I didn’t lose any respect for him and I don’t blame him for stepping away from a team that was going to let him get beat into the dirt every game with concussions and other injuries.
@@jaytee4530sabotage? You don’t think any of the nfl games are predetermined?
Love the respect these two brothers have for each other.
Loving your guys videos and openness. This video should be watched by every high school athlete. Everyone wants to play in front of packed stadium, but whose willing to put in work before that day.
I have teenage son. Years ago when he was playing little league. I slowly started letting him know, one day it’s not gonna be one hour practice couple times a week.
He slowly came to decision on his own that high level sports wasn’t for him. He has played high school football and tried wrestling.
There is no shame. I’m proud of him and we all should respect peoples decisions, we don’t know what they’re going through. Physically or mentally, we all are different.
Andrew Luck wasn't weak. I watched him run and take hits and lay hits on defenders. He took hellacious hits to his spleen and rehabbed four years in a row.
You misquoted Luck with your first line. What he said was, "To play quarterback, you're not allowed to worry about anything except the task at hand, and that seeps into other areas of life. It's not the healthiest way to live."
Not necessarily physical health but mental health, family health, etc. he went on to say "I felt no understanding of other parts of myself at all." he only knew the quarterback in him and nothing else.
I miss seeing Luck in the blue and white but I'm glad he chose his health over the game. And All That Could Have Been
Wisdom.
Empathy.
Jason.
Every week this man says things that make us better people.
2 points:
1) A.Luck Self Awareness Level - 1000
2) I’ve been saying for years that elite Punter is the best gig in the NFL. Longevity and great pay. D.Colquitt was making about 6 mil per year with the Chiefs. Full 🛑
Yeah but how many surgeries? They over extent their knee when they kick. And they kick with full force. QB don't throw 100% strength, nor do WR sprint every play. And depth chart is low for punters, one per team or else you use kicker or random player that tried punting in HS. Not back up punter on active roster
@@JoseRamirez-yh2llbut they don’t do it often, only doing it around 2-7 times a game
@@bmick55 Pat McAfee was an elite punter and only played 8 years in the league, yet he had 6 surgeries on his leg(s)
@@pbskids4000 that’s one guy, plus kickers and punters have some of the longest careers if there good at their job and don’t get replaced
I'd say career back-up QB'S have it pretty good in NFL. Good pay and barely get hit.
gotta love this podcast and both these dudes!
Andrew Luck is happier for it now. He's going back to Stanford in their graduate school, he can spend the time with his kids and any injuries he suffered can be healed up.
I know that you two are truly people who make every one feel like they've known you forever. I appreciate the sheer beauty of watching you play and you guys CURED A LIFELONG AFFLICTION that the many teams of Drs and researchers couldn't rid me of .... Cowboys fan hood! The recent shenanigans of the Jerry Jones sideshow and the ref blaming along with a certain shirtless Superbowl winning sultan was just the extra boost I needed to wash that star right off my helmet and in it's place a buffalo certifying the induction into Bills mafia yuk yuk. Your parents are great and I could see hanging at your house would always a delight, love Robon former long-suffering cowboys fan
I don't know about Andrew Luck situation but what I saw from the outside is that the Colts Organization failed him. Not having the medical support staff that he trusted. Not having the O-lineman to protect him that he trusted. Even now, Colts lineman are average. Not having the Offensive coaching staff to design plays and systems.
It was becoming a chore that you knew he was gonna be injured again and then having to recover again. Andrew Luck is now in a happier place.
I respect Luck for making that decision. A lot of armchair coaches don’t take into account that being a QB makes you public enemy #1 on the field. So, you end up taking shots on almost every single play both legit and cheap. That takes an unbelievable toll on your body and even more on your mental health. It’s no wonder the average NFL career for a QB is 2.5 seasons. That’s a tough fucking job, and Luck took the full frontal assault on a rebuilding Colts franchise. It’s amazing he lasted as long as he did with mid-tier O-lines that were constantly shuffling due to injuries. I don’t blame the guy one bit for choosing his life and his body over making a few extra million for other people’s entertainment.
This podcast has become the best one in the entire sports world for the most part. At least a lot of people feel that way. People always talk about how funny these guys are. But for my money, what makes this the best podcast in the sports world our best summed up in episodes like this. They go from the humor to the real shit seamlessly. And its completely authentic the entire time. That’s more difficult than it seems.
A lot of people were disappointed, including myself when Andrew luck retired, but you have to be realistic at the time the colts were doing a horrible job of protecting him. He was getting hit way more than he needed to be and then they had a lot of packages where they wanted him to run and take punishment, I can’t blame him. I blame the organization more. It seemed like he was always injured.
