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Comparing Luck to Manning Inevitable But Accurate

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It hit me like a spiral between the eyes. I had been here before at the Indianapolis Colts training camp in the very same spot almost, talking passing game and quarterbacking only two years earlier, only with a different guy getting peppered with my questions.

Then, it was Peyton Manning in the spot, gracious, informative, a football junkie filling up a notebook.

This time, it was Andrew Luck, the man who will try and fill Manning's enormous shoes in Indianapolis. Like Manning, Luck was informative, easy going, a pro's pro, acting far older than his years and anything like a wide-eyed rookie.

The No. 18 jerseys that have been so prominent in these parts are now being replaced by the No. 12, Luck's...

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