Bummed

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by albany ed

I would need to know that Luck returns 100% before trading the #1 pick. Two words, Bert Jones.

Originally Posted by Butter

While it is certainly possible this injury could either end or diminish Luck's career, sports medicine has advanced a lot since the days of Bert. Not sure he is really that great of a comparison.

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Bert's career didn't end because of his 2 shoulder separations with the Colts in the late 70's. He played 2 full seasons in 1980 and 1981 after missing large portions of the 1978 and 1979 seasons. He threw for over 3,000 yards in both of those seasons (in a time when that mark was still a pretty big deal/accomplishment.) He was completely recovered from those shoulder separations, and remained that way.

His career ended because of a severe neck injury that he sustained while playing with the Rams in the strike-shortened 1982 season.


8 years later, Bobby Beathard actually tried to coax Jones out of retirement to play for the Chargers in 1990 when he saw Bert throwing the ball more than 75 yards in an NFL quarterback contest. After giving it some thought, the 38 and-a-half year-old Jones declined the offer, citing advice from his doctor that re-injuring his neck could cause permanent damage, perhaps even paralysis.


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