Andrew Luck abdominal tear out 2 to 6 weeks (Merge)

[K-148]

You think that getting hit and hit hard on 10 to 12 plays earlier in the game could not in any way contributed to him finally being hurt badly on this play? He got smoked on almost every pass play the second he released the ball. After so may big hits, eventually the body gives in.

In a real life, and not video game, you do not injury your neck by taking 3 hits in ribs, 4 hits in knees and 2 hits in a back.

[John Waylon]

I thought Andrew was looking a little strange towards the end of the game Sunday....

 

[Mr.Debonair]

Maybe signing Tebow, will get us back in the good graces of the football gods

[hoosierhawk]

In a real life, and not video game, you do not injury your neck by taking 3 hits in ribs, 4 hits in knees and 2 hits in a back.

Brilliant K. You must have stayed at a Holiday Inn last night!

[Restored]

No Big Ben, no Le'Veon Bell. That game isn't out of reach.

 

Ben could possibly be back for that game considering he's only projected to miss 1-2 weeks while Williams has been a good replacement. Easily the toughest game out of that slate.

[VaAllDay757]

This is a big blow

[MB-ColtsFan]

This could be 2006 all over again. Insert Luck for Bob Sanders who returns just before ythe playoffs and we go on to win it all. Perfect Hollywood finish.

[csmopar]

Better view.

 

Hit that appears to have injured Luck https://t.co/vWObdlVE99

— Kevin Patra (@kpatra)

November 10, 2015

that was an awful late hit...

[WoolMagnet]

Breathe, folks. This is the stuff from which legends emerge.

I like your attitude.

The team will rally around Matty H........... Again.

[18Manning]

This could be 2006 all over again. Insert Luck for Bob Sanders who returns just before ythe playoffs and we go on to win it all. Perfect Hollywood finish.

 

LOL, that's what I was thinking.

[K-148]

Brilliant K. You must have stayed at a Holiday Inn last night!

Sorry, I can't understand that sentence. Try to explane it.

[bababooey]

Maybe signing Tebow, will get us back in the good graces of the football gods

I like this. I mean, he has to be a better choice than Josh Johnson behind Hasselbeck right? Guy has won a playoff game and beaten Luck before.

[Moncrief]

Wait a sec.. With Hasselbeck starting we're undefeated.. With Chud as OC we're undefeated... Using this logic, we're winning out seriously though we'll be fine

[18Manning]

Well, at least this happened at the bye. It's one less game Andrew will miss and will give Matt some extra time to prepare.

[2006Coltsbestever]

That makes this win that much bigger because I believe in Hass being able to win a couple of games. This sucks but I am still staying GHF. Get well Andrew. 7-9 will win the Division IMO and we can at least go that. Just get Andrew healthy for the stretch run. All we need to do is get in the Playoffs then anything can happen.

[OHColtfan]

Dear Mr Grigson,

I don't know if you are aware of it or not, but there are actually teams in the NFL that make it a priority to protect the valuable asset of a winning quarterback. While you are busy drafting small wide receivers and multiple pass rushers who can't rush the passer, signing free agent running backs, safeties and trading for defensive lineman, your quarterback is getting slammed, pummeled & crushed by defensive ends, defensive tackles, linebackers, blitzing safeties and anyone else who enters the field on the defensive side of the ball, occasionally all of them hit him on the same play.

I don't know if you have watched any of the games the past few years, but please take a look, crash test dummies have an easier life than our quarterback.  As punishment, we have decided that you will fill in at the quarterback position over the next several weeks, and then after your visit to the ER, your third or so visit to the orthopedic doctor and your fourth adjustment from your chiropractor, maybe you will come to the realization that a good offensive line is important to winning football.

[John Waylon]

Dear Mr Grigson,

I don't know if you are aware of it or not, but there are actually teams in the NFL that make it a priority to protect the valuable asset of a winning quarterback. While you are busy drafting small wide receivers and multiple pass rushers who can't rush the passer, signing free agent running backs, safeties and trading for defensive lineman, your quarterback is getting slammed, pummeled & crushed by defensive ends, defensive tackles, linebackers, blitzing safeties and anyone else who enters the field on the defensive side of the ball, occasionally all of them hit him on the same play.

