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INDIANAPOLIS – He’s noticeably thinner than before, maybe 10 pounds slimmer, maybe more. He’s relegated to watching practice these days, to instructing, encouraging, even coaching. Inside, it’s gotta be killing him, right? Andrew Luck is a quarterback who craves every single snap, even in the dead of summer. In years past, his Indianapolis Colts backups have complained that months would pass without them ever sniffing a first-team repetition.
Now things are different. Now they’re getting all of them.
It’s been nearly six months since we’ve seen Luck throw a football, five since the state’s most valuable appendage – that right arm of his – went under the knife.