ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Andrew Luck didnt need to see the film of Cam Newton getting clobbered to realize Denvers defense can put a serious hurt on the quarterback.Luck led the Colts to a big win over the Broncos last year but ended up in the hospital afterward with a lacerated kidney and torn abdominal muscle that sidelined him for the final two months of the season.Lesson learned.After playing in just seven games in 2015 and then signing a megadeal this summer that includes a record $87 million in guarantees, Luck is more cognizant of protecting both his body and team owner Jim Irsays investment in him.As a quarterback you have an obligation to be on the field, Luck said Wednesday in a conference call with reporters in Denver, where the Colts (0-1) play this weekend. That involves taking care of your body. Situationally, there are times when I need to slide or throw the ball away and Ive been working on that.Theres a balance hes trying to find so he doesnt lose any of whats made him the quarterback he is.Youre going to go out there and take a hit if the games on the line or in (certain) other situations, Luck said. But I think in every year Im trying to approach the game in a better, more efficient way. So, I guess this is somewhat of a natural progression, as well.Luck was only sacked once but hit 11 times by the Broncos last year. His worst hit came when he was sandwiched by defensive end Vance Walker and linebacker Danny Trevathan, but he finished up and led the Colts to a 27-24 win in Indianapolis.The Broncos lost Trevathan to free agency and Walker was penciled in as Malik Jacksons replacement until he blew out a knee in training camp.That doesnt mean the Broncos are any less of a hazard to Lucks health.A lot of other guys got big hits on him, too, cornerback Chris Harris said. That wasnt the only hit. Everybody got big hits on him. Like I said, Luck put his body on the line against us. Just like Cam Newton did last week. Quarterbacks know if they want to beat us, theyve got to go all-out.Like Newton, Luck doesnt avoid hits like say, the elusive Russell Wilson.No, Andrew Luck doesnt slide too much, Harris said. Those guys try to run you over. So, youve got to hit them like running backs.Thats what Denvers defense did to Newton last week, hammering him 17 times, including four helmet-to-helmet hits, two of which resulted in fines for linebacker Brandon Marshall and safety Darian Stewart.Their hits on Newton, along with those of Super Bowl MVP Von Miller and cornerback Bradley Roby, sparked a debate about player safety, the viability of read-option QBs in this league and whether Denvers defense had crossed the line.Luck is up next and, like the leagues disciplinarians, hes been studying the Panthers-Broncos game film all week.Yeah, tough, physical, good, really good players all around the field, Luck said. Obviously, theyre a winning group. They know how to win. Well-coached. Coach (Wade) Phillips does a heck of a job, everywhere hes been. Certainly great pass rushers, really good cover guys. Really, theres no weakness on the defense.One adjective that many are using to describe Denvers defense is dirty.Not Luck.I wouldnt necessarily agree with that, he said. They play hard, theyre well-coached and obviously everybodys entitled to their own opinion. They do a good job. They really do.Colts coach Chuck Pagano thinks so, too.Theyre an athletic, physical, tough, attacking, swarming defense, Pagano said. Theyve got talent front to back. The edge pressure that you get, the way that they run to the football, the linebackers are sideline to sideline and the secondary is as good a unit as there is in the National Football League. Theyre a physical, physical unit.Game notes WR Demaryius Thomas (left hip) returned to practice and coach Gary Kubiak reiterated his belief that hell play Sunday. 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Hi Kerry, Its another day and here we are looking at another dubious hit to the head. In this case Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky elbowed Saku Koivu in the head about a second after he dished off the puck to a teammate, knocking him unconscious.Heather Knight and Georgia Elwiss shared a 97-run, fourth-wicket stand to propel England to a five-wicket victory over South Africa Women and a 2-1 series win, in Johannesburg. Knight added an unbeaten 67 - her second fifty in two games - to figures of 2-36 as the tourists chased down a target of 197 in just 43.5 overs, Elwiss contributing 61 off 67 balls with six fours and one maximum.Anya Shrubsole (3-35) had earlier helped the tourists - beaten at Centurion on Friday after winning a rain-affected opener in Benoni a week ago - reduce South Africa to 85-6, before Lizelle Lee (74) carried out a repair job by powering back-to-back half-centuries.Trish Chetty (31) and skipper Mignon du Preez (26) steadied South Africa with a second-wicket stand of 57 after Laura Wolvaardt (0) was caught behind off Shrubsoles fourth ball. England Women pose with the trophy after their 2-1 success Du Preez was bowled by the recalled Elwiss from the penultimate delivery of the 17th over, initiating a collapse of 5-27 that saw Marizanne Kapp and Dane van Niekerk depart for ducks.Lees knock rescued the innings, the 23-year-old backing up her score of 69 in the second ODI by hitting 11 fours, as well as a six off Knight (2-36), and adding 80 with Sune Luus (20).England lost three wickets within the first 10 overs of their reply, Lauren Winfield (11) pouched by wicketkeeper Chetty before Amy Jones (16) and Sarah Taylor (two) were caught off Chloe Tryon (2-28).ddddddddddddKnight and Charlotte Edwards (29) dug in during a partnership of 53 - the pairs second fifty stand in as many games - before the captain nicked off chasing a wide delivery in the 23rd over. But by the time South Africa achieved their next breakthrough the game was all but up - Knight and Elwiss combining in an entertaining partnership to earn England Women two more ICC World Championship points.The 2-1 series win means that England are now tied on 13 points with South Africa in the ICC Womens Championship table, behind leaders Australia (20 points), the West Indies (16 points) and New Zealand (14 points).Edwards, said: The ICC Womens Championship brings context and consequence to every ODI series that we now play, which is great for the standard and development of womens international cricket. We are obviously disappointed not to have secured the full six points available for this series, but to come away with four points against a strong South African side away from home is still a pleasing result for us.The last three matches have ebbed and flowed for us performance-wise. We have shown glimpses of what we are capable of with both bat and ball, but to be competitive with the best teams in the world we still need to be more consistent. We are starting to show signs of the positive, proactive and fearless cricket that we want to play, and I hope we can take this into the T20I series starting in Paarl on Thursday, and then the ICC Womens World Twenty20 in India next month.Watch England Women take on South Africa Women in T20 action from 11.25am this Friday on Sky Sports 2. ' ' '