Wild card in Anthony Richardson decision

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

I stand corrected. They can evaluate a QB as long as they have 20 odd years of NFL film on him.

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That's not what I was correcting. I was primarily correcting your assertion that the Colts have been failing to evaluate quarterbacks for 10 years, or even 9 years. 2025 was the 6th season in which they have been trying to find a suitable quarterback since the abrupt and unexpected retirement of Andrew Luck. I said that the Colts have had multiple failures in evaluating them in those 6 seasons.

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[ChoppedWood]

Chris Ballard sucks.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Chris Ballard sucks.

Very insightful. Thank you for enlightening us.

[Kray007]

Let’s play what if with Anthony Richardson. I’ll admit that there are a lot of what if’s, but when you start talking about him, there are a few givens. He’s got incredible size and athleticism. He’s truly capable of doing things that few Quarterbacks are capable of. He’s 24 years old, young by NFL standards. He hasn’t exactly carved out a reputation for diligence and dedication to his craft. He’s injury prone, and he’s had problems with accuracy and anticipation.

Let’s start out with the simplest what if. What if he’s healthy. What if the vision problems clear up? If they don’t, he has no market value, no one is going to sign him, much less part with draft capital for him.

Second, let’s assume that all the hours he spent working with coaches in the past two off-seasons pays off and he is able to hit the broad side of a barn at 20 yards.

What if he’s healthy has a good training camp and looks competent in preseason action?

What if Daniel Jones misses 3 or so games, Richardson goes in and they win 2 or 3. What if he completes 60% of his passes, puts up some td’s, eliminates errors, and demonstrates that he has the potential to develop into a quality NFL Quarterback?

In a free agent market usually devoid of quality at the position, what is he worth?

In 2026, losing a player who signed for $6 Million per season got you a 6th round pick.
A player getting $10.5 Million got a 5th.
For $16 Million, you got a 4th.
And losing a guy who received $25 Million was good for a 3rd.

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by Kray007

Let’s play what if with Anthony Richardson. I’ll admit that there are a lot of what if’s, but when you start talking about him, there are a few givens. He’s got incredible size and athleticism. He’s truly capable of doing things that few Quarterbacks are capable of. He’s 24 years old, young by NFL standards. He hasn’t exactly carved out a reputation for diligence and dedication to his craft. He’s injury prone, and he’s had problems with accuracy and anticipation.

Let’s start out with the simplest what if. What if he’s healthy. What if the vision problems clear up? If they don’t, he has no market value, no one is going to sign him, much less part with draft capital for him.

Second, let’s assume that all the hours he spent working with coaches in the past two off-seasons pays off and he is able to hit the broad side of a barn at 20 yards.

What if he’s healthy has a good training camp and looks competent in preseason action?

What if Daniel Jones misses 3 or so games, Richardson goes in and they win 2 or 3. What if he completes 60% of his passes, puts up some td’s, eliminates errors, and demonstrates that he has the potential to develop into a quality NFL Quarterback?

In a free agent market usually devoid of quality at the position, what is he worth?

In 2026, losing a player who signed for $6 Million per season got you a 6th round pick.
A player getting $10.5 Million got a 5th.
For $16 Million, you got a 4th.
And losing a guy who received $25 Million was good for a 3rd.

Given all the noise, and what appears to be a real disdain for him by SS, you have to think they would take a ham sandwich to have him off the roster. Leonard looked plenty fine in the backup spot and let's be real, if Jones is not able to go to start, it's going to be Leonard's spot duty, not Richardson's. Even if he were on the roster, he is the emergency QB only- he is NOT getting backup reps under Steichen.

So, that would say teams have assessed him, and probably more likely his overall situation, and decided it was not worth any capital at all to make a move to get him. Instead, there are probably a handful of teams that would be glad to take him, after he is cut. I do not expect him to be a Colt for much longer and I don't think we get anything in return.

Just another botched fucking shit show initiated by an inept blow hard ass clown that has as much merit to be the GM of an NFL team as the zit on my ass has flying a fighter jet. He just simply sucks at his job.

[apballin]

Originally Posted by Kray007

Let’s play what if with Anthony Richardson. I’ll admit that there are a lot of what if’s, but when you start talking about him, there are a few givens. He’s got incredible size and athleticism. He’s truly capable of doing things that few Quarterbacks are capable of. He’s 24 years old, young by NFL standards. He hasn’t exactly carved out a reputation for diligence and dedication to his craft. He’s injury prone, and he’s had problems with accuracy and anticipation.

Let’s start out with the simplest what if. What if he’s healthy. What if the vision problems clear up? If they don’t, he has no market value, no one is going to sign him, much less part with draft capital for him.