I don't know if you have watched any of the games the past few years, but please take a look, crash test dummies have an easier life than our quarterback.  As punishment, we have decided that you will fill in at the quarterback position over the next several weeks, and then after your visit to the ER, your third or so visit to the orthopedic doctor and your fourth adjustment from your chiropractor, maybe you will come to the realization that a good offensive line is important to winning football.

 

Uh. 

It happened on a scramble.

 

How is that the line's fault?

[K-148]

Dear Mr Grigson,

I don't know if you are aware of it or not, but there are actually teams in the NFL that make it a priority to protect the valuable asset of a winning quarterback. While you are busy drafting small wide receivers and multiple pass rushers who can't rush the passer, signing free agent running backs, safeties and trading for defensive lineman, your quarterback is getting slammed, pummeled & crushed by defensive ends, defensive tackles, linebackers, blitzing safeties and anyone else who enters the field on the defensive side of the ball, occasionally all of them hit him on the same play.

I don't know if you have watched any of the games the past few years, but please take a look, crash test dummies have an easier life than our quarterback. As punishment, we have decided that you will fill in at the quarterback position over the next several weeks, and then after your visit to the ER, your third or so visit to the orthopedic doctor and your fourth adjustment from your chiropractor, maybe you will come to the realization that a good offensive line is important to winning football.

Dear Jerry Jones.

Tony Romo was terminated on a pass play, so your OL is garbage. Try better next April.

[18Manning]

Luck's shoulder should be 100% when he comes back.

 

[JColts72]

Dear Mr Grigson,

I don't know if you are aware of it or not, but there are actually teams in the NFL that make it a priority to protect the valuable asset of a winning quarterback. While you are busy drafting small wide receivers and multiple pass rushers who can't rush the passer, signing free agent running backs, safeties and trading for defensive lineman, your quarterback is getting slammed, pummeled & crushed by defensive ends, defensive tackles, linebackers, blitzing safeties and anyone else who enters the field on the defensive side of the ball, occasionally all of them hit him on the same play.

I don't know if you have watched any of the games the past few years, but please take a look, crash test dummies have an easier life than our quarterback. As punishment, we have decided that you will fill in at the quarterback position over the next several weeks, and then after your visit to the ER, your third or so visit to the orthopedic doctor and your fourth adjustment from your chiropractor, maybe you will come to the realization that a good offensive line is important to winning football.

[18Manning]

Ribs should be 100% too.

[OffensivelyPC]

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[JColts72]

Crash test dummies have better survival rating then luck thanks to playing behind a horrible run for your life oline. And yes this has been the case for years.

[colts_mp]

that was an awful late hit

No it wasn't.  The contact from the second hit from behind is before Andrew's butt hits the ground.  Luck was not down yet.

[Doctor Mad]

Thank you Ryan Grigson for this wonderful present.  First, you spend money all off season to bring us some very good FA's who you believe can help us.  Some have, some haven't.  Then, we draft ANOTHER WR, albeit a future good one for this team which has a zillion WRs.  Then you don't make an offer to La' rel (OT from LSU) and allow the Cowboys to pick him up.  You trade a #1 pick for a RB (Richardson) who was a complete bust.  You continue to allow Pep Hamilton to call offensive plays that put Luck's health and safety at risk.  You ignore Guards FAs who are available (Incognito and Mathis).  Your major asset, Luck, has become the Red Cross of QBs.  He is harassed and hit on most plays because he doesn't have a decent OLine.  Thanks again!  I hope you leave soon.

[Bluefire4]

This is why they try to keep QBs in the pocket. Everyone was talking about how Luck should use his legs more, but you run the risk of this thing happening. Can't blame it on anything but bad luck.

[austriancolt]

shoulder, rips, kidneys... just too many hits over the last years if you ask me and now his body pays the price for it

[Bluefire4]

Thank you Ryan Grigson for this wonderful present.  First, you spend money all off season to bring us some very good FA's who you believe can help us.  Some have, some haven't.  Then, we draft ANOTHER WR, albeit a future good one for this team which has a zillion WRs.  Then you don't make an offer to La' rel (OT from LSU) and allow the Cowboys to pick him up.  You trade a #1 pick for a RB (Richardson) who was a complete bust.  You continue to allow Pep Hamilton to call offensive plays that put Luck's health and safety at risk.  You ignore Guards FAs who are available (Incognito and Mathis).  Your major asset, Luck, has become the Red Cross of QBs.  He is harassed and hit on most plays because he doesn't have a decent OLine.  Thanks again!  I hope you leave soon.

