When Carson Palmer was in the NFL he dealt with a lot of injuries, so he knows the guilt and shame that the former Indianapolis Colts quarterback was playing with.
In an interview with Peter King for Football Morning in America, Palmer talked about how when he was dealing with injuries, there was a lot of guilt for letting his teammates and team down, and he is sure Luck felt the same way.
“I think he was holding back a little bit,” Palmer said.
“I remember going to rehab every day. I remember you feel guilt from your teammates. It’s hard when you’re Andrew Luck and you’re the face of the franchise. Everybody on your team looks at you in a certain light. I think the guilt and the shame—and in no way should he have ever felt guilt or shame for being injured—but that’s natural. When you’re so used to being the franchise quarterback, the face of the franchise, it’s impossible not to feel that guilt. I know I felt it.”
Palmer said in 2014 when he was tore his ACL with the Arizona Cardinals he had problems even being the locker room because he felt whenever he walked past someone they were thinking about how he was letting the team down.
“When … you’re the guy that’s taking up 22 percent of the salary cap and the guy that’s on every ad around town, all those things that come with being Andrew Luck and knowing the way he was revered by his teammates and knowing the way he loved his teammates … I think all that weighed heavy on his heart.”
Palmer also thinks one of the big reasons that Luck was retired was because of the hits he took early in his career. When he first came to the Colts the offensive line was terrible and he took a ton of sacks. Those sacks take a toll on a player and finally he had enough.
Hopefully, when teammates and fans look back on Luck and Palmer they will think about the wins and not the injuries that hurt their careers.
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