Nailed it! To practice all the time, and overcome injury when you're already wealthy is a mental game!
Luck played tough. He definitely didn't play like a normal QB at all. The o line didn't help things at all either.
Well said guys. Pro sports is the ultimate challenge for an athlete. The NFL is incredibly hard. At the end of the day you have to protect yourself and your family.
Andrew had the talent to be one of the greatest quarterbacks ever but it's a perfect example of a bad team drafting him with a crappy offensive line , leading the league in sacks multiple times in his career while playing on Astro turf.
As a colts fan I’m happy he’s doing well. I was shocked when he retired but at the same time it made sense for him. I still can’t shake the hope that he’ll come back some day for one last run
He wouldn’t be the same though ☹️
@@pandavelli8176 probably true. He’s been away too long. At least we got AR5 now
I think especially during the offseason if y’all do the show during that time you should have on more guest and i understand it’s supposed to be light hearted and fun but I think getting even a little insight on people’s mental health, especially if they are people in sports because people look up to them, that it would be a great thing for people to hear and just help people realize it’s ok to be not ok sometimes
Ed O'Neill has an interview with Rich Eisen about trying out for the Steelers and discovering the reality of NFL Football on the body. Our gain - a great actor. Luck was a really positive player. I think it was a good balance/choice of playing and then deciding to stop still able to enjoy his life. Plus, it is hard to be your best self in pain. That makes it hard on those closest to you. Teammates. Friends. Family.
Luck was like a astrophysicist playing football professionally, a very talented football player who was as smart as a brain surgeon! He knew his body, mind & soul would not benefit from the hits and pressure, he came from a family of success and honorable didn’t need football money!
Engineer but close enough. 😅😅😅
Architect not engineer but closer
Was at Stanford a few months ago and Andrew received a Masters. Looks like his life plan is working out.
He did what was best for him and his family. Good call.
I’m a trauma and sports orthopedic surgeon and I try to talk to my patients and players about coming back from injuries and the physical but even more so the mental side of a recovery. It’s rough. I myself have had two shoulder surgeries, a knee, an elbow reconstruction and I tell them it’s haul and you gotta suck it up sometimes and sometimes it’ll break you.
The 4 Caterpillars podcast is so cerebral! I love you boys! Keeping it real.
Them Kelce Eyebrows man. Love em
Jason is so much more comfortable talking about this. I really see his maturity in comparison to Travis (who will likely get there). But it is just making me respect him so much and honestly I'm a fan of him, it's inspirational to be a complete person like that.
It’s not that Travis is immature or even less mature. Jason just had the right words and was the one to say them.
@@tjtribble. yeah you 're right. I wasn't trying to slight him. he seems like a great guy!
As a Colt fan I watched Luck get pummeled each week. The Colts didn't protect him and he was reckless with his body, taking on linebackers when he scrambled.
Ya'll got deep! Props...🔥
I remember how much criticizm he got for that decision and yes the timing was awful but he had lost the love of the game he was constantly hurting. He did not need the money.
Time has shown just how damaging pro football is to a player's body down the road.
So I do think most people respect luck for leaving and doing what’s best for him. It’s a shame it happened how it did. But at the end of the day, football is a game and that is Andrew lucks life. I think we all just wish we could have seen how amazing he truly was for longer. Wish him the best
Calvin Johnson/ Andrew luck all the hits they took adds up even as physically as dominant as they were those hits add up.. that's why I've always thought professional football players are kinda psychopaths.. add another Arian foster not as physically dominant but the position he played you just don't last for long only injuries do..
Luck made 100 million and left the game young to live his life. Smartest guy in the room.
I don’t know how familiar you are with the rapper Big Sean but he he has line that goes “ I want to make a 100 million and Run away” on the Detroit Mixtape/Project and I think it encapsulates like your comment!
I think Luck was fully aware of the toll it would take, physically. In fairness, his O-line didn't do a great job protecting him and he took much more punishment than he should have. The guy is tough as nails.
the sad thing is really that he retired right at the start of the year when they had the best o-line in the league (they drafted nelson in that draft) - after years of getting injured because of his shit oline he would've finally had good protection. probably not a super bowl team but they would've been fun
He also had 109m career earnings, we all make the joke of how much is enough.... for him making 109m career earnings (whatever the difference is after tax, agent etc etc.) hes likely still sitting pretty on 10s of millions that hes happy to retire with and thats more than enough for him. Some people dont want to be Brady or win x superbowls etc.
I don’t shame Luck for leaving the league. His timing was bad, but I’m glad he is doing what he loves.
