Even in a sport in which early retirements are all the rage in recent seasons, this one shocked the NFL world.
in 1987. Beyond him, Luck and Kaepernick, it’s hard to find any other comparable examples of good QBs who never played a down in their 30s. That’s a big part of what makes Luck’s abrupt decision to walk away from the game on the eve of the 2019 season so surprising.
Now the Colts will have to move on without one of the best quarterbacks in the league. With Luck — and his +208 QB rating in— we had the Colts rated as the ninth-best team in the NFL, with a 1564 rating . Now they’ll be left with Jacoby Brissett, whose Elo value over replacement is +108. That drop-off leaves the Colts rated with a 1479 Elo, which ranks only 21st in the league and carries an expectation of 7.5 wins against an average schedule.the hardest of his life, because he had lost his love for the game. “I haven’t been able to live the life I want to live,” he said Saturday night. “It’s taken the joy out of this game … the only way forward for me is to remove myself from football.
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