Anthony Richardson Reclaims Starting QB Role for Colts

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00:00the final 48 hours later, a

00:09change of plans. Snip, snap,

00:11snap, snap. Anthony Richardson

00:13now back as the starting

00:14quarterback for the Colts. Joe

00:16Flacco back right in the pond.

00:18I love this. This is a great

00:19move and it's a sign of a

00:20healthy organization which I

00:21told you 2 weeks ago,

00:22something wasn't working right

00:23with Anthony Richardson as the

00:25quarterback. We know he's

00:26talented. He was a high draft

00:27pick and technically, you're

00:28not really going to go

00:29anywhere. It's just like it

00:30made the move that basically

00:31told us, hey, kid, you are so

00:33talented. You just can't ride

00:34the coattails of talent and get

00:36away with it. This is

00:37professional football. You got

00:38to do the work. You got to be

00:39the first man in and the last

00:40man out. Now, they didn't say

00:41that but every time I appear

00:43pro football today or even on

00:44this show as well, I said

00:46something is amiss with

00:47Anthony Richardson. It's not

00:48necessarily that he's not

00:49playing good football which he

00:50wasn't but the team wants to

00:51show you being the franchise

00:53guy and leading the way by

00:54example and I said he wasn't

00:56doing that and again, they

00:57didn't admit that but now we

00:58have Anthony Richardson saying

00:59quote, I think these two weeks

01:00have definitely opened my eyes

01:01and allowed me to take a deeper

01:03dive and look into myself and

01:04see what I'm made of. So, I'm

01:05thankful for these past two

01:06weeks and I'm low-key thankful

01:07that it happened. I love this

01:09because this means that, hey

01:10kid, you're going down the

01:11wrong direction. Not off the

01:12field, Ben. Just like chalk

01:14talking, being in the meetings

01:15and watching film and having to

01:16translate to the field which

01:17you have to get a

01:18retrospective. You know what?

01:19I want better for myself and

01:21this football team. Let me put

01:22the work in and show the coach

01:24that I'm ready to go. By the

01:25way, Anthony Richardson said all

01:26the right things over the past

01:27two weeks. You could have

01:28moped. You could have sat on

01:29the sideline, not talk to

01:30anybody. I can't believe that

01:31I'm not playing but obviously

01:32he put that work in and showed

01:34the team, the leadership as

01:35well as the players themselves.

01:36Guys, I'm ready to step back in

01:38and play. I apologize for what

01:39I've been doing in the past.

01:40I'm setting a new course right

01:41now. I love to see this and I

01:43think good things are on the

01:44horizon for the Colts and

01:45Anthony Richardson. Five total

01:47touchdowns but to seven

01:49interceptions. Four through the

01:51air. He did score on the ground

01:53in Indy's season opener. A

01:55close loss to the Houston

01:57Texans. He has not found

01:58Paytard since. Again, he's also

02:00only played five full complete

02:02games this year. He only played

02:05in four games to fully a season

02:07ago in his rookie campaign. We

02:10set it, Donnie, for this

02:11Indianapolis team that was

02:12thwarting with an eight and a

02:13half win total entering the

02:15twenty twenty-four season. It

02:16was de facto AR's rookie year

02:19once again because he needed to

02:22develop and one of the things

02:24that any draft evaluator in

02:26scout will tell you and it's

02:27not something that is overly

02:29groundbreaking is that if you

02:31struggle to complete the

02:32football and show efficiency in

02:34college when those windows are

02:36so much more open than in the

02:38National Football League, that

02:39is not something that generally

02:42improves in the NFL and that's

02:44been the case. Anthony

02:45Richardson's only full year as

02:47a starter at Florida. Fifty

02:49three point eight percent

02:50completion percentage this year

02:52the completion percentage is

02:53forty-four point four percent.

