<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-rumors-anthony-richardson-talked-trade-gm-but-no-demand');   ga('set', 'title', 'Colts rumors: Anthony Richardson talked trade with GM, but made no demand');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Anthony-Richardson-1.jpg"><figcaption>Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Colts rumors: Anthony Richardson talked trade