Colts: Joe Thomas just started Andrew Luck rumors for no reason

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - DECEMBER 23: Andrew Luck #12 of the Indianapolis Colts (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

NFL Network analyst Joe Thomas started rumors about Andrew Luck coming out of retirement, and it feels totally unnecessary.

It feels like we’ve been talking about the Indianapolis Colts’ quarterback situation since the second the clock ran out on their first-round playoff loss, but that’s simply the reality of things when a team is seemingly a franchise guy away from competing for a championship.

That obviously isn’t a shot at Philip Rivers, who announced his retirement last week, but at 38 years old, it was going to take a miracle for him to lead Indy to the promised land. At the…