O'Connell comforted the 2023 NFL Draft's fourth overall pick after their Week 9 game
The Colts seem to believe they're better than they actually are with Joe Flacco. They're not, which makes benching Anthony Richardson all the more puzzling.
While multiple teams have inquired about the availability of Colts QB Anthony Richardson, the team has maintained he is not available to trade.
Richardson has stumbled into a rare zone: He's too talented to give up on, and too flawed for a team with playoff ambitions to start. The Colts probably will turn back to Richardson at some point this year, no matter how stubbornly Shane Steichen seems to suggest otherwise. The market for moving quarterbacks usually peaks in the offseason anyway, and that will probably be the real test for the Colts.
Anthony Richardson‘s on-field work this season created an untenable setup for the Colts, who benched their starting quarterback for 39-year-old Joe Flacco. While the Colts are not giving up on Richardson — even as rebounds from early-career benchings are less common than those leading to downward tumbles — the second-year passer will also need to […]