Twice during the 2012 NFL regular season, we took a look at just how pass-happy the current state of affairs are in the NFL. Thanks to NFL.com’s milestone tracker we found out just how aired-out of a league this is, and while a million quarterbacks didn’t throw for 4,000 yards, 11 of them did, and that’s the most ever in a single season. Plus, there aren’t even a million quarterbacks in the NFL.

Andrew Luck is just a rookie, but he’s already making plays of legend like a seasoned veteran. He made one such play today against the Detroit Lions, leading the Indianapolis Colts back from nine down in the last three minutes to score the game-winning touchdown with no time left on the clock.

The Colts’ unexpected, star-rookie-QB-led emergence – happening while their new head coach is recovering from cancer – is shaping up as one of the stories of the NFL season, and just about everything the team has done lately makes it harder not to root for them.

Hey, here’s a weird statistical anomaly that sportswriters live for: Andrew Luck and Peyton Manning have an eerily similar stat line through Week 9. The breakdown, after the jump.

Danny Webber, a 74-year-old diehard Colts fan who was admitted to Heritage House with terminal cancer, was profiled by the Indy Star’s Phillip B. Wilson in late September. Webber was attending what would likely be the final Colts game of his life, and when the team’s PR staff caught wind of it, they upgraded his seats, gave him field passes, and allotted a few moments for him with Andrew Luck. That last bit — his brief moment with “Mr. Luck,” as Mr. Webber called him — was a dying wish. More, after the jump.

If you’re like me, you’ve been captivated by Robert Griffin III’s sensational play for the Redskins this season – and you’ve also noticed the apparent chasm between what he’s doing and what the guy picked ahead of him, Andrew Luck, is doing in Indianapolis. Do the Colts have anything to worry about? Well… no, not really – except, perhaps, about how Luck’s being used.

Yes, Trey Wingo is an ESPN professional anchor. Yes, he made a fart noise and a thumbs down sign in reference to the New York Jets. Video, after the jump.

Ok, so the pass is technically a 31-yard TD pass to T.Y. Hilton, but Luck is standing on the 40-yard line when he unleashes the ball on a rope. That’s the kind of arm strength and accuracy that had NFL scouts salivating for two straight years – Luck’s throw is as straight as an arrow and perfectly placed over Hilton’s shoulder, sandwiched right between the sideline and Redskins safety Madieu Williams. It’s just pretty, ya know? Video, after the jump.

The Indianapolis Colts took an early 7-0 lead in their opening preseason game today against the St. Louis Rams after a 63-yard TD pass. By Andrew Luck. Although this was hardly a pass, as it was a two-yard screen dump off that Donald Brown turned into a 63-yard reception.

According to Peyton Manning, he has nobody to blame but himself for Andrew Luck becoming the number one pick in this year’s draft. If only his Manning quarterback camp wasn’t so awesome, we would never have experienced the awkward nightmare that was his departure from Indy. Details after the jump.