Julia StumbaughNovember 13, 2024
Anthony Richardson is back in his beginning function for the Indianapolis Colts.
Colts head coach Shane Steichen revealed Wednesday that Richardson will begin in Sunday's Week 11 video game versus the New York Jets, 2 weeks after benching him in favor of veteran Joe Flacco.
Richardson will stay the starter for the remainder of the 2024 season, Steichen stated.
Flacco tossed 2 goal passes and was chosen off 4 times throughout successive losses as the Colts was up to 4-6 with Richardson on the bench.
“You comprehend the magnitude of whatever. You comprehend the magnitude of the position,” Richardson informed press reporters about restoring his beginning function. “You comprehend the magnitude of the work that you've got to put in, simply to make certain that you're best for the group.
“I certainly value it. I'm relatively grateful, and delighted and fired up to start today once again. I'm grateful.”
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Richardson, the No. 4 choice in the 2023 draft, has actually seen his early NFL profession mostly specified by injuries. After suffering a bruised knee in his NFL launching before a shoulder injury cut his novice season to 4 video games, Richardson returned in 2024 just to suffer an oblique injury in Week 4.
After liquidating the Week 4 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers following Richardson's injury, Flacco led the Colts to a 1-1 record in the second-year starter's lack.
That stretch, throughout which Flacco tossed 7 goals to one interception while tape-recording one fumble for loss, provided Steichen the self-confidence to reverse to the veteran after Richardson was not able to drive the Colts' offense in a Week 8 loss to the Houston Texans.
Flacco had a hard time with turnovers in his 2nd stint as starter, most just recently tossing a pick-six on the Colts' very first play of Sunday's loss to the Buffalo Bills.
After the Week 10 loss, which dropped the Colts' playoff chances to 24 percent, per NFL Next Gen Stats, Steichen at first stated that Flacco would stay the starter.
“We've had the 2 video games that he want to have back, however we'll keep fighting through it and see where it goes,” Steichen stated on Sunday.
Steichen shared a various outlook on the concern 3 days later on, when he revealed self-confidence in Richardson to begin for the Colts moving forward.
“It's the attention to information in whatever he does,” Steichen stated about Richardson. “It's got to be a greater requirement. Over the last 2 weeks, he's made strides in those locations.”
Steichen included that he had actually spoken with Colts owner Jim Irsay and basic supervisor Chris Ballard about the modification,
