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Colts 2020 position by position: Philip Rivers is the key to team bouncing back

INDIANAPOLIS — A calf strain that lingered, a few throws in training camp, a setback and then an earth-shattering decision, the kind that alters the course of a franchise.

For a fan base set on contending, the pain of the way the Colts quarterback situation unfolded in 2019 is going to feel fresh for a long time.

Andrew Luck’s decision to retire a few weeks shy of turning 30 years old shocked the entire NFL. A team that seemed set at quarterback and poised to contend for the better part of the next decade, was suddenly thrown into uncertainty.