I know that AR wasn't sacked, but he wasn't protected well either.

He missed a couple of throws and there were a couple of drops.

AR played well against the Lions in my opinion. Around 7 passes were either dropped or taken away by the fucking refs. A few other passes were thrown away to avoid sacks. The oline was a joke, and we had no running game outside of AR. First time I felt this sorry for a QB in a long time. AR gave his all, and those fucking lineman who were criticizing him earlier need to STFU and do their fucking job!

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The fact that Richardson was not sacked with the offensive line playing as badly as they today did tells you a lot about Richardson ...... the guy is a fighter, in every sense of the word.


Also, he had 0 INT's today, in addition to those 0 sacks ...... I'll take a QB that goes 11-for-28 if he has 0 sacks, 0 INT's, several crucial drops, and numerous bad calls by the referees while taking snaps behind a very bad offensive line every day of the week, and twice on Sundays.

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AR did not have a good day, however, he was the only offensive player to show up for this game.

What more would you want from AR. No running game, really piss poor oline play, really damn good passes that were dropped or taken away by the refs, didn't take sacks and threw the ball away instead even with 3 guys hanging on him. He ran his ass off. I guess I must have watched a different game than most people.

I think he means AR did not have a good day because the others did not show up. Tucker was almost as bad as Pryor was at OT and Satele was on the line a few years back. Those issues, plus TE screw ups, made his game turn out much worse than it should have.

I would argue that Pitman and Downs showed up too.

Pierce as well

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(1 WEEK LATER) ) [vs. PATRIOTS, 12/01]



Once again, Richardson's 12-for-24 belie how good his overall play was ....... he had numerous drops by his receivers, and he also avoided being sacked for the 2nd consecutive game.

He did have 2 INT's, but I think that an apt description of his overall play would be nothing short of ultimate leadership with clutch plays at crucial times.

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Why is this article in the Anthony Richardson thread ??? Because if Anything Richardson gets a solid offensive line playing in front of him, look out. ) :cool:



There’s a ‘Good Possibility’ That Colts Veteran Pro Bowl Center Ryan Kelly Will Return for Week 15

(By Luke Schultheis)

https://www.stampedeblue.com/2024/12...turns-week-15#

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Bortolini has been good, and Pinter played well against the Cheats. Center is not the position of concern on the OL. Getting Braden back and having Glow going forward should solidify the OL.

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As is the case in baseball where you can never have too much pitching, you can't presume that a position is necessarily fine if a substitute has a good game. I'm glad that Pinter played well against the Patriots, but I would much rather have (and take my chances) with a healthy, 4-time Pro Bowler like Ryan Kelly for the long haul.

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Bortolini has been better than Kelly, though. He just had a concussion last week. If Kelly is healthy, I don't doubt they'll start him, but it seems like Bortolini is the better option going forward.

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Maybe.

But I'd still rather have a solid, proven, All-Pro like Kelly healthy in a sport in which 2 players can get knocked out of a game in the span of 3 or 4 plays ...... if Bortolini is (at most) minimally better than Kelly, than having Kelly healthy and playing is better in the long run than having Bortolini playing and keeping our fingers crossed that he doesn't get injured.

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Captain Fantastic has some high praise for the Colts' quarterback ......



Colts' Zaire Franklin Has Bold Statement on Anthony Richardson

(By Jared Koch)

https://www.si.com/nfl/colts/news/an...zaire-franklin

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(8 DAYS LATER)



Ryan Kelly, Jaylon Carlies Designated to Return to Practice

(By J.J. Stankevitz)

https://www.colts.com/news/practice-...-injury-update

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DNVR sportswriter l Zac Stevens l compared, the No. 4 overall pick in the 2023 draft, Richardson, to Tim Tebow, saying if he has a good day against the Broncos, it could be a problem.


“Anthony Richardson is a guy that is still very much developing here,” Stevens said on the “DNVR Broncos Podcast” on December 11. “He’s got the size, the arm, he can run. … But this is a guy that, if he shreds this Broncos’ defense this week, then we’ve got a problem."

“I’m saying all this because he’s not going to ...... he is not going to shred this Broncos, defense. This is a guy that turns the ball over more than he scores. This is a guy that was benched for Joe Flacco. And then, Joe Flacco was so bad that they went back to Anthony Richardson and like I said, he doesn’t complete 50% of his passes. This year, he’s at 47.4% completion. The Broncos are going to lock Anthony Richardson down through the air."



https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/denver-...onitto-cooper-

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I hope that gets posted on the bulletin board, and AR proves him wrong.

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Even Anthony Richardson skeptics would not compare him to a slow, lumbering, below-average passer like Tim Tebow. The writer is ignoring the fact that Richardson has not only had many passes dropped by his receivers, but also the fact that he has improved significantly since being benched back in early November.

When Tebow played for the Broncos, his team was 8-5 heading into the final 3 weeks of the 2011 season. They only needed 1 win to secure a playoff berth ...... not only did they lose all 3 games to finish the season at 8-8, but Tebow's offense put up a grand total of 3 points in the season finale against a below-average Kansas City Chiefs team. Fortunately for Tebow and the Broncos, they wound up backing into the playoffs anyway with an 8-8 record because their division was so mediocre.