02:56It is not good whatsoever in his

03:00NFL career. His completion

03:02percentage is sub fifty. That's

03:05the number one thing that has to

03:07change. Not the arm talent, not

03:09the arm strength, not the

03:10athleticism. Donnie, I think

03:12Shane Steichen has to

03:13incorporate the offense around

03:15him, but when Anthony

03:16Richardson starts on Sunday in

03:18MetLife against the New York

03:19Jets and by the way, I agree

03:20with you, love the Colts plus

03:22three and a half entering that

03:24game on Sunday. I want to see

03:26Shane Steichen and Indy make

03:28sure Anthony Richardson gets in

03:30a flow early, screen pass, short

03:32passes, get him in a rhythm so

03:34that his closing stat line is

03:36eighteen of twenty-six or

03:38fourteen of twenty-two,

03:40something of the sort so it just

03:42looks better because that

03:43promise has to be there and now

03:45has to be there right away. And

03:47he gets Jonathan Taylor now all

03:49of a sudden completely healthy.

03:50You're telling me that running

03:51back against that whack Jets

03:53defense on the ground. Let's

03:54just say you get ninety-five

03:55plus yards on the ground. That

03:57means it opens up the entire

03:58passing game and the play action

03:59pass and also as we said, just

04:01taking a step back and watching

04:02it from the sideline and getting

04:04into your playbook and seeing

04:05things open up instead of saying

04:06you know what? I don't even know

04:07what the coverage is. Cover two,

04:08cover three, man zero. It

04:09doesn't matter. I'm talented.

04:10I have a strong arm. Now

04:12understanding those coverages

04:13and working with the coach and

04:14also getting the team to buy

04:16back in. This is a good look

04:18here because you look at the

04:19schedule coming up. It is the

04:20Jets first. Let's just keep it

04:21there. You're only one game back

04:23here. Seven was seven teams make

04:25the playoffs. Currently, you're

04:26eighth year. You win this

04:27football game. You might be at

04:28the end of Sunday ready to make

04:30the playoffs. Once again, it's

04:32the perfect move at the perfect

04:33time. It also might have been a

04:34little bit harder. Flacco played

04:35well over the past couple games

04:37that he started, but he didn't

04:38the perfect time to step in not

04:40looking over your shoulder and

04:41you know what else I love to Ben

04:43Shane stiking goes. You're the

04:44starter now and for the rest of

04:46the season. You don't have to go

04:47six for six for a hundred yards

04:49in the first quarter and two

04:50touchdown passes. Let the game

04:52come to you at this point. Now,

04:54no pressure on Anthony

04:55Richardson. Yeah, but he did

04:57also say that Joe Flacco was the

04:59starter for the rest of the

05:00season. So maybe we take

05:01stikings words with a grain of

05:04salt, but Donnie what was so

05:05interesting about the decision

05:06to go to Joe Flacco is the

05:08Colts got a taste of success

05:09last year, right in a year where

05:11they were expected to have those

05:12rookie lumps and growing pains

05:14with Anthony Richardson and a

05:16rookie head coach. They won

05:17nine games. They had a chance in

05:19week number 18 to be the Texans

05:21and to beat the Texans in a win

05:23the AFC South out of nowhere

05:25with the veteran quarterback in

05:27Gardner Minshew. So Indy's

05:29roster and fan base that is

05:31rather talented got a taste of

05:33success and the reason they put

05:35in Joe Flacco was because Indy

05:37considered itself a playoff

05:39team. They didn't look like it

05:41Flacco wasn't the guy we saw

05:42lead Cleveland to the postseason

05:44eight year ago. He was barely

05:45slinging the thing which is what

05:47I thought bare minimum Joe

05:48Flacco would provide to Shane

05:50stikings offense. It was all a

05:52very confounding situation. I

05:54hope the best for Anthony

05:55Richardson because the guy is

05:56talented and really can do it

05:58but you got to see the

05:59efficiency and accuracy again

06:01right away against New York.

06:03Yes, you do. And I don't know

06:04if it's look sometimes you have

06:05those cobwebs are nervous

06:06getting back in but I think you

06:07get the best version of Anthony

06:09Richardson against a wounded

06:10team. That is a superstar

06:12defense. That's playing at a

06:13bottom of the barrel level.

06:14Don't let them get up off the

06:15carpet. If he's athletic in this

06:16game and he's on early they

06:18should be able to take that

06:19fight right out of the New York

06:20gym.

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