Andrew Luck Talks About Being Peyton Manning’s Successor and Still Using a Flip Phone

Andrew Luck is all about minimizing burdens.

He’ll tell you that he doesn’t carry one as the successor to one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, Peyton Manning. He’ll also tell you that he doesn’t carry the latest that technology has to offer in order to cut down on the burdens that come with being distracted.

Luck shared his perspective on replacing Manning and the advantages of being a flip-phone guy with Brad Hopkins and Kirk Morrison on “Movin’ The Chains” on Thursday.

“No, no, it’s not a haunting thing, and, obviously, I’ve never thought about it on a regular basis or really think about it,” Luck said of taking over for Manning. “I have a dad [Oliver Luck] who played quarterback in the NFL, who has been in the sports business sort of my whole life, so I think at an early age I learned that there’s someone always coming and going, someone’s going to replace someone. It doesn’t matter how good that person was. Someone will eventually replace me as a quarterback on this team.”

“And I’ve got the utmost respect for Peyton and what he did here in Indianapolis, on and off the field, and also what he did with the Broncos and in the Super Bowl the past year,” Luck said. “But I always just try to do the best I could, so I’ve never worried about sort of trying to match his legacy or fill his shoes, and guys on the team have never asked me to do that, and I appreciate that.”

Luck’s reasons for going with a flip phone rather than a more sophisticated handheld device are simple.

“I don’t want to be connected all the time,” he said. “It’s just nice to have a phone for making calls and texting, and that’s all. I just think I’ve always been that way. Maybe not enjoy the sort of social aspect of (being) online or phones or anything. And it’s important you can make sure you can cut distractions when you need to.”