Andrew Luck Case Study
For weeks now the Indianapolis Colts had been hinting at an historic extension for their quarterback Andrew luck. Yesterday it became a reality when Luck signed a six-year $140 million contract with 87 million in guaranteed money! Andrew luck is now the highest paid player in the NFL is set to make $30 million in 2016 absolutely insane.
From Andrew luck’s perspective this is a dream situation being set financially for life thus allowing him to focus on his job, which is bringing championships to Indianapolis. Additionally this contract runs through his age 32 season meaning he will still be in his prime and able to get another sizable chunk of change from Indianapolis or another team depending on how this contract turns out. No matter how you slice it Andrew luck won this deal BIG TIME! …show more content…
Those are MVP type stats and you could see why Indianapolis invested so much in Luck.
On the other hand I question if Luck will be able to stay healthy I'm worried 2015 was a precursor to the future. Luck suffered a shoulder injury and a lacerated kidney causing him to miss the latter part of last year. The injuries were in large part due to the lack of protection from his offensive line he was pressured on 32% of his drawbacks no quarterback will come out unscathed if they're constantly facing that much heat. If he gets hurt again the Colts are royally screwed and last time I checked there aren't that many quality NFL backups in the league.
Also in football there are two sides of the ball and the Colts defense hasn't been great for a while now and a quarterback can only cover up so much. In 2015 the defense ranked 26th in the league which isn't going to cut it if they hope to win championships
From Andrew luck’s perspective this is a dream situation being set financially for life thus allowing him to focus on his job, which is bringing championships to Indianapolis. Additionally this contract runs through his age 32 season meaning he will still be in his prime and able to get another sizable chunk of change from Indianapolis or another team depending on how this contract turns out. No matter how you slice it Andrew luck won this deal BIG TIME! …show more content…
Those are MVP type stats and you could see why Indianapolis invested so much in Luck.
On the other hand I question if Luck will be able to stay healthy I'm worried 2015 was a precursor to the future. Luck suffered a shoulder injury and a lacerated kidney causing him to miss the latter part of last year. The injuries were in large part due to the lack of protection from his offensive line he was pressured on 32% of his drawbacks no quarterback will come out unscathed if they're constantly facing that much heat. If he gets hurt again the Colts are royally screwed and last time I checked there aren't that many quality NFL backups in the league.
Also in football there are two sides of the ball and the Colts defense hasn't been great for a while now and a quarterback can only cover up so much. In 2015 the defense ranked 26th in the league which isn't going to cut it if they hope to win championships