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Andrew Luck almost skipped Pro Bowl after loss to Patriots

Jim O'Connor / USA TODAY Sports

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck is still reeling from a 45-7 loss to the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game. 

Luck threw for a league-high 40 touchdowns in 2014, but considered skipping the Pro Bowl after being eliminated from the playoffs. 

The Colts' star spoke Saturday about his development as a quarterback, the loss to the Patriots and how he almost missed the league's All-Star game.

"It was hard," Luck said to Stephen Holder of the Indianapolis Star. "But once you get out here and you get around the guys and some of your teammates, it feels better. But the morning after the (loss), you get a phone call and they need your decision and they want to make sure you're not hurt, can you play and all that. I'm sitting there like ... (sighs).

"I mean, it is a privilege, but I am hurting in a sense. But I realize it's an honor to be voted in and the fans really enjoy it. So, I did it."

Luck struggled mightily against the Patriots, going 12-of-33 for 126 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions. 

"It's going to take a while for me to get over it," Luck said. "You take small steps, little doses of medicine in a sense. This (Pro Bowl) game, for instance, is a step. It's some of that medicine. You come out here and try to have fun with the guys. Everybody who's here lost at the end of the season. And misery loves company. I feel bad for the Packers guys who are here, for example. We were sitting there commiserating the other day."

Although it will be of little consolation, Luck is poised to contend for a championship for years to come. 

"I think with the guys that we have, everything is definitely in place to win one," Luck said. "But it's the process that's important rather than just dreaming about it. I think about, 'How am I going to get there? What am I doing this offseason to get this team there?"

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