After a 30-20 loss to the Payments in Week 10, the Colts are 4-6 this season. Anthony Richardson started the 12 months at QB for the Colts and has made six begins. He’s 3-3 in these video games and hasn’t began since a loss in Week 8 to the Texans. In Week 9 and 10, Joe Flacco began for Indianapolis.
It appeared as if the Colts had given up on Richardson for the remainder of the season. After back-to-back losses with Flacco, the crew is handing the offense again to Richardson. Head coach Shane Steichen introduced that the 22-year-old will begin for the Colts in Week 11. They’re on the highway to face the New York Jets.
Colts’ Anthony Richardson would be the starter for the remainder of the 2024 season
One other QB choice for the #Colts: Coach Shane Steichen broadcasts that the crew goes again to Anthony Richardson Sunday and for the remainder of the season. Joe Flacco again to the bench.
An about-face from the place they had been simply two days in the past. pic.twitter.com/Qo8CWNzT9P
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) November 13, 2024
With the 4th choose within the 2023 NFL draft, the Colts chosen Anthony Richardson out of Florida. The 22-year-old had restricted beginning expertise in faculty however was nonetheless a top-five draft choose. At six-foot-four, 245 kilos, Richardson is a bodily specimen. He ran a 4.43 40-yard sprint and had a vertical leap of 40.5 inches. Moreover, Richarson has unimaginable arm expertise and may simply throw the ball 65+ yards. Regardless of not having the expertise in comparison with different QBs in his draft class, the Colts nonetheless took a big gamble on Richardson.
As a rookie in 2023, Richardson suffered a season-ending shoulder damage and performed in solely 4 video games. The younger QB was absolutely wholesome and was Indianapolis’ starter for Week 1 of 2024. He began the primary 4 video games of the season earlier than he was taken out in Week 4 for Joe Flacco. Richardson didn’t begin once more till Week 7 and performed the subsequent two video games for the Colts. Throughout their sport in Week 8, the second-year QB requested to return out of the sport as a result of he was drained. That received Richardson benched for Joe Flacco in Week 9 and 10. Nevertheless, Shane Steichen is popping again to Richardson in Week 11. It’s been a bumpy begin to Richardson’s profession however that is his time to show that he deserves to be the long-term QB for the Colts. They’re on the highway this weekend to face the New York Jets.
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