The Facts: Finally, after four straight days of practice to open training camp, an off day arrived for the Indianapolis Colts on Monday. A chance to rest, to recover, to relax. So most did. A few went to the movies. Luck didn’t go to the movies, and he didn’t get away from football. He didn’t want to. He was back early, asking his HC, Frank Reich, to pull up the film of every throw he’s made during camp so far – all 60 of them. He wanted to dissect every last one. So the two of them did. “That’s the way you need to spend your day off,” Reich beamed.
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A day later, Tuesday morning, Luck ramped up his throwing load for the fourth consecutive practice, throwing 11 more passes than he has during any single workout this year. He finished 24-for-33 with an interception and a few touchdowns during red zone work, but most telling was the zip on his deep balls, and the touch he seems to improve on with every passing practice. Late in the workout, Luck was dropping in 30-yarders with ease to T.Y. Hilton, Eric Ebron and Deon Cain. (All told, Luck is 69-for-93 during training camp.) As Star staffer Zak Keefer put it, "The more high-quality days Luck continues to stack on top of each other, and the longer he goes without any sort of setback in that surgically repaired shoulder of his, the more it appears that he’s fully healed, the nightmare of 2017 is firmly behind him, and he’ll be ready to go come Sept. 9 when the Colts open the regular season against Cincinnati. ..."