Second, let’s assume that all the hours he spent working with coaches in the past two off-seasons pays off and he is able to hit the broad side of a barn at 20 yards.

What if he’s healthy has a good training camp and looks competent in preseason action?

What if Daniel Jones misses 3 or so games, Richardson goes in and they win 2 or 3. What if he completes 60% of his passes, puts up some td’s, eliminates errors, and demonstrates that he has the potential to develop into a quality NFL Quarterback?

In a free agent market usually devoid of quality at the position, what is he worth?

In 2026, losing a player who signed for $6 Million per season got you a 6th round pick.
A player getting $10.5 Million got a 5th.
For $16 Million, you got a 4th.
And losing a guy who received $25 Million was good for a 3rd.

As stated above Riley Leonard is the backup because he earned the job and also has been working in Indianapolis all off season with coaches and Daniel Jones meanwhile Richardson is in Florida working with his own people.

The damage is irreconcilable. Fuck the money it’s time to move on

[Kray007]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Given all the noise, and what appears to be a real disdain for him by SS, you have to think they would take a ham sandwich to have him off the roster. Leonard looked plenty fine in the backup spot and let's be real, if Jones is not able to go to start, it's going to be Leonard's spot duty, not Richardson's. Even if he were on the roster, he is the emergency QB only- he is NOT getting backup reps under Steichen.

So, that would say teams have assessed him, and probably more likely his overall situation, and decided it was not worth any capital at all to make a move to get him. Instead, there are probably a handful of teams that would be glad to take him, after he is cut. I do not expect him to be a Colt for much longer and I don't think we get anything in return.

Just another botched fucking shit show initiated by an inept blow hard ass clown that has as much merit to be the GM of an NFL team as the zit on my ass has flying a fighter jet. He just simply sucks at his job.

First of all, if they were dead set on being rid of him, if they were willing to simply cut bait and let him walk, they never would have forked over a $4.24 million roster bonus on the third day of the league year in order to keep him around. You can buy a lot of ham and cheese sandwiches for that kind of money.

As far as Leonard is concerned, I’d have real doubts about putting a lot of eggs into that basket. The fact that he played well against a Houston team with no stake in winning doesn’t make me want to hop on that particular bandwagon.

As far as Richardson’s market value being low, I agree. I also agree that he’s third on the depth chart. But crap happens. Even if Richardson doesn’t take a single snap, this year, teams will have an interest, next March.

As far as Ballard’s concerned, you can’t fire a GM because he missed on a 1st round QB. For every hit at the position, 2 miss. He’s put together a solid roster, had what most analysts agree is a good draft, and he has 4 pro bowlers returning from injury.

If Jones can stay on the field, this is an 11 or 12 win team.

[Mr. Session]

Is Leonard the #2 if Richardson doesn't almost go blind last year? I don't remember it like that. I remember there being a "close" position battle last year. The organization told us that Richardson had improved tremendously, Shane Steichen had told us that Richardson had improved tremendously, and that Jones was just a bit better in his professionalism so they believed he gave us the better chance to win.

I do not remember Leonard being a part of that conversation.

Even if Leonard is the #2, fine. I'd get all the value I possibly could out of Richardson. He'd be my Taysom Hill. I'd run his God damn wheels off.

I don't give a shit about what any player on this team wants. They haven't won a damn thing. That extends to Kenny Moore too. I respect him but IDGAF, we've paid a bunch of guys and they've won nothing.

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by Mr. Session

Is Leonard the #2 if Richardson doesn't almost go blind last year?

My hunch he is not. I think they initiated a plan to move him so they wanted to try to prop up the value as much as possible (the eye issue kinda fucked that all up...). So it was a lot of words without a lot of authenticity. I think Steichen despises what AR represents as a QB and the tap out was his final straw.

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

My hunch he is not. I think they initiated a plan to move him so they wanted to try to prop up the value as much as possible (the eye issue kinda fucked that all up...). So it was a lot of words without a lot of authenticity. I think Steichen despises what AR represents as a QB and the tap out was his final straw.

Yeah, I agree the tap out was the end of the line for Steichen. Everything changed after that and he was just itching to replace AR. Looking back, it should have been obvious going into the season last year who Steichen would choose to start.

I’m kind of torn on what to do with AR though. He’s obviously not going to fetch anything in a trade or it would have happened during the draft. There’s always a chance a team gets desperate in preseason because of injuries but that seems unlikely.

If they can’t get anything of value for him in a trade and he’s not just an absolute cancer in the locker room, they may as well keep him.