The smartest man in pro football is the guy who's walking away from the game while he can still walk at all. His name is Andrew Luck. The owner of Luck's team, the Indianapolis Colts, implies Luck is making a big mistake with his weekend announcement that he's retiring at 29. The owner's name is Jimmy Irsay.
I mention Irsay's name for historic perspective and leave it to people around here to attach it to his father, the accursed Robert. The younger Irsay says Luck is walking away from perhaps $500 million in future salary. He hopes Luck will come back. The smarter people in pro football say: Luck should not turn around.
We should attach some other names here, which go back to the original team associated with the Irsay family: the Baltimore Colts, and such players as John Unitas and John Mackey, and Tom Matte and Bruce Laird.
