{"id":611210,"date":"2025-12-19T00:53:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T00:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/611210\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T00:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T00:53:15","slug":"andrew-luck-was-never-approached-by-colts-to-fill-in-for-daniel-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/611210\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Luck was never approached by Colts to fill in for Daniel Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Colts didn\u2019t check in with Andrew Luck <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/17\/sports\/philip-rivers-to-make-278889-for-colts-final-four-games\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">before turning to Philip Rivers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Luck, the retired quarterback, said his former team never gave him a chance to ponder an NFL comeback <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jimrome\/status\/2001433727776231632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">during a Wednesday appearance on \u201cThe Jim Rome Show<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had zero chances to say no,\u201d Luck, 36, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the 44-year-old Rivers, Luck, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/30\/sports\/andrew-luck-becoming-stanford-football-gm-five-years-after-stunning-nfl-retirement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">now the general manager of Stanford football<\/a>, wouldn\u2019t have been so easy to convince.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.48191027;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37967497\" width=\"874\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2249614632.jpg\" alt=\"Tavita Pritchard smiling at a press conference, with a microphone and Stanford helmet in the foreground.\" class=\"wp-image-37967497\"  \/>Andrew Luck, General Manager of the Stanford Cardinal football program, speaks at a press conference after he introduced new head coach Tavita Pritchard to the media at Stanford University on Dec. 2, 2025 in Stanford, California. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, thank you,\u201d Luck said he would\u2019ve told Indianapolis if they came calling. \u201cI\u2019m right where I\u2019m supposed to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luck <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/08\/24\/colts-qb-andrew-luck-is-retiring-from-the-nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">abruptly retired from the NFL<\/a> after a preseason game in 2019 when he was just 29.<\/p>\n<p>After being selected first overall in the 2012 NFL Draft by the Colts, Luck made it to four Pro Bowls and amassed a 53-33 record during six healthy seasons as a starting quarterback in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Luck missed the entire season due to a shoulder injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two years earlier, he missed nine games with a shoulder injury and later a lacerated kidney and torn abdominal muscle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Luck spoke highly of Rivers\u2019 play in his return during the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/15\/sports\/philip-rivers-fights-back-tears-after-first-nfl-game-in-five-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colts\u2019 close 18-16 loss<\/a> to the Seahawks in Seattle on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37938627\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/reacts-throwing-interception-second-half-117361091.jpg\" alt=\"Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers (17) reacting after throwing an interception.\" class=\"wp-image-37938627\"  \/>Colts quarterback Philip Rivers (17) reacts after throwing an interception during the second half against the Seattle Seahawks. AP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s incredible. I do stand in awe of Philip,\u201d Luck said. \u201cIt was a great game as well. Philip Rivers was a hero of mine growing up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor him to be able to still go out there and sling it like he does, and not just sling it, with the authenticity and leadership and positive effect that he does bring, that certainly jumps through the TV screen,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd I wonder how many \u2018Dadgummits\u2019 he let out during the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The eight-time Pro Bowler replaced Daniel Jones, who <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/14\/sports\/daniel-jones-expected-return-from-achilles-injury-comes-into-focus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suffered a ruptured Achilles earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/15\/sports\/philip-rivers-will-get-another-colts-start-after-impressive-nfl-return\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rivers will start for the Colts once again<\/a> on Monday night against the 49ers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colts didn\u2019t check in with Andrew Luck before turning to Philip Rivers.\u00a0 Luck, the retired quarterback, said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[6502,2005,7,2004,392,2381,6,3725,9,1923],"class_list":{"0":"post-611210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-andrew-luck","9":"tag-colts","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-indianapolis","12":"tag-indianapolis-colts","13":"tag-indianapoliscolts","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-philip-rivers","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-stanford-cardinal"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115743503520405285","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}