INDIANAPOLIS -- As Indianapolis Colts rookie quarterback Anthony Richardson laid on the turf in pain on Oct. 8, one question immediately came to the mind of team owner Jim Irsay.
Why?
"Is there no mercy from the football gods after what we went through with Andrew [Luck]?" Irsay asked this week.
Richardson injured his right (throwing) shoulder after being tackled against the Tennessee Titans, a shoulder sprain Irsay said is likely to result in season-ending surgery.
The sequence turned Irsay's thoughts to Luck, whose career was marred by complications stemming from a 2015 shoulder injury.