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Debating Anthony Richardson's Future with the Colts
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10/31/2024
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I know the premise for you is that Flacco is better than Richardson and that Donnie
00:11
I am totally, totally fine with, right?
00:14
But I know that there have been times where we've talked about what is best for a football
00:19
team's future, correct?
00:22
And the Colts have only seen 10 starts for Richardson, he's left three games injured
00:27
early.
00:28
He's played seven complete NFL games in his career.
00:34
A kid they drafted in the top five.
00:38
I do not think it is fair to go, boom, Donnie, he'll never figure it out.
00:45
If you look, Donnie, at Josh Allen's first season in Buffalo, he was terrible, right?
00:51
I'm sure you remember the very beginning of Josh Allen's career in Buffalo.
00:54
Ryan D'Abel saved his life.
00:56
100%.
00:58
And you and I both think the world of Shane Steichten.
01:01
Now, I am sure Steichten has a hand in this.
01:04
Maybe everybody is just furious that this kid tapped his head and said, I was tired,
01:09
though that's a whole nother thing for another time.
01:12
I really, Donnie, feel that this is one of the more insanely short-sighted moves a team's
01:16
going to make because I don't think you can tell me in seven games, there's no way this
01:22
kid figures it out when we're breaking down Sam Darnold and Geno Smith and all these other
01:27
guys that have been a part of the circle.
01:29
Why do the Indianapolis Colts need to cut bait 10 games into this kid's career?
01:36
They say they're not giving up on him, which I don't know if that's going to be the case
01:39
or not.
01:40
But hear me out on this, too.
01:41
And we didn't get a chance to fairly evaluate the guy in game time situations.
01:45
When he was in the game, he can't complete passes.
01:47
They think they can win the division.
01:49
And to save the locker room, they think they can go to him.
01:51
That's only half the story, Kevin.
01:53
You know what we're probably not hearing about, though?
01:55
Again, unbelievable where a quarterback, look, I was never the athlete, obviously Anthony
02:00
Richardson was.
02:01
But I always remember, the head coach would tell me, Donnie, if you are tired, get your
02:05
helmet, we'll get you a sub.
02:06
Because I didn't come out.
02:08
We had two wide receiver sets, an X and a Y.
02:10
I was the X and a Z.
02:14
I was the Z, right?
02:15
But when we would go into a three wide receiver formation, Kevin, I'd go into the slot.
02:19
And I would run, we'd have 75 plays a game, Kevin, be 90 degrees, I'd run all 75 plays.
02:24
Not because I was selfish, but I didn't want to come out of the game because I thought
02:27
maybe the next play would be a pass play I wanted to get.
02:29
So for Anthony Richardson, as the quarterback, to be like, I'm tired, get a backup in here,
02:34
that's one thing.
02:35
But also number two, I think they're being patient with him in the organization by not
02:38
diming him out.
02:40
Because when you talk about Josh Allen, it's a great contrast of, boy, this kid's ultra-athletic,
02:45
I think we might have a team that might be able to win a couple games, this kid's really
02:47
not putting it together yet.
02:49
But let's just say Josh Allen got there at 6 a.m. every morning, first one in, last one
02:53
to leave.
02:54
You know what?
02:55
He's going to break through.
02:56
I don't know.
02:57
I'm not there.
02:58
But they would not pull the cord on this kid.
03:00
I understand how Joe Flacco performs and he throws for 300 yards, I get it.
03:04
But your thought is rational.
03:06
There's just something I believe we're not hearing about where he might be just in chalk
03:09
talk in the offensive room, be like, the kid just doesn't see the floor.
03:13
Because there's one thing, Kevin, not completing passes or making the easy ones.
03:16
But what coaches, they can deal with that and say, you know what, understandably, let's
03:20
get you a little bit more confident in there.
03:22
You're seeing things.
03:23
You're just not completing it.
03:24
But if they're getting into the meetings, like, that's a cover three or that's a man
03:27
too high.
03:28
What do you see here?
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And he's gone.
03:30
Oh, I thought it was a zero blitz.
03:31
Like, look, we can't have this.
03:32
Like we're not even running an offense at this point.
03:35
Listen, if they're almost doing a reverse, like, no, we're not giving up on him, but
03:38
he's not ready to win now.
03:40
And we're not because like, my thing is, and again, your tweet was like, cut bait, trade
03:44
him, get rid of him.
03:45
Like, I just think that that's bizarre, right?
03:48
Like this team drafting quarterback next year, Donny, for me, I again, I think would be a
03:53
massive misstep.
03:54
There's one aspect of Richardson though.
03:55
If I, if there was one way to defend him, Don, right, forever, right.
04:00
Your whole football life.
04:01
And you know, almost all of mine, we evaluate quarterbacks efficiency through completion
04:07
percentage, right?
04:08
We all know that, you know, you want to complete what 65% of your passes, right?
04:12
Ballpark it yards per pass attempt though, tells it a little bit of the story.
04:18
Anthony Richardson ranks 32nd in completion percentage, obviously, but he's 17th in yards
04:25
per pass attempt.
04:26
I don't know.
04:27
Does he only throw the ball 50 yards down the field?
04:31
Like that is one of the more interesting aspects, Donny, where he is a average quarterback in
04:38
terms of what he does every time he passes it, except he doesn't complete half of his
04:43
passes, which is unheard of.
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