ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) – Andrew Luck arrived at training camp Tuesday with a healthy body, a new contract and a different perspective.
The Indianapolis Colts are betting it will make him a better quarterback.
Less than a month after signing their best player to a six-year, $140 million contract, Luck and his teammates showed up at Anderson University on a mission to prove last season’s 8-8 finish was an aberration.
“Maybe there’s a little more motivation, not just because I’m coming off the injury but because of not really playing as well as you’d like,” Luck said.
For Luck, things couldn’t have gone much worse last season. One of the league’s bright, young stars missed nine games with an assortment of injuries including a lacerated kidney that forced him to watch the final seven games from the sideline as Indy’s fading playoff hopes vanished.