A year later, it’s interesting to hear the comparison to being a singer/musician. It’s probably what makes Travis and Taylor so compatible. Completely different worlds and yet in many ways exactly the same.
Part of the problem is that injuries aren't respected until the pros, maybe a little in college now. I have a buddy who is a high school coach, and his philosophy is "football hurts. Get over it." Yeah, well, that kid that just rolled his ankle now has a forever nag because a bone wasn't broken or a ligament wasn't torn enough for you, the person not experiencing the injury and who has no PT or medical background, to validate it. The way we treat kid and young adult bodies is detrimental for sports and those people that do get injured young. Don't get me started on wrestler diets.
Liked and shared. Thank you 👍👍!
What matters is his happiness and his family. Glad he chose what's best for him because the NFL will choose what's right for them. At the end of the day who cares what the fans think. It's your life!
Love your guys vids keep up the good work
this is why health insurance should cover mental health.
Why? So everybody can take advantage of that and say they aren’t capable of working but still get paid??.. Shut the fuck up, do your job, earn your money.. Don’t be soft.
Much respect for Mr Luck.
Always loved Andrew but just never had a o line it just sucks 😢❤
The Colts never invested in protecting Andrew Luck and putting him behind a good offensive line. That made everything harder for Luck.
They kinda finally did the year he retired. Colts had the best o-line in the league for a bit after he retired
They used and abused him at every opportunity, Luck was tough as nails and they used that to inadvertently pressure him into playing an entire season with what turned out to be a serious shoulder injury that would require surgery. Colts front office sucked ass and ruined Luck’s talent while wasting his time and letting him get battered every single night by the other team.
No one questioned why we questioned why at the beginning of the season suddenly when he could have done it during the off season the prior year.
Big ups boys been listening but never comment happy holidays,......#birdgang
Average nfl player plays 4 years. Its a brutal violent sport. The injuries really got him.
I love Andrew Luck
But now i hear he is a good high school coach. Good luck to him. He may coach college or even the nfl.
There’s just something wrong with grown men playing football. Everyone I know that played through even low level college is messed up with a variety of head and emotional issues or body issues all over. They all seem to be smoking heavy amounts of weed and/or consuming pain killers to cope.
The brows on you two. My lord.
Luck is so interesting to me. Dude carried some bad teams, took way too many hits and still balled out at an elite level. As he said, when he knew he couldn’t be all in, he had to hang it up.
Im a professional musician. Trust me when I say 99% of you could not handle the lifestyle. Most of us live in transit vans, and survive on peanut butter.
6 5 high school qb. Lol. Ask Tua if it's dangerous sitting back there playing qb NFL wtf you talking about
The Colts happened to him. Talented guy and intelligent, someone who actually put the league in a good place and got paid nowhere close to what the quarterbacks not even 10% talented as that dude. The colts should have protected him and I’m sure their investment in him would have paid dividends. It’s not mental when the team basically puts you out there to get a beating on every Sunday.
Selfishly made an unselfish decision puts it best.
Being a good/great starting QB in the NFL has got to be the hardest job in professional sports
If your head and heart are not in ALL THE WAY, you can't do it successfully
Evidently this is where Andrew Luck was at.
As bad of a spot as he left the Colts in, he couldn't just mail it in for his last season
His team and teammates deserved someone that would give everything he had, and that was no longer him
Most people don't get multiple surgeries in their lifetime, let alone in a ten year span!
They do, but it's when they're 60, not 20.
Indy fans booed Luck as he walked off the field for the last time. Nasty people.
I respect for Andrew luck but I think he's saying he's good and the colts not getting him a good offensive line really tanked his career in my opinion your team starts with your quarterback then your offensive line then you're running back then you're tight end then you're wide receivers the colts built a good team but they didn't invest in the line as much because I would say that Andrew luck would be in the Hall of Fame if it wasn't for his career being cut so short but I don't know if he might make it into the Hall of Fame
Colts had used and abused him at every single opportunity available, never gave him any weapons on offense and his linemen let him battered damn near every game.
@@Cynshamthey did for one Year game him weapons but then he got injured before the playoff
The colts put him in that situation. Andrew luck is a man. I wish we were all made like him.
You guys are the best at this
Travis has a radio voice, future broadcaster.
Good job guys 🏈🏆👀👍
The man was I am new at all of these things getting beat up because they won’t get an O-line to protect him!! He carried that team to wins where if another young QB was in his place, the Colts wouldn’t have been as good as they were!
