INDIANAPOLIS – From the moment Andrew Luck stepped to the podium in the bowels of Lucas Oil Stadium, announced his retirement and passed the torch, the evaluation of Jacoby Brissett and how far he might be able to carry these Colts became the most important storyline of the season.
Brissett had started before, stepping in for Luck on the fly in 2017 and acquitting himself admirably, but this was different. This time he’d spent the offseason as the starter, in an offense he already knew well, without the spectre of a possible Luck return hanging over the franchise.