“You love it but at the same time, you really, really hate it”

“In all the years I’ve played football I have never heard anything like it,” said Washington Redskins linebacker Ryan Kerrigan. “Nothing even close.”

[Andrew] Luck (Colts quarterback) has become famous for congratulating—sincerely and enthusiastically—any player to hit him hard. Any sack is met with a hearty congratulations, such as “great job” or “what a hit!” He yells it after hard hits that don’t result in sacks, too. It is, players say, just about the weirdest thing any quarterback does in the NFL.

 

“You want to say thank you but then you say ‘wait a second--I’m not supposed to like you!’”