Debating Anthony Richardson's Future with the Colts

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00:00I know the premise for you is that Flacco is better than Richardson and that Donnie

00:11I am totally, totally fine with, right?

00:14But I know that there have been times where we've talked about what is best for a football

00:19team's future, correct?

00:22And the Colts have only seen 10 starts for Richardson, he's left three games injured

00:27early.

00:28He's played seven complete NFL games in his career.

00:34A kid they drafted in the top five.

00:38I do not think it is fair to go, boom, Donnie, he'll never figure it out.

00:45If you look, Donnie, at Josh Allen's first season in Buffalo, he was terrible, right?

00:51I'm sure you remember the very beginning of Josh Allen's career in Buffalo.

00:54Ryan D'Abel saved his life.

00:56100%.

00:58And you and I both think the world of Shane Steichten.

01:01Now, I am sure Steichten has a hand in this.

01:04Maybe everybody is just furious that this kid tapped his head and said, I was tired,

01:09though that's a whole nother thing for another time.

01:12I really, Donnie, feel that this is one of the more insanely short-sighted moves a team's

01:16going to make because I don't think you can tell me in seven games, there's no way this

01:22kid figures it out when we're breaking down Sam Darnold and Geno Smith and all these other

01:27guys that have been a part of the circle.

01:29Why do the Indianapolis Colts need to cut bait 10 games into this kid's career?

01:36They say they're not giving up on him, which I don't know if that's going to be the case

01:39or not.

01:40But hear me out on this, too.

01:41And we didn't get a chance to fairly evaluate the guy in game time situations.

01:45When he was in the game, he can't complete passes.

01:47They think they can win the division.

01:49And to save the locker room, they think they can go to him.

01:51That's only half the story, Kevin.

01:53You know what we're probably not hearing about, though?

01:55Again, unbelievable where a quarterback, look, I was never the athlete, obviously Anthony

02:00Richardson was.

02:01But I always remember, the head coach would tell me, Donnie, if you are tired, get your

02:05helmet, we'll get you a sub.

02:06Because I didn't come out.

02:08We had two wide receiver sets, an X and a Y.

02:10I was the X and a Z.

02:14I was the Z, right?

02:15But when we would go into a three wide receiver formation, Kevin, I'd go into the slot.

02:19And I would run, we'd have 75 plays a game, Kevin, be 90 degrees, I'd run all 75 plays.

02:24Not because I was selfish, but I didn't want to come out of the game because I thought

02:27maybe the next play would be a pass play I wanted to get.

02:29So for Anthony Richardson, as the quarterback, to be like, I'm tired, get a backup in here,

02:34that's one thing.

02:35But also number two, I think they're being patient with him in the organization by not

02:38diming him out.

02:40Because when you talk about Josh Allen, it's a great contrast of, boy, this kid's ultra-athletic,

02:45I think we might have a team that might be able to win a couple games, this kid's really

02:47not putting it together yet.

02:49But let's just say Josh Allen got there at 6 a.m. every morning, first one in, last one

02:53to leave.

02:54You know what?

02:55He's going to break through.

02:56I don't know.

02:57I'm not there.

02:58But they would not pull the cord on this kid.

03:00I understand how Joe Flacco performs and he throws for 300 yards, I get it.

03:04But your thought is rational.

03:06There's just something I believe we're not hearing about where he might be just in chalk

03:09talk in the offensive room, be like, the kid just doesn't see the floor.

03:13Because there's one thing, Kevin, not completing passes or making the easy ones.

03:16But what coaches, they can deal with that and say, you know what, understandably, let's

03:20get you a little bit more confident in there.

03:22You're seeing things.

03:23You're just not completing it.

03:24But if they're getting into the meetings, like, that's a cover three or that's a man

03:27too high.

03:28What do you see here?

03:29And he's gone.

03:30Oh, I thought it was a zero blitz.

03:31Like, look, we can't have this.

03:32Like we're not even running an offense at this point.

03:35Listen, if they're almost doing a reverse, like, no, we're not giving up on him, but

03:38he's not ready to win now.

03:40And we're not because like, my thing is, and again, your tweet was like, cut bait, trade

03:44him, get rid of him.

03:45Like, I just think that that's bizarre, right?

03:48Like this team drafting quarterback next year, Donny, for me, I again, I think would be a

03:53massive misstep.

03:54There's one aspect of Richardson though.

03:55If I, if there was one way to defend him, Don, right, forever, right.

04:00Your whole football life.

04:01And you know, almost all of mine, we evaluate quarterbacks efficiency through completion

04:07percentage, right?

04:08We all know that, you know, you want to complete what 65% of your passes, right?

04:12Ballpark it yards per pass attempt though, tells it a little bit of the story.

04:18Anthony Richardson ranks 32nd in completion percentage, obviously, but he's 17th in yards

04:25per pass attempt.

04:26I don't know.

04:27Does he only throw the ball 50 yards down the field?

04:31Like that is one of the more interesting aspects, Donny, where he is a average quarterback in

04:38terms of what he does every time he passes it, except he doesn't complete half of his

04:43passes, which is unheard of.

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