Originally Posted by notorious (Post 14412124)

Robert Smith is highly intelligent, and is probably in my top 3-5 sports commentator s.

He got his brain squashed and said **** it.

Originally Posted by Rausch (Post 14412416)

Perhaps he was tired of getting his ass kicked because the Colts couldn't care less about getting a line to protect him...

Originally Posted by FAX (Post 14412278)

The thing about gladiating that I never understood was if these guys ... you know ... knew each other outside the arena.

In the movies, they usually train together and share the same locker dungeon and stockade area and it's reasonable to assume that they also ate meals together and probably shared some good old-fashioned gladiation humor during off-hours.

Therefore, it's perfectly logical to assume that friendships were established among the gladiator bros. Yet, they're now supposed to draw straws or whatever in order to determine their opponent ... so they could wind up driving a Spatha right in their bestest buddy's eye socket. (Depending, of course, on the whole thumb thing and how that works out.)

According to Dante, betrayal of a friend gets you in a worse hell than murder or rape, so chopping a pal into bits for entertainment purposes seems particularly cruel.

FAX

Originally Posted by O.city (Post 14411729)

Sorry you hate your life so much.

Maybe read a self help book?

Originally Posted by FlorentinePogen (Post 14412415)

Why are you so worked up over this? :huh:

Originally Posted by Chiefs=Good (Post 14412445)

Wonder if anyone who claims Luck is a pussy thinks Gronk is too? Gronk has said that he retired in part because injuries were making football not enjoyable.

Originally Posted by Megatron96 (Post 14411770)

The more I think about this, the more I think it's not that big a deal.

Barry Sanders announced his retirement right before training camp, at 31.

Jim Brown retired abruptly at 29.

Calvin Johnson retired right before preseason, I think, at 30.

Gronk just retired at 29.

The list goes on.

Colts fans are going to be upset for awhile, but probably not nearly to the degree that Detroit fans and local Detroit media flipped out when Barry walked away from the Lions. They hated on Barry for years.

Originally Posted by Red Dawg (Post 14412271)

Luck hosed them and kept 97 mil. He's an asshole and a selfish one. You could cut my arm off if you paid me 97 mil and he quits because he's tired of rehab? This is worse than Berry quitting on us.

Originally Posted by DJJasonp (Post 14412902)

At the end of the day, the game is a business. And if Luck started sucking for years, the team wouldnt have a problem pulling the cord and releasing him.

I dont have any problem with people walking away from the game when they want - ESPECIALLY if they're body has taken multiple massive injuries (such as Luck has).

I played multiple sports up until my late 40s.......and I can barely walk when I get out of bed in the morning.

I cant imagine what it must feel like to a NFL veteran.

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale (Post 14412426)

Luck got hit less than any full time QB in the NFL last year.

The whole 'blame the OL' thing is a bit much. Eli Manning hasn't missed a game and he never had an OL as good as the 2019 colts. His OL is always trash. Still is.

Come to think of it, Aaron Rodgers has spent most of his career behind bad OL's as well.

Originally Posted by Red Dawg (Post 14412932)

Luck is weak. His wife said we have 98 mil and I'm not going to take care of this damn baby while you go play a game. So he quit and used the injury shit as an excuse. Big sissy.