Dana Hunsinger Benbow

dana.benbow@indystar.com

The value of Andrew Luck's new contract has long been expected to be the largest in NFL history.

Numbers are being thrown out, likely topping Aaron Rodgers' $110 million over five years with Green Bay.

So when the drama dies down and the ink has dried on a new contract, what in the world is the first thing the Indianapolis Colts quarterback will buy?

"Maybe a robot pingpong thing that will hit balls back at you," Luck said Thursday in an interview with Kevin Clark on "The Ringer NFL Show." "My buddy has one, and he swears by it."

Wait, Indianapolis. Luck is lacking someone to practice table tennis with him?

"Sometimes, no one wants to hang out," Luck said.

Uh. Pretty sure pingpong gurus would jump at that chance.

Luck revealed a lot of funny, quirky stuff in the interview, including a light-hearted jab at Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri — and his age, 43.

"I think every rookie thinks Vinatieri is a coach when they walk into the locker room," Luck said, "and they're wondering why a coach gets a locker next to (Colts running back) Robert Turbin."

Take a look at other revelations from the Colts QB, from the Clark interview:

Self-analysis from last season

"There was definitely some parts that I feel like I regressed in and didn't improve, and there were parts that I feel like I actually did better in, but at the end of the day it's about winning. It's limiting turnovers and putting points on the board, and that's something I didn't do a good enough job at."

His health

"Yeah, full go, feel great. We've had four weeks of official offseason activities. It's been great. We've got the rookies in the building, which is always fun. It seems like the roster doubles in size with a bunch of new guys you don't know their names. Makes you remember being a rookie and walking in for the first time."

Are you caught up on 'Game of Thrones'?

"It is very important. That's definitely a hot topic in the locker room. I actually don't watch 'Game of Thrones.' Of course, I read the books. I have seen a couple episodes. It's fantastic. As I understand it, the shows are really past the books now, so I'm really trying to stay away from anybody talking about the shows, especially Dwayne Allen, who talks about them a lot. So (you've) got to stay away from him on that conversation."

Rumors of 'The Lord of the Rings' references at the line of scrimmage

"I can neither deny nor confirm that that has happened. The true 'Lord of the Rings' buff on the team is Anthony Castonzo, and our lockers are very close to each other in the locker room, so I definitely have an appreciation for ... the books and the movie(s). There will be some obscure references every now and then."

Twitter experience

With Luck's new book club, he got his first Twitter account.

"Oh, it's been fine. It's been good. The nice thing is seeing folks excited about reading whether it's one person or 10 or 100. Just hoping maybe it gets one person excited (about reading) and that seems to be the case.

"I've heard the horror stories of social media from friends, teammates, and I haven't experienced anything negative yet."

Luck's book club, McAfee's Cliffs Notes club?

The Luck memes

"You are aware that most of Twitter considers you're a Civil War general because of the way you look?" Clark asked Luck.

"I have been shown that before and, uh, it's some good artwork by whoever that is. Yeah, I don't know. It's part of being a quarterback in the 21st century. There's going to be a little more written about you than you'd like."

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