There’s leaning into the bit, and then there’s absolutely owning it.
Andrew Luck was the real winner of 49ers-Giants
Captain Andrew Luck brings good news from the front
Mark Schofield is a former college quarterback and attorney covering the NFL and F1.
During the post-game show on Amazon Prime following Thursday night’s game between the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Giants, retired quarterback Andrew Luck absolutely owned one of social media’s best football bits.
The original Capt. Andrew Luck idea first originated on SBNation.com from the mind of our former NFL editor Ryan Van Bibber. RVB gave the story of how he came up with the idea to the Indianapolis Star back in 2016. Here’s one of the first posts on Luck looking like a Civil War general, written by former staffer Rodger Sherman. Many imitators have popped up since, but this entire meme comes back to Van Bibber at this very website.
When Luck appeared on the post-game show Thursday night, he was dressed as a Civil War captain:
The real Captain Luck was also here to spread some good news.
The war is over.
Luck’s joy in paying tribute to the account might be the best evidence of all. And it even brought @CaptAndrewLuck out of retirement:
Here’s to squirrel oil.
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