Wrestling is the hardest sport both mentally and physically
Bad take. Very bad take. Luck’s wife was going to leave him. She didn’t want to completely halt her career to raise their child because for 8 months out of the year he couldn’t be a father. The injuries were only a small part of it. I’m shocked Jason mentioned how well written the article was but it’s clear he didn’t read it.
Big facts
If that's the case I have more respect for Mr. Luck and his family.
I retired from football after the season the eagles won the super bowl. As an eagle fan and a fantasy owner I had had enough pain myself without ever playing. But after that season I was undefeated in fantasy. Win it all never lost. My favorite team won it all. I was sick of seeing what I thought was men sacrificing their futures to win a game. It had made me sick to watch. Andrew retiring was the catalyst of my decision... my oldest son talked me back into fantasy and thusly football this past year. Only to see what happened to Demar Hamlin.. I'm glad to be watching again. But i really think the NFL needs to look at 2 things. Helmets and refs.
What a douche he’s over here comparing his struggles to a player buddy it’s fantasy football it ain’t that deep. You didn’t retire from football you can’t retire from something you don’t get paid for. These players know full well what they sign up for by the time they reach the nfl they been playing most of their life. Like they say life is full of choices ain’t nobody put a gun toy their head. It’s a rough sport. Rugby is worse and those dudes do it for less. Most do it cause they love to compete some do it for the pay check. Oh and f luck he screwed us
Nah...gotta keep the tackles
So much respect for Andrew Luck.
I guess but a bit of a let down for his 52 teammates that he left hanging one week before the season started. Should of retired a few months beforehand.
@@eamonkelley3811 he could have yes.
But I don't believe he was prepared or knew he was going to retire until that moment.
Idk if you noticed but it was very much a spur of the moment kind of retirement, and while I believe he definitely had been mulling it over it was that day maybe even during that game that he decided to hang it up.
@@eamonkelley3811 yup you are correct he was disappointing in his last years like wtf were you doing
@@johnnybravo6755 The team treated him like ass since he came to indiana covering up injurys and letting him play he had a play in the playoff where they broke bones in his body and he came back nobody checked on him and he threw the winning td the guy sacrificed for that horrible franchise
@@josejonah4678 Payton Manning had a broken neck and won a championship so no excuses for Luck and QBs are always treated like shit ...zero when you lose and hero when you win so some grow to be special and some stay shitty like Luck 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s why it’s hard for me to consider any QB as the “greatest FOOTBALL player” when football is a physical game and they don’t have to deal with it.
With all due respect Andrew luck was playing quarterback in the NFL with a highschool offensive line basically so he got the snot beat out of him and still lasted longer than Carson Wentz and had less injuries probably.
I think it has become more acceptable as super stars have started to discuss their own careers.
Needs to be a Luck and RG3 30/30
Love how the kelce's flat out call Andrew a pussy in the nicest way
Jason's eyebrows need to co host a podcast with his beard,
I just think that is a good motto
When i was 15 or 16 i got run over be a running back from Grambling College that join us for a few plays in a scrimmage game. I'm in full gear and he's in sweats. He didn't knock me out but gave a concussion. I realized right then that football wasn't my future 😂. Of course being 5'6" and 150 pounds was also the writing on the wall. You guys are modern day gladiators and the best of the best. Football is the greatest game on Earth but intentionally trying to put someone out of the game is going over the line. Injuries are going to happen but as much as possible targeting someone for injury has to me minimized.
They started by insulting his intelligence for not understanding how football is rough.
Luke Kuechly is another example of a cerebral player hanging it up with concern about his future.
I can respect not wanting to continue with the NFL, but it’s irresponsible of him not to wait until the season is starting to announce it.
He’s made a commitment to his coaches, teammates, and fans to play that year. Abandoning them with no way to work in a replacement during training camp and the off-season left his team in a lurch. He let everybody down.
Dude foreshadowing Taylor swift about musicians grinding
"I'm surprised he didn't realize before," and then the younger brother stated, "If you are not all in." I am amazed that an NFL player would make these comments. The Colts did an awful job of developing their OL - even a casual fan could see that. He may still be in the league if the program tried to protect their franchise QB better. They could have looked at the Browns and what they did to Tim Couch to learn that lesson.
Playing real football without protection from O line, with constant injuries and pain--these will change the game.
I went to the ER 3 out of 4 years in high school playing QB, lol
It was disappointing, the early parts, where they joke about Luck's comment, "It's not the healthiest way to live." The context of that comment was far from anything to do with the punishing nature of football - the hits - but how the mentality of being a quarterback - the control over everyone and everything - seeps into others areas of one's life. That's not healthy. If the Kelce brothers read the article, they did not comprehend it.
Andrew was on the ground like every single play