This particular situation was not on Ryan Grigson. Many fans have been saying Luck should run the football more and pick up first downs. I think this injury happened when he got sandwiched in between two defenders on Sunday running for a first down. If you want to run the football, you have to learn to get down when a hit is coming.

[needanoline63]

Most frustrating season since 2012. Just when u thought we were bout to get something started

[2006Coltsbestever]

Thank God we got a QB like Hass for a backup, if we had someone like Painter the season would be over.

[bababooey]

Seriously - Luck was hurt on a scramble with an average line that people perceive as the worst in football and to some "experts" the worst in their years of playing and covering the game and people blame the line. Romo has multiple injuries, multiple, while passing behind his "top" line but they get a pass. I'm overly critical of the GM on here but come on.

[RockThatBlue]

That hit is very similar to the hit Peyton took against the redskins years back. Both were bent in half by 2 defenders.

[Hoosiernsavga]

Smartest thing is to just put him on IR and get him 100% healthy to start next season. He has taken a beating this year and I can see it being much worse if he comes back after a few weeks. Hopefully the organization can get this OL half way decent by the start of next season and protect they're franchise QB if they want to have any chance in the future of winning a SB!

[Hoosiernsavga]

This has sure been a tough year for us Colts fans!!!

[luck4suck]

I know things look grim guys but we need to stay pumped up.  I hope we pump a ton a crowd noise when we play the Bucs.

[18Manning]

No it wasn't.  The contact from the second hit from behind is before Andrew's butt hits the ground.  Luck was not down yet.

 

Wasn't late, but didn't have to happen. I know hits like that happen all the time. It's a way to legally hurt another player, or at least take your best shot at doing so. You know he's going down without a doubt, but you have an opportunity to knock the **** out of him. Of course, maybe knock the ball loose at the same time.

[NewColtsFan]

It should be noted....   that there are two actual injuries,  not one.

 

There is a lacerated kidney and there is a torn abdominal muscle.

 

Odds are,  they're not going to heal at the same time or the same rate.

 

One could be healed in a few weeks,  the other might need more time than that.

 

We're in the dark on this.....   and we're going to be in the dark for sometime.....

[bababooey]

Thank you Ryan Grigson for this wonderful present.  First, you spend money all off season to bring us some very good FA's who you believe can help us.  Some have, some haven't.  Then, we draft ANOTHER WR, albeit a future good one for this team which has a zillion WRs.  Then you don't make an offer to La' rel (OT from LSU) and allow the Cowboys to pick him up.  You trade a #1 pick for a RB (Richardson) who was a complete bust.  You continue to allow Pep Hamilton to call offensive plays that put Luck's health and safety at risk.  You ignore Guards FAs who are available (Incognito and Mathis).  Your major asset, Luck, has become the Red Cross of QBs.  He is harassed and hit on most plays because he doesn't have a decent OLine.  Thanks again!  I hope you leave soon.

We made a play for Collins, he did not choose us. I wish we would have used a useless 7th but the guy did say he would sit out the season. We agree to be mad about the fact he didn't take a meeting with Incognito if he is really that concerned about protecting 12. Mathis would have been better than Herremans but at that point we had our guys. Pep's been replaced. Richardson made sense at the time because he had a successful season with no QB and one good receiver in cleveland and still was able to play well and we just lost Ballard to an ACL, plus the fact a late 20's pick is astronomically unequal to a top 5 pick as some people who fault Grigson like to think.

 

This is all relevant information but does not change the fact Luck was injured on a scramble.

[austriancolt]

Uh. 

It happened on a scramble.

 

How is that the line's fault?

 

well he is one of the most hit QB for four years now. this year he suffered a shoulder injury, a rip injury and now a kidney injury. now people still think the OL is doing a good job and just can't be responsibly for his injuries. it's just bad luck or lucks fault. i do think the horrible offensive line play over the last years is one big reason why Lucks health is such a great issue this year. At some point your body just can't take it anymore. Colts are just doing a lousy job protecting their franchise quaterback.

[OHColtfan]

Painter... haven't thought about him for a while. I just shudder at the mention of his name.  And yes, very thankful for Matt being on our team. Really glad he decided not to retire after last season.