ESPN NFL Insider Mike Sando spent Sunday with ESPN NFL analyst Jon Gruden and the "Monday Night Football" crew in East Rutherford, New Jersey, site of the Indianapolis Colts-New York Giants matchup in Week 9 (ESPN, 8:15 p.m. ET). Sando files a few takeaways from Gruden regarding key storylines for these teams, in Gruden's voice.
1. I am seriously concerned for Andrew Luck's health.
Last week in the Colts' loss to Pittsburgh, Luck got hit on almost every pass. He got crushed. When your quarterback gets hit like that, you have to make some concessions, I think. You have to be really careful.
I know the Colts got into a throwing game after they got behind. You get into predictable situations, and that is tough. But the left tackle struggled, the right tackle struggled, the center struggled, the guards were not great. Dan Herron came in and missed a pickup.