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Andrew Luck sent shockwaves through the NFL on Saturday night, announcing his retirement from football just short of his 30th birthday. The former Indianapolis Colts quarterback was booed by fans at Lucas Oil Stadium as he walked off the field with his teammates following the Colts' third preseason game, too, igniting a firestorm of nationwide debate over his decision to hang it up that crossed cultural lines. Not even two days since Luck, speaking with as much clarity as emotion, explained his decision to step away from the game, it unsurprisingly remains one of the biggest stories in the country.
Bill Belichick, though, seems blissfully unaware of the charged hoopla surrounding Luck's retirement. Asked on Monday for his thoughts on the news, the New England Patriots coach suggested he didn't even know his team's AFC rival had lost its best and most important player.
“He's a good player,” Belichick said, per Doug Kyed of NESN. “I didn't see that, but I don't really follow them.”
It's highly unlikely Belichick hadn't learned of Luck's retirement before Monday. Regardless of how laser focused he is on preparing the Patriots to defend another Vince Lombardi Trophy, Belichick had to have been somehow alerted – by text, phone, notification, or, perhaps most likely, word around the Patriots' facility – that Luck's career was finished.
Indianapolis was supposed to be among New England's biggest competitors for supremacy in the AFC. Now that Jacoby Brissett has taken Luck's place under center for the Colts, though, the Patriots have one less surefire contender to worry about as the regular season fast approaches.
