Emotional Luck announces his retirement from the NFL

After the match, Luck announced his decision to retire at an impromptu press conference. He added that an official announcement had not been scheduled until Sunday afternoon, but had changed course once a news had been announced during the preparatory game.

"I'm stuck in this process," he said, stopping several times to overcome his emotions. "I have not been able to lead the life I want to live in. This has taken away the joy of this game … the only way forward for me is to retire from football."

Luck's early retirement puts an end to a promising career for the first choice of the 2012 edition. He led the Colts to the playoffs in each of his first three seasons in the NFL, including the consecutive titles of the AFC South and the AFC Championship match in 2014.

But his career took a turn for the less painful shoulder in the third week of the 2015 season. He missed 26 games, including the entire 2017 season, because of injuries to the shoulder, kidneys and ribs. It was during the 2017 season while Luck was wondering if he would be able to continue his career.

But luck came back strong last season.

He collected 4,593 yards and 39 touchdowns to win the NFL Player of the Year award and take the Colts home in the playoffs for the first time since 2015, demonstrating that he remains one of the league's best QBs. .

But earlier this year, Luck was injured in a calf injury that prevented him from participating in the team's off-season and minicamp activities. Luck only participated in three days of training camp – none as a full participant – before it was announced that he was closing it because he was having difficulty moving around the pocket

Luck announced on July 30 that he would not come back until he was 100% healthy, partly because he still had "emotional scars" of the 2017 season. having been unable to clearly diagnose Luck's injury, Colts general manager Chris Ballard said two weeks ago that QB was suffering from pain in the upper ankle area.

Luck told reporters Saturday night that he had begun thinking about retirement two weeks ago.

"I have pain, I still have pain," he said.

This is great news for a Colts team that went to the second round of the playoffs last season and who, in the eyes of many, had a Super Bowl caliber training in 2019.

"It's very difficult," said Luck. "I like this team, I love my teammates."

The Colts fans were not so nice, some booed on the pitch in Saturday's game after the news in the second half.

"I'd be lying if I said I did not hear it," said Luck about boos. "Yeah, it hurts."