Anthony Richardson promoted back to QB1, Indianapolis Colts announce
Anthony Richardson hasn’t been able to recapture the magic in the NFL that he displayed at Florida while making SEC defenses look foolish.
Not yet, at least. But on Wednesday morning, the former Gators phenom was given another chance to take the Indianapolis Colts starting quarterback position and run with it like he used to run around and through those college defenses. Colts head coach Shane Steichen announced that Richardson will be re-inserted as the team’s starting QB for this Sunday’s game against the New York Jets.
Per Coach Steichen, Anthony Richardson will start at QB in Week 11. pic.twitter.com/iwLCNxQ0M5
— Indianapolis Colts (@Colts) November 13, 2024
Steichen also announced that the Colts will stick with Richardson as their starter for the rest of the season, committing to the player they chose with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2023 draft. Indianapolis changed its mind on its quarterback saga mid-week, as Steichen had said Monday that veteran Joe Flacco would start against the Jets.
Flacco started the Colts’ past 2 games in place of Richardson but they lost both of them, falling to 4-6 after a 4-3 start.
The Colts benched Richardson last month following a game against the Houston Texans when he asked to come out of the game for 1 play because, as he later told reporters, he “was tired.”
Now, Indianapolis is putting its faith yet again in Richardson, who has thrown 7 interceptions against just 4 touchdown passes so far in 2024. Richardson’s QBR this season is a measly 37.6.
First! So Indy will not be rewarded here as they have tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum to choose from. I was hoping that AR would have figured out how to throw a 5 yard pass by now, but apparently he’s too tired for learning.
Doing backflips is exhausting!
His sparkly eyes got to Steichen ;)
LOL. It’s amazing how so few of the owners value sparkly eyes!
I don’t know about the rest of you guys but I don’t give a rats arse about AR anymore and I usually don’t comment on ant NFL stories but here it is
What MAGIC? He was a mistake waiting to happen at Florida.