The Indianapolis Colts are in a tricky spot proper now.
They’ve a workforce that’s adequate to compete at a excessive degree.
Anthony Richardson’s play has set them again on offense a number of instances, but they’re nonetheless 4-4.
Additionally, with the controversy about him tapping himself out of the sport for a play as a result of he was drained, all of the destructive consideration simply reached an all-time excessive.
That’s why the workforce determined to show to Joe Flacco.
Nonetheless, HC Shane Steichen has now made it clear that this isn’t a short lived resolution; Flacco goes to be the beginning going ahead (by way of Bleacher Report).
Colts HC Shane Steichen says Joe Flacco is the beginning QB “going ahead” this season 👀 pic.twitter.com/XNg3lp4oO0
For sure, this can be a large blow to the group, as they took Richardson as excessive as No. 4 within the 2023 NFL Draft.
He confirmed glimpses of nice play in his rookie season, however a number of accidents pressured him to overlook a lot of the yr.
Now, he’s had the bottom completion proportion amongst starters, failing to finish 45% of his passes.
A few of these misses have been wide-open additionally, and he’s missed his guys by 10 yards or extra at instances.
Richardson remains to be younger, and, not like most groups, the Colts may select to take a affected person, long-term method with him and have him sit for at the very least one other season.
He’s an athletic stud with the bodily instruments to be an improved model of Cam Newton in some unspecified time in the future in his profession.
If the Colts consider they’ll win with out him or — extra importantly — that he wants to sit down to get higher, this needed to be executed.
