In the last couple of months, Indianapolis star quarterback Andrew Luck has taken some significant steps forward in his recovery from shoulder surgery that forced him to miss the entire 2017 season.

With training camp now underway, Luck voiced on Wednesday that there is still plenty of work for him to do over the next several weeks ahead of the start of the 2018 campaign, according to Kevin Bowen of The Fan 107.0 F.M.

“I have some work to do still (with arm strength),” Luck admitted on Wednesday. “There will be situations on the practice field that I will not have been in yet, where I need that little extra tempo and speed.

“There are steps I still need to take. I’m not kidding myself.”

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The 28-year-old still much of the rust to knock off, but the fact that he's throwing again while being able to much of his strength behind them is a promising sign. There will foreseeably be a few ups and downs along the way given how long he has been away from the game and not being able to toss a football around. It is something that he will have to work out the kinks while getting past the soreness as his body gets used to all the throwing that comes with the position.

Indianapolis will continue to monitor the situation while letting Luck move through his rehab at his own pace in order to avoid any possible setbacks from occurring in the process. The goal is for him to be able to take the field for the regular season opener on Sept. 9 against the Cincinnati Bengals, which he still has plenty of time to prove that he's physically ready to reach that point.

The fact that Luck is throwing at this point in the offseason just a couple of weeks prior to the start of the preseason should bode well for his chance to be under center come Week 1.