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Now that Andrew Luck has retired, looking back at his injury riddled career he was never able to live up to his hype. He was a prodigy coming out of Stanford, the greatest college QB of all time. I wonder if it is fair to label him as a bust... RG3 had an injury plagued career and people call him a bust, only fair to label Luck as the same thing. Would you call Andrew Luck a bust?

When you draft a franchise QB at #1 overall, especially one with as much hype as Luck, you expect more than 5.5 seasons of football.
 
I have always said, it is less about the QB, and more about how the team builds around him.

The Colts are just a luckier version of the Lions. Luck went to one of the more dysfunctional teams in the NFL.
 
Still more productive than Mariota. And he’s basically a bust so, sure. Luck is also a bust due to circumstances.
 
titanthakur said:
Now that Andrew Luck has retired, looking back at his injury riddled career he was never able to live up to his hype. He was a prodigy coming out of Stanford, the greatest college QB of all time. I wonder if it is fair to label him as a bust... RG3 had an injury plagued career and people call him a bust, only fair to label Luck as the same thing. Would you call Andrew Luck a bust?

When you draft a franchise QB at #1 overall, especially one with as much hype as Luck, you expect more than 5.5 seasons of football.
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Not even close...Luck dusted RG3 and his numbers. Dude played 16 games 4 out of 7 years and played 15 as his 5th. Had a 40 TD season and also routinely threw in the 20’s for TD’s and for 4K yards multiple times. RG3 didn’t sniff that. I would say that Luck did choke against great competition and in the playoffs though. Not a bust by any means however...Especially considering the dude had garbage surrounding him for years and made something out of nothing (along with a fall down drunk GM).
 
I mean, the guy averaged 3,945yds and 28.5tds and made 4 playoff appearances, including 4 wins. I wouldn't call him a bust per se. It is unfortunate for him to go out like this though (for the Colts anyway). IMO he's a borderline elite QB who just had some really tough luck.

Huge difference between RG3 and Luck as Luck was actually productive for more than a single season.
 
I think "bust" is insanely overused.

It used to mean that someone didn't contribute at all. Now you got people like Deuce Wayne who once called Mario Williams a bust.
 
Can’t say bust. When healthy he had a lot of success.
Unfortunately injuries and the rest of the team limited his overall success.
Multiple playoff visits, an AFC championship, and a couple division wins.
Not a bust.

Maybe disappointment at the end but not a bust.

Anyone voting yes, Are you second guessing the #1 overall pick?
 
Not a bust....

Luck is a smart guy and realized there was more to life than football. He was hurt in Mariotas first home game, back in week 3 2019. He never healed from it fully and got tired of the pain. He’s rich, good with money and set for life.
 
I think for a guy like Luck you have to realize the expectations for him coming out of college and what they were saying. He was a "once in a generation" type player and was supposed to be the face of the league for 15+ seasons, win multiple super bowls, etc.

For Luck to be labeled as a bust we have to use different standards, not ones that we use for regular first round picks. Now-a-days everyone says that the 1st overall pick regardless of who, is a generational talent, but Andrew Luck was the actual generational guy. That's why for him to never win a championship and only play 5.5 seasons is bust worthy.
 
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I think for a guy like Luck you have to realize the expectations for him coming out of college and what they were saying. He was a "once in a generation" type player and was supposed to be the face of the league for 15+ seasons, win multiple super bowls, etc.

For Luck to be labeled as a bust we have to use different standards, not ones that we use for regular first round picks. Now-a-days everyone says that the 1st overall pick regardless of who, is a generational talent, but Andrew Luck was the actual generational guy. That's why for him to never win a championship and only play 5.5 seasons is bust worthy.
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That’s a BS standard for any QB no matter expectations.

No QB should ever have SB victory of bust status. This is too much of a team game for that to ever be realistic.
 
Getting 5.5 years out of the #1 overall pick is bust worthy IMO, unless he brought a championship (which he didn't)

When you take a guy that high, you expect him to be the cornerstone of the franchise for the next 15years.

Sure he was productive when he played, but 5.5 years just doesn't cut it
 
Physical toll on Andrew Luck through 6 NFL seasons:

» Torn cartilage in 2 ribs

» partially torn abdomen

» a lacerated kidney that left him peeing blood

» at least 1 concussion

» a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder

» and this mysterious calf/ankle issue that led to this
 
People don't understand a bust is someone who doesn't contribute at all. Not reaching borderline impossible expectations does not make you a bust. People are just butthurt because he chose to walk away on his own terms
 
Hard to say he was bust, he was very productive when he played and for the most part carried that team for the years he was there. The Titans haven't had that good of a QB in forever.

Someone earlier said the better term might be disappointment. I agree, only 7 years probably wasn't worth the first pick of the draft, but still, he was pretty damn good
 
I say he is a bust in this way: his presence allowed management to send manning packing when he still had productive years left.
 
Luck was just about everything you want in a franchise QB. His play, his character, his competitiveness.. his body just didn't hold up after 8 seasons. Maybe if the Colts protected him better, he'd still be around. Or maybe his body just isn't built for this game. You can't predict that when he's coming out of college.

Consider every QB drafted since 2005 and he's easily top 3 out of all of them. A tragic ending, but he's not a bust.
 
When you consider what his father accomplished for us, to think he could be anything more, was just wrong. He probably overachieved given the bloodline.
 
Not a bust but a major disappointment. Most people expected him to have an Eli, Big Ben, Rivers kinda career. Closer to Tim Couch.
 
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