Seahawks open preseason tonight, facing Colts and Luck
WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Andrew Luck spent two straight offseasons contemplating how it would feel to play football again. He’ll find out tonight.
Indianapolis coach Frank Reich announced Tuesday that Luck would start and could play most of the first quarter in the Colts’ preseason opener at Seattle.
“I’ll be excited and a little nervous,” Luck acknowledged after practice. “There were one or two moments where I wondered ‘am I ever going to be able to do this again?’”
Luck wasn’t the only one asking that question during a nearly 600-day wait between starts. And he’s not the only one who will be nervous lining up against the Seahawks’ traditionally strong defence.
Much has changed since Luck performed in a televised game. There’s a new general manager and a new coach in Indianapolis. Even the once formidable offence has undergone a major revamp.
Rookie Quenton Nelson and free-agent signee Matt Slauson have moved in as the new starting guards. Tight Eric Ebron and receiver Ryan Grant are promising new targets for Luck, who will be handing off to second-year running back Marlon Mack for the first time in a game tonight.
Luck can’t wait to see how it all works together — even if it takes an entire preseason to work out the kinks.
Luck hurt his right shoulder back in September 2015, played through pain in 2016, then had surgery that sidelined him for all of last season.