Sitting in a dark bar in Indianapolis the week of the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine, a member of the Colts staff nursed a longneck bottle of beer with a cocky smirk on his face. "He's going to be fine," the scout said between sips. "Trust me."
Even then, in late February, this is what you'd hear whenever you asked anyone from the team about Andrew Luck. Confidence bordering on smugness. Zero concern over the future of a player who hasn't played a regular-season game since the 2016 campaign. Over the delays of his return from shoulder surgery performed more than a year-and-a-half ago.