2 years later in 2013, Tebow couldn't even cut it as Tom Brady's back-up for the Patriots, and they released him before the start of the season.



Will Richardson wind up having a disappointing career when all is said and done ??? That's possible, because it is still too early to tell how things will pan out for him in the long run ...... but comparing him to Tebow and acting as though he is as inept and talent-lacking as he was is rather absurd. This sportswriter sounds like an amateurish hack, at best.

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Stop throwing to blocking TE's!!!

Meanwhile, Will Levis has thrown 3 picks and lost a fumble.

He got benched for Mason Rudolph.

Regardless of how AR turns out, we dodged a bullet not drafting that turd.

I wish we wouldn't have drafted any of them. Concentrated on building our defense before getting a QB. AR has a 28% completion rating right now. That is disgusting and exactly what he showed us at Florida. Inability to be remotely accurate.

I’m not giving up on AR yet. I think he can still be something special.

But he needs to put in the work. The whispers about the reason he was benched are very concerning. He’s got to work on his game EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I will say, if Steichen and/or Ballard are fired after the season, all bets are off.

It will depend entirely on who they hire at that point.

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In 1983, Mike Pagel rushed for 441 yards, the most ever by a Colts QB ...... until today.




Anthony Richardson Makes Colts History Amid Tumultuous Season

(By Kevin Hickey)

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/...bbca5587b862f0

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Just like every bad QB in the NFL.

It was a knee jerk draft pick.

Unfortunately many of the NFL teams suffer from lack of talent in scouting and coaching.

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(DECEMBER 24th)


Richardson set a new single-game career-high in rushing yards (70.)


Richardson passed Mike Pagel (441, in 1983) for the most single-season rushing yards by a Colts quarterback in franchise history (499.)


Richardson passed Andrew Luck (5, in 2012) for the most single-season rushing touchdowns by a Colts quarterback in franchise history (6.)




SOURCE: l Jake Arthur, Sports Illustrated

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Nobody doubts his ability to run. I doubt his ability to hit a 5 yard slant or an open pass in the flat. I doubt it cause he has shown he can't hit them consistently. It is the same exact problem that has plagued him his entire career, high school through pros. There has not been an inch of improvement. Why does everyone think it is going to change? Because you hope it will? I said he would be a bust when we drafted him, and not one single thing has happened to deter me from that assessment.

All the apologist can hope all ya want. I will be realistic and comment on what I see with my own eyes. Giving him another year just assures us we have a shot of Arch Manning. So I guess there is a silver lining in the disaster that awaits us.

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Richardson may not evolve into a top-10 NFL quarterback as we are hoping that he will, but his entire career to-date has consisted of 20 college football games and 12 complete NFL football games.

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everyone knew he would need time if he was going to be good in the NFL. everyone said it was going to be a big learning curve and he needed to get out there a play and get reps.

everyone also knew most colts fans would give him about 6 games before they start calling him a bust. and injuries are unacceptable to dumb colts fans. while they sit on their asses every week or sell their tickets to opposing fans.

AR needs time. will it work? who knows. probably not. but we have to give him time to find out

If AR is willing to put in the work in the off-season, then I believe that we can see improvement. He should pick Josh Allen's brain, hire his passing coach, and become his little brother. Devote all of his time and energy to be the best.

If he doesn't do that he will just become another dude that didn't love football enough to put in the work.

You guys are wishing so hard that you have lost any ability to be realistic. This team is a train wreck and its not getting better until it is gutted and rebuilt. Its time for a fire sale. We have idled in mediocrity since Ballard got here. The rebuild needs to start there.

Time to dust off the ol' halfback option flea ladder of liberty play!

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(JANUARY 2nd)



Colts Predicted to Sign 3-Time Pro Bowl Quarterback to $15 Million Deal

(By Kevin Hickey)

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/...62479b2cd54b75

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If it were the Carr before we ended his excellent season a few years ago, I would be all in. But not interested in the current version.

If we are going to do that, we should have just signed Baker Mayfield.

I have my doubts about whether he'll ever be an even acceptable QB let alone the answer to our long suffering need for a QB. However, it would cost more to just cut him than to keep him for another year. Read him the riot act, tell him to get his shit together because he's on his last ride. If he gets it, maybe, just maybe he can be productive. If not, release him after June 2026. In the meantime, dump a bunch of these players and get draft choices. Completely dump management and try and get a fuckin' competitive team before I die of old age.

No doubt there's a lot of wishful thinking, but there's some objectivity to that. Most NFL players make the most improvement between their 1st and 2nd seasons where they've had plenty of on field reps their rookie year and a healthy offseason to make improvements. The shoulder injury robbed AR of both for his rookie year. Now AR has had plenty of reps and (at least at face value) will have a healthy offseason, so he very well could make that year 2 leap and be much improved in '25. Not saying that it's going to happen, especially if the Colts are blowing smoke about his back and it's going to keep him sidelined for god knows how long, but crazier things have happened.

With that being said I would like to see us draft a QB prospect if one falls to us in rounds 2+ in the draft or maybe take a look at trading for JJ McCarthy in case AR doesn't make said leap.

Yeah, Carr's washed up. We'd be better off just sticking w/ AR and Flacco.