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>>> THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
ARE ABOUT TO START THEIR
FINAL WEEK OF THE PRE-SEASON
WITHOUT ANDREW LUCK.
AND TOMORROW WE'LL BE
HEARING FROM HIS TEAMMATES
ABOUT THE FACE OF THIS
FRANCHISE, SUDDENLY RETIRING
AT AGE 29.
TONIGHT OUR RICH NYE IS
LIVE OUTSIDE THE COLTS
COMPLEX WHERE THOSE PLAYERS
ARE GOING TO RETURN TO A NEW
ERA.
RICH?
>> Reporter: YEAH, JENNIE,
IF I CAN CALL THIS, THE
"NO-LUCK" ERA BEGINS
TOMORROW, WITH THE SEASON
KICKING OFF TWO WEEKS FROM
TODAY.
LOOKING BACK AT THE ANDREW
LUCK ERA, SUCH AN INCREDIBLE
START, SUCH AN INCREDIBLY
SAD ENDING.
ANDREW LUCK ARRIVED IN
INDIANAPOLIS AS THE NUMBER
ONE DRAFT PICK IN THE 2012
NFL DRAFT, 22 YEARS OLD.
>> TRULY A DREAM COME TRUE.
>> Reporter: HE LED THE
COLTS TO 11 WINS
AND THE PLAYOFFS IN EACH OF
HIS FIRST THREE SEASONS.
THAT INCLUDED COMING BACK
FROM 28 POINTS DOWN AGAINST
THE CHIEFS FOR HIS FIRST
PLAYOFF WIN IN HIS SECOND
SEASON.
IN HIS THIRD SEASON, HE SET
THE COLTS' RECORD FOR MOST
PASSING YARDS IN A SEASON
AND WON TWO PLAYOFFS GAMES
BEFORE A BLOWOUT LOSS TO THE
PATRIOTS IN THE AFC
CHAMPIONSHIP, THE
"DEFLATEGATE" GAME.
LUCK'S INJURY PROBLEMS BEGAN
IN 2015.
HE MISSED TWO GAMES IN
OCTOBER WITH A SHOULDER
INJURY.
HIS SEASON ENDED NOVEMBER
8TH WITH A LACERATED KIDNEY
AND PARTIALLY TORN ABDOMINAL
MUSCLE SUFFERED AGAINST THE
BRONCOS.
LUCK SIGNED A SIX-YEAR
EXTENSION WORTH $140 MILLION
BEFORE THE 2016
SEASON, MAKING HIM THE
HIGHEST PAID PLAYER IN THE
NFL.
HE MISSED ONE GAME WITH A
CONCUSSION, BUT REQUIRED
SHOULDER SURGERY AFTER THE
SEASON.
HE WAS EXPECTED TO RETURN
FOR THE 2017 SEASON BUT
NEVER DID.
>> WAS THERE EVER A TIME YOU
THOUGHT, "MY FOOTBALL CAREER
IS OVER"?
DID THAT EVER GO
THROUGH YOUR MIND AT ALL?
>> THAT HIT MY MIND ONCE OR
TWICE.
>> Reporter: LUCK WAS
FINALLY READY TO
THROW AGAIN IN 2018.
DESPITE A 1-5 START, THE
COLTS MADE THE PLAYOFFS AND
WON A PLAYOFF GAME.
LUCK WON NFL COMEBACK PLAYER
OF THE YEAR.
LUCK MISSED ALL OF THIS
YEAR'S OFF-SEASON TEAM
WORKOUTS WITH A CALF INJURY.
HE STARTED TRAINING CAMP
WITH LIMITED DRILLS, BUT
PRACTICED JUST THREE DAYS
BEFORE SHUTTING DOWN.
AFTER SEVEN YEARS IN INDY,
AT AGE 29, LUCK CONFIRMED
HIS RETIREMENT.
>> I'M IN PAIN.
I'M STILL IN PAIN.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS CYCLE,
IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS OF THIS
INJURY-PAIN-REHAB CYCLE.
FOR ME TO MOVE FORWARD IN MY
LIFE THE WAY I WANT TO, IT
DOESN'T INVOLVE FOOTBALL.
>> Reporter: SO JACOBY
BRISSETT IS NOW THE COLTS'
QUARTERBACK.
LATER IN SPORTS,
TAYLOR TANNEBAUM ON HOW THE
COLTS MOVE FORWARD WITH
BRISSETT LEADING THE
OFFENSE.
>> AND RICH, YOU WERE AT THE
GAME LAST NIGHT, AND
CAPTURED VIDEO OF SOME FANS
BOOING LUCK AS HE WALKED OFF
THE FIELD.
SO MANY PEOPLE TALKING
ABOUT THAT TODAY.
>> Reporter: THIS WAS SUCH A
SURREAL SCENE.
LUCK STANDING ON THE
SIDELINE, OBLIVIOUS TO THE
NEWS THAT WAS HAPPENING ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
HE WAS LEFT WITH AN
AWKWARD EXIT AFTER THE GAME.
>> [CROWD BOOING]
>> Reporter: THIS VIDEO THAT
I SHARED
ON TWITTER HAS NOW BEEN
VIEWED MORE THAN 10-1/2
MILLION TIMES.
MOST OF THE
THE REACTION CONDEMNS THE
FANS THAT BOOED LUCK AS HE
WALKED OFF THE FIELD FOR THE
LAST TIME WITH THE COLTS.
BEING IN THE STADIUM, I
THINK THE BOOS WERE LIKE THE
RESPONSE TO A BAD CALL.
I'M NOT SURE FANS WERE
BOOING LUCK AS MUCH AS THEY
WERE BOOING THE WAY THIS ALL
HAPPENED, PERHAPS BOOING THE
COLTS A LITTLE BIT.
FANS FEEL THEY'VE BEEN
MISLED A LITTLE BIT.
>> RICH, THANKS FOR THAT
LIVE REPORT TONIGHT.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
EARLIER TODAY, OUR DAVE
CALABRO TALKED
EXCLUSIVELY WITH ADAM
VINATIERI ABOUT LUCK'S
DECISION, AND ALSO -- WITH
SOMEONE WHO KNOWS A THING OR
TWO ABOUT RETIRING EARLY PAT
MCAFEE.
>> ONCE I WATCHED THE PRESS
CONFERENCE, I WAS GUTTED FOR
HIM.
I HOPE HE FINDS HIS
HAPPINESS IN THE LONG RUN.
EVERYONE THINKS MONEY CAN