Andrew Luck’s NFL career was shorter than those of some of his contemporaries.
However, the former Colts signal caller left an impression, and according to Bruce Arians, Luck had a certain skillset that some of the best quarterbacks of all time did not even have.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians during the NFL Combine at the Indiana Convention Center on May 1, 2022. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)
The coaching great did an interview with NFL insider Jordan Schultz, and he talked about coaching Luck during the 2012 season.
Arians served as the Indianapolis Colts’ offensive coordinator and then interim head coach, stepping in for Chuck Pagano, who stepped away from the team to undergo treatment for leukemia.
That season was Luck’s rookie year, and Arians quickly realized something about his new QB out of Stanford.
Former NFL coach Bruce Arians says that his former Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck possessed a very useful skill. (Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports and Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports)
“Andrew was like, ‘I got it; let’s roll,'” Arians recalled. “Andrew Luck had a photographic memory because he didn’t take any notes. Peyton (Manning) had notebooks. Tom had a notebook on top of a notebook on top of a notebook.”
Arians said that he asked Luck why he wasn’t taking any notes, with Luck claiming that he didn’t need to.
“He would literally spit it back verbatim,” he said.
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Andrew Luck is currently the general manager of the Stanford Cardinals football program. (Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images)
Arians also recalled that during that season, when the Colts became known for late, dramatic wins, Luck was ready to spring into action in situations the team had practiced.
Even before being called upon.
“Lo and behold, that exact scenario happened in our game that Sunday,” Arians said. “And Andrew’s not even waiting for me; he’s already on the field.”
Arians said that Luck and that Kodak-like brain of his wound up executing to perfection and allowed the Colts to win with a late field goal.
Luck has since become the general manager of the Stanford Cardinals football program, while Arians went on to coach the Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, winning a Super Bowl with the latter.
In the same interview, Arians expressed his interest in returning to the NFL sidelines after dealing with some health issues.
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“Now that I’m all healthy again, I’ve got the itch again, so we’ll see,” he said.
