Luck Retirement Sparks Another Outbreak Of Draft Denial

Photo by Bobby Ellis/Getty ImagesYou knew it was coming. We all knew, the very minute four time Pro Bowl quarterback and former number one overall pick Andrew Luck announced his retirement, the idea that high draft picks are overrated and unnecessary, would become a red hot commodity once again. It’s a crap shoot, we said, nothing’s guaranteed, etc.

All of which, of course, is true, at least to a point. That’s the danger of placing too much emphasis on exceptions. And Andrew Luck retiring from the NFL two weeks before his thirtieth birthday is an exception. You know what exceptions are designed to do? They’re out there as a distraction, and ultimately they are an outstanding tool with which…