Anthony Richardson left Sunday’s Indianapolis Colts game against the Pittsburgh Steelers twice during the second quarter due to a hip injury.
Many fans are blaming the Colts’ coaching staff for the recurring injury, as Richardson exited the game at the 5:30 mark but returned just 2 minutes later. But, Indianapolis called a QB run on the first play of Richardson’s return, and he left the game immediately afterwards.
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Can’t drive his right leg forward here (second video) secondary to injury that occurred the play before (first video)
Likely a hip flexor injury that’s making it hard to swing his leg forward pic.twitter.com/YIp3cISzzy
— Tom Christ, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT (@FantasyInjuryT) September 29, 2024
Analysts and fans across the sport have expressed their displeasure with the playcalling:
Shane Steichen is an idiot. The first play where Anthony Richardson comes back into the game from an injury you call a run for him??
Way to protect your QB … good job
— Joel Moran (@joelvmoran) September 29, 2024
I can’t believe the Colts coaches did this.
Anthony Richardson left the game with a hip injury, at the 5:30 mark. He returns, limping, 2 minutes later, and the very first play is a QB run!!
Richardson, again gets hurt, and leaves the game to the locker room. pic.twitter.com/inZwJqAgoe
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) September 29, 2024
Richardson has been plagued by injury throughout his young NFL career, and he has been ruled out for the rest of the game. He was 3-for-4 for 71 passing yards and had 3 carries for 24 yards prior to leaving.
Parker is currently the sports editor for the Enterprise-Journal in McComb, Mississippi. He's a graduate from Mizzou who has experience covering the Tiger football and basketball beats for SB Nation, and he's worked for a variety of sports news outlets in the past.
