Colts' Anthony Richardson Dealing with Lingering Shoulder Injury

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00:00As of this time last week, Anthony Richardson was greater than a minus 250 favorite to be that week

00:06one starter with a ton to prove entering his third NFL campaign, but with some questions in an

00:13uncertain timetable around a shoulder injury that of course caused him to play only four games in

00:19his rookie season two years ago. That has completely shifted. Daniel Jones signed earlier

00:26this offseason is now that minus money odds on favorite to be the Colts starting quarterback

00:31week number one at minus 166. Yeah, I think it looks like they're giving up on Anthony Richardson

00:37at this point. I do because you're now you're seeing like sometimes there's explanations of

00:41injuries and then there's the way the organization is explaining like and no timetable. It's almost

00:45like just when he comes back, he comes back. We're not even focused on this guy at this point right

00:49now and maybe rightfully so where you do have to understand what's at stake. If you're a coach

00:54and Shane Steichen, which I think is a pretty good coach, I can't just get my signal caller like I'm

00:58left with Daniel Jones. I'm left with a rookie and Riley Leonard or if I'm going to go with Anthony

01:01Richardson, he can't stay healthy for more than a game and a half and when he is healthy, he runs

01:05around too much and causes so much exhaustion as to come off the field. So he's getting a raw deal,

01:10but it's a shame to like it's a good offensive line. It's Jonathan Taylor in the backfield.

01:14You get one of the most sensational tight ends over the past decade, decade and a half in college

01:18football is now your tight end now. You still have Michael Pittman Jr. wide receiver and a couple other

01:22pieces that fit really well. And now you sit back and say, I just need a quarterback that can throw

01:27the football. And your answer is going to be Daniel Jones who can't throw the football. It just doesn't

01:31make sense in Indy right now where the optimism has to be at an all-time low. But having said that,

01:36I do agree with some of those odds that FanDuel Canada is putting out right now by saying,

01:40you know what? It's not going to be Anthony Richardson. And if you were to ask me three weeks ago

01:44before we were talking about shoulder injury, I would have said Anthony Richardson at minus 1,000

01:48will be your starter because he has to be, you have to see what he has. And if he just can't

01:53be the quarterback over the first three weeks of the season, then at least, you know, but it looks

01:57like now, Ben, they're not even going to try it because you can't even get him on the field in the

02:02off season to take those reps. Come on now. It's a disaster. It's really good context. DRS in the

02:09entirety of the AR conversation. This is not a guy that in his first two years has even been out there

02:15all that much. 15 total games in his first two NFL campaigns. Only four before he had shoulder

02:23surgery that ended his rookie campaign in 2023. Only 11 last year in 2024. Some of that was injuries,

02:31taking big hits. Other was some of his performance that was incredibly subpar, leading to Joe Flacco

02:38starting some games last year in Indianapolis. DRS first two years under Shane Steichen.

02:44Nine and eight in 2023. Eight and nine last year. Flirting with 500, but really not much to show

02:52for it. I'm sure Shane Steichen, the offensive whiz he proved to be in Philadelphia, was excited at

02:58bare minimum at the prospect of crafting Anthony Richardson, a developmental piece coming from his

03:05time with only one full year as a starter collegiately at Florida. And there were issues with Richardson

03:11during his college days, DRS in terms of efficiency, accuracy, and completion percentage. And that is

03:18always the scare. And that has been realized here in the NFL. Again, Anthony Richardson is not some proven

03:24commodity that is dealing with health issues. So whenever he returns, even if that timetable is

03:30uncertain, he's the guy 100% face of the franchise. He had so much to prove this year after a completion

03:38percentage of 57. Or excuse me, 47.7% in 2024. Worst among qualified quarterbacks in the NFL. He played

03:50in 11 games. Donnie, he was the only NFL quarterback a season ago to play double digit games and have a

03:57completion percentage worse than 60%. And his was worse than 48% at 47.7. The fourth overall pick in

04:062023. It seems as though his time in Indianapolis and maybe his NFL career to begin has hit a very,

04:15very big road bump. Yeah, he was overdrafted. He's an unbelievable talent. He's never going to be

04:20anybody's franchise quarterback, but that doesn't mean he can't play a good NFL player. You put him

04:25in one of those positions in short yarded situations as a quarterback and a number two on your roster,

04:30he can help your football team. He can't lead your football team, but he can help here. So the Colts

04:35probably just throw him away and rightfully so the expectations are bad, but the next team that

04:39gets him, you can use him in certain third down and short areas inside the red zone, inside the

04:43five yard line. This kid is a weapon. He just can't be your every down quarterback.

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