Film Study: Why Anthony Richardson was BENCHED | Indianapolis Colts Vs Houston Texans

[@jcore0981]

Steichen was gonna make Richardson the starter for week 9 but Richardson was too tired to attend the meeting

[@dabneyoffermein595]

Wow, some of those throws were just atrocious. The spot-on comment about chasing an outlier in Josh Allen, that's the best way to put it I've heard yet. Every GM knows the metrics on an inaccurate passer coming out of college, it doesn't get any better except for Josh Allen. Agents, GM's, Consultants in the NFL all know, it's very very bleak for an inaccurate passer like Richardson. He has bust written all over him. If the Colts pull it off, it would be a miracle and I'm here for the ride.

[@theone7778]

Also did you see the Allen throws in college? He had some ridiculously amazing throws that you could tell he would be special if he was coached properly, i see how I would as a gm I would draft him and do everything possible to tighten his mechanics. Richardson throws a nice deep ball, that’s about it.

[@difference018]

Richardson was benched because the Colts unexpectedly have a good team in playoff contention. Other young struggling QBs was given a longer leash because their teams were in rebuild mode so they could afford to be more patient

[@Jay-pd9kc]

It’s not that unexpected if your a colts fan. We we were one play from making the playoffs last year and winning the division

[@interceptingfist5682]

Colts are going to end up in a bad spot. Maybe they make the playoffs and will have a first round exit. What next? Joe Flacco is almost 40. He'll retire and then they're black too square 1​@@Jay-pd9kc

[@clint7210]

Let's be honest we botched this up from the beginning. We took a guy who wasn't ready for nfl 4th overall (we still could have gotten him, I'm 2nd or 3rd round). we then, without seeing anything, automatically decided he is the starter no matter what. Started to learn his flaws and just how unexperienced he is and kept on insisting reps. All he needs is reps. Than season 2 decided, "Here's a good idea. Let's get him a backup who's better to sit on the bench. And here we sit with what's going on a devided fan base, a mess of a team. are we good, are we not.

[@carl5917]

fllacco rises again

[@Scottydoesntknow1989]

AR was benched, because Flacco is playing some fantastic ball. He's started 2 games, played in pretty much the whole game against Pittsburgh. Has a 7/1 td/int ratio and has completed 65.7% of his passes in those 3 games against some top 10 defenses. There's no way the locker room wants AR who is around 44% completion when they see Flacco playjng like a top 5 QB.

[@NatesHandlebars]

the top 2 receivers have come to his defense today. and I'm sure if steichen ran the samw offense for AR he did for flacco ARs % would be up. Flacco throws a lot of short routes. ARs best game % wise last year was week 1 against the jags where he threw for 64% and that whole game he was throwing short throws and screens. this sunday he was 6/8 on checkdowns/ passes within 5 yards. that opening drive against the bengals in preseason he was 7/8 and majority of those throws were short/ rpos. steichen is part of his bad play

[@jake-_-738]

Thank you for the analysis & giving some insight to AR's up & down performance in this game. Adonai Mitchell slowed down on his go route & failed to catch the ball from Richardson. I don't see enough people talking about this considering it's not the first time. I'm starting to realize why he wasn't taken higher in the draft.

[@mateoedwin]

I think him telling the media he was tired also played a part, just looks so bad on him

[@billquantrill4960]

When your "good plays" are incompletions, well damn, that's not good enough. Lol. How is this even a conversation? The Colts boned this deal by drafting a guy who can't play football and has never at anytime shown he should be considered a player with NFL abilities. All he can do is run around until he gets broken and then Elite Joe Flacco would come in anyway and try and clean up the mess.

[@whatarefriends4]

You are correct sir!

[@Jay-pd9kc]

I suggest you look at his game against the rams last year and comeback to me

[@billquantrill4960]

@@Jay-pd9kc ....and then he got broken predictably and then forgot how to play so he tapped out, bro. Lol.

[@southsidetone99]

. Flacco needs 2 start goin forward this season and maybe next season. Richardson needs to sit back and learn how to be a pro and work on them mechanics .And I guess getting better shaped now

[@interceptingfist5682]

Next season? He'll be 40

[@southsidetone99]

@interceptingfist5682 They need to figure out what they're going to do with richardson. Joe is obviously better right now.And that's the problem

[@chibifirestorm]

he's simply unable to accurately throw a football

[@AH-dd4wj]

Same with Josh Allen Lamar Jackson Peyton Manning there first season or 10 starts at QB. TY @JacksonKrueger showing a few of the throws he had that would have changed the narrative their were plenty more as well. Is he perfect no hes a project QB who needs reps how did we lose the plot...

[@FlaviusFranco]

​@@AH-dd4wjPeyton Manning was inaccurate? 😂 Just stop

[@AH-dd4wj]

@@FlaviusFranco First 10 games Peyton Manning Completion Pct 55.3 Anthony Richardson 50.2 brother Qb's are not superman day 1

[@AH-dd4wj]

@@FlaviusFranco Also Peyton still has the rookie interception at 28 lmao

[@isaachunsberger2484]

I'm not saying Richardson was good, but he was a lot better than people give him credit for. he has 3-4 touchdowns that were either drops or called back due to a penalty. WRs in general had a ton of drops and could not get separation. The O line Gave up pressure on over half his drop backs. Steichen made terrible situational calls. No one on that side of the ball was helping him. JT was good, but we barely ran him. This is a failure by the coaching staff. you knew AR was young an inexperienced, yet didnt put him in situations to succeed, You made him win that game with his arm. You didn't even run RPOs . You knew this guy was raw and now you're giving up on him after only 10 starts. its a failure by the entire colts organization and it is pathetic. i hate being a fan of this team sometimes.

[@Rxspcttt]

couldnt have said it any better brotha.

[@clint7210]

The failure was restarted him to soon he was not ready. Steichen sold his qb and plan to colts nation. It wasn't working. We can get over interceptions, we can get over low scores, we can get over bad completion percentage, we can get over him getting injuries every 4 games, we can get over not having basic fundamentals. Issue is it's hard to get over ALL of them wheb they are happening all at the same time. In every game. I don't agree with fans about him being a bust. But I do agree we need to step back and try a different approach. He's just not ready to start, and I think Steichen now sees he's even more under developed than we thought.

[@maxbaerson]

Anthony Richardson is garbage. Let’s just be real.

[@johnreesekl6249]

Imagine Superman playing football, but as it turns out, Superman is garbage at football. 😁

[@donovan4222]

There are many examples of QB's who were inaccurate out of college like Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson and Peyton Manning...if you draft a guy knowing he is a project you should take the time to develop them and give them more than 10 starts.

[@FlaviusFranco]

​@@donovan4222You're really stupid.

[@FlaviusFranco]

​@@donovan4222The difference is those guys were good in college, Richardson wasn't.

[@whatarefriends4]

Garbage as a quarterback. I guess he’s a pretty good rap artist😂

[@johnreesekl6249]

lol "..I'd have to be out for the day." Yeah me to! =)

[@cg26368]

Yes Anthony had some bad throws and bad decisions but his receivers weren't hauling in passes and a lot of his flaws can be fixed with game experience. Benching him is a stupid move especially since the Colts don't have a chance at winning the SB

[@blakefrancisboggs7526]

I honestly think the colts should have benched him for a little while, teach him a lesson for tapping out, and then bring him back. But if they are losing the locker room then maybe they have no choice.

[@dave34573]

Steichen and probably Ballard are trying to save their jobs. They make the playoffs they save their jobs.. they know Richardson is a bust. They keep playing him they get fired end of season.

[@Memroh]

bro sounds like he’s spitting on the microphone💦

[@donovan4222]

Seems very dumb to draft a qb you know is going to be a project and bench them after 10 starts

[@whatarefriends4]

He would have more if he wasn’t injury prone in addition to being a terrible quarterback

[@donovan4222]

@ Most rookies are terrible, 10 games isn’t enough time to develop though. The colts have no future with Flacco so it’s a waste of a draft pick to not at least try and develop Richardson.

[@EugeneTheEskimo]

Rap wanna be is more important to Richardson than football

[@BLongo0315]

AR gonna develop to be Daniel Jones

[@bates0957]

This guy didn’t watch this game..not saying it was the best performance but if you watched this game you can tell that he didn’t

[@whatarefriends4]

He’s nowhere close to being a viable NFL quarterback. Steichen sees he’s not the guy

[@kingkracker1998]

AD need to learn how to run while tracking balls in the air. he slows down every time and the balls just of fhis fingures. and the none TD catch by AD was BAD. this aint college bro, need 2 feet down. that ball was on a DOT, couldnt have been any better. wasnt there like 4 possible TDs dropped or called back by refs? thats not supporting ur QB, neither is starting the game with 7 straight drop backs, also only 1 screen pass all day, on the first drive to JT for 15 yards, why they never go back to it? not smart if you want ur young QB to grow, making him play perfect right away is not the answer. running the ball, and rythm passing is. But he needds to learn to read the field faster, and where to go with the ball. his accruacy seemed alot better this game, just to many 40 yard throws and late throws. ask Tom Brady to throw is 40 plus every drop back in his prime aand his completion % going to be shitter too! ofcourse we know TB not a deep ball guy anyways. he wanna dink and dunk and pick you apart

[@GandalfTheStraight]

Richardson just needed to catch his breath. he's really good you guys, totally not a bust or anything 🙄

[@chrismccarthy7623]

3 dropped touchdown passes yeah he's horribles

[@carllennen3520]

Richardson is not ready for the NFL. He doesn't know the basics. His mechanics are terrible. He doesn't know how to lead a receiver. He throws at the receiver, instead of where theyre supposed to be. That throw to Pierce on the sideline, he didn't throw it to the sideline, he threw it at Pierce. He doesn't know how to play the game, let alone the position. Everyone keeps saying he needs "reps". No he doesn't. He needs to be taught how to play the position. Until he learns the fundamentals, reps wont do anything for him. Unless he is taught how to play the position, and forced to practice the basics, he wont develop at all.

[@billyblack3816]

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