Colts QB coach Schottenheimer: ‘Not going to change the way Andrew (Luck) plays’

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INDIANAPOLIS — Andrew Luck spent the first three years of his career being one of the NFL’s darlings.

Victory after victory. Throw after throw. Comeback after comeback.

But then Luck came crashing down last season.

Interception after interception. Poor throw after poor throw. Injury after injury.

Enter Brian Schottenheimer.

He’s the Indianapolis Colts new quarterback’s coach responsible for making sure Luck doesn’t have a repeat of the 2015 season.

The relationship between Schottenheimer and Luck is still building, but if there’s one thing that has been clear so far, it’s that they’re not going to restrict Luck.

“We’re not going to change the way Andrew plays,” Schottenheimer said. “Andrew’s going to play the game. You’ve got to let Andrew play.”

Schottenheimer has a challenge ahead of him with Luck. The quarterback lost the only position coach he had since entering the NFL in 2012 when Clyde Christensen left to become offensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins. Also gone is veteran quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and Luck is on his third offensive coordinator in Rob Chudzinski.

“With Andrew, you don’t have to tell him too much,” Chudzinski said. “He’s already on it. He’s phenomenal in what he does and the plan that he has for himself that he develops for himself to get better.”

Schottenheimer, the son of longtime NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer, spent last season as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Georgia. He was offensive coordinator of the St. Louis …

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