But it takes a strong human being to stand up and do what he believes is right for him. I don’t know why he made it or what his reasons were. I love Andrew as a person first and foremost. And then I heard them boo him walking out. Says Daniel: “I look up in the third quarter and there are all these people with cellphones in hand and you really don’t know what exactly is going on. “No indications at all,” Daniel says, “that he was going to drop this bomb in the middle of the third preseason game.” They were talking about each other’s families. Just catching up as brothers in the quarterback fraternity always do. Just a few hours earlier, he was talking with Luck during pregame. But it’s all about him taking care of himself.”īackup quarterback Chase Daniel is equally stunned, equally curious. It sucks to see a great player like him leave. “I’m sure there’s more stuff than (what’s going on) between the lines that we don’t know nothing about. “Definitely stunning and surprising,” Trevathan says. He admits the rumor started circulating around the Bears sideline during the game.
1 pick), is trying to process the news too. Linebacker Danny Trevathan, who was in the same 2012 draft class as Luck (who was the No. Trubisky wants someone to duck in and come back and help him understand Luck’s decision. He wonders if Chicago reporters can race down the hallway to the emergency news conference that Luck is now holding. “I honestly just don’t know what to say,” he admits. Like the rest of the NFL, Trubisky is floored. and Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky has turned down an interview request at his locker. Still, it’s enough to cut into Luck.Ĭolts quarterback Andrew Luck jokes with teammates during the first half of their preseason game the Bears on Saturday in Indianapolis. It’s hardly deafening, the jilted release of maybe a few hundred fans who have gotten the word. Luck reaches the south end zone, angles into the tunnel and there’s an audible chorus of boos coming at him.
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And suddenly he’s engulfed by photographers and TV cameramen documenting this historic yet insanely odd moment. He’s walking at first, then speed-walking. But he’s quickly given a stop sign by a Colts staffer and detoured toward the Colts tunnel. Luck slaps receiver Krishawn Hogan on the shoulder pads and begins making his way onto the field, to the customary postgame powwow at midfield. and the scoreboard clock shows all zeros.
Just like he would do on any summer Saturday night like this.ĭo those guys know? Has Luck said anything? Is he aware that one of the largest decisions of his life is now spreading through social media? Isn’t this just incredibly awkward? He’s wearing shorts and a Colts T-shirt and casually talking with tight end Jack Doyle and offensive lineman Anthony Castonzo. It’s an absolutely mind-blowing premise, made only more surreal because Luck is right down below on the Colts sideline. Andrew Luck? Retiring? Still 23 days shy of his 30th birthday? Is it possible Schefter’s account has been hijacked? Is his daughter zinging him with a cruel practical joke?
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