Andrew Luck News & Updates

[Catalyst]

i've said this a million times (take or give a few hundred thousand)....there is zero incentive for luck to stay if there is a lockout.

if he goes back to school as opposed to declaring for the draft, he increases his chances of falling in the draft because of poor performance/stats or injury. that is a HUGE risk.

the draft is going to happen in 2011 regardless of what happens with the CBA. if he declares, he's going to get drafted. there is no doubt of that. he is going to get drafted incredibly early...there is also no doubt about that. it's harder to become even hotter a prospect than he is right now. when you are lractically a lock for the #1 overall pick, you don't wait around hoping you can go higher later, ther is nothing higher.

so what if he doesn't get paid right away? he's still going to be getting paid as the #1 pick anyway. it may be a few months later....but contracts for #1 overall usually don't get locked up until training camp starts anyway. there would be lots of time to get it all squared away.

if he decides to stay, what does he have to gain? education can come at anytime. if there is no football, he can still finish school and have been drafted. he just wouldn't be able to play football for stanford.

This. Matt Leinart went back to school when he was projected to be the top pick and ended up falling to the 10th pick the next year. Jake Locker could've gone 1st overall last year, but went back and now he'll be lucky to go top-10. Sam Bradford went back and got hurt, though luckily for him he still went #1, he's the rare exception rather than the rule.

Luck is the prohibitive #1 pick. Unless he has an awful bowl game OR gets hurt between now and the time that game ends, he WILL be the #1 pick if he declares. There's no reason to stay in school; not financially, not as far as his draft stock is concerned, not for his health - literally not for any reason other than he just wants to play for Stanford another year. Now does that sound like a good enough reason to put tens of millions of dollars at risk over?

Guys who return to school almost always do so to improve their draft stock/position. In this regard, Luck has nothing to gain by staying and a MILLIONS to lose if he does. Now, that's not to say it's a lock that he's going to declare, but at any level of common sense it makes no sense for him not to.

[MadHatter]

This. Matt Leinart went back to school when he was projected to be the top pick and ended up falling to the 10th pick the next year. Jake Locker could've gone 1st overall last year, but went back and now he'll be lucky to go top-10. Sam Bradford went back and got hurt, though luckily for him he still went #1, he's the rare exception rather than the rule.

Luck is the prohibitive #1 pick. Unless he has an awful bowl game OR gets hurt between now and the time that game ends, he WILL be the #1 pick if he declares. There's no reason to stay in school; not financially, not as far as his draft stock is concerned, not for his health - literally not for any reason other than he just wants to play for Stanford another year. Now does that sound like a good enough reason to put tens of millions of dollars at risk over?

Guys who return to school almost always do so to improve their draft stock/position. In this regard, Luck has nothing to gain by staying and a MILLIONS to lose if he does. Now, that's not to say it's a lock that he's going to declare, but at any level of common sense it makes no sense for him not to.

The only thing that could lead him to stay in school is the CBA and the real risk that there is no football next year.

Even if he is drafted #1 (which he would), has anyone thought about the timing for which teams will actually sign their draft picks? Without the certainty of football, there would be real questions on how much teams would sign their picks for and how long they will go unsigned....no real incentive for teams to get deals done quickly.

Just a thought.

[mav1234]

i've said this a million times (take or give a few hundred thousand)....there is zero incentive for luck to stay if there is a lockout

if there is no football, he can still finish school and have been drafted. he just wouldn't be able to play football for stanford.

I think you misunderstood his question and my answer. He said if he enters, gets drafted, would it be possible for him to go back to Stanford to complete his education. I said yes... so...

[boney]

Nothing really new here, but a good article none the less.

At a lunch table overlooking the bustle of Times Square on Saturday afternoon, Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck smiled after he misspoke.

He told a table full of reporters that he was enjoying his experience in New York because one did not get too many chances to get an all-expenses-paid trip to Manhattan. After an awkward pause, a round of laughter filled the room.

Luck, a junior, is poised to be the top pick in the N.F.L. draft if he turns pro after the season. It is a position that would come with a free trip to New York for the draft in April.

While the college football world gathered in New York for Cam Newton’s expected coronation as the Heisman Trophy winner on Saturday night, perhaps the most intriguing question was whether Luck would return to Stanford for his senior year.

Luck’s football future will probably be tied to that of Stanford Coach Jim Harbaugh, who after leading the Cardinal to the Orange Bowl is considered one of the hottest commodities on the market. Luck went to Stanford in part to play for Harbaugh, a former N.F.L. quarterback who turned around the moribund Cardinal program in just four seasons. But there is heavy speculation that Harbaugh’s alma mater, Michigan, will court him if it decides to fire Rich Rodriguez after the Gator Bowl. Harbaugh also will probably be the focus of N.F.L. searches.

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New York Times: Andrew Luck’s New York Moment May Not Be His Last

[Darth Urious]

Luck rhymes with Suck... Just saying!

[rayzor]

urious is three letters away from urinal...just saying.

[Darth Urious]

urious is three letters away from urinal...just saying.

it doesn't rhyme though... rayzor is 3 letters away from gayboy btw...

[rayzor]

but it doesn't rhyme. stupid wannabe sith.

[Jase]

I'm 4 letters away from sexy.

[Darth Urious]

but it doesn't rhyme. stupid wannabe sith.

lol h8rs gonna h8

On the real though, I won't be disappointed if the Panthers pick Luck... I will just want it to be the nail in the coffin to the Fox AND Hurney era...

I still think people are getting their hopes up too much, and I still think Luck doesn't fix all of our offensive woes... not even closely...

I just want to win, and if Luck can come in and do that, then so be it...

[rayzor]

he won't fix all of them, but he will be the key to seeing a huge improvement on offense. he's better than anything we have had back there in a long time...probably ever.

he's got a lot of skill as a QB and is mobile enough to keep from getting killed and a good enough runner that he can make positive things happen yardage wise if things break down in the pocket. more than all that, though, are those intangibles. i think with clausen we skimped a good bit in that department. we knew that was an area that he lacked, but we were impressed by his stats on a bad team and his talent as a passer. he was the total opposite of jake who was 90% intangibles and 10 talent.

[Darth Urious]

he's got a lot of skill as a QB and is mobile enough to keep from getting killed and a good enough runner that he can make positive things happen yardage wise if things break down in the pocket.

Sounds familiar... Didn't we draft someone like that that can't even get on the field except maybe one play a game?

[rayzor]

Sounds familiar... Didn't we draft someone like that that can't even get on the field except maybe one play a game?

we won't be drafting luck/newton as a WR. thats gonna be the difference.

[Darth Urious]

we won't be drafting luck/newton as a WR. thats gonna be the difference.

omg I want to rage about that Armanti pick so bad every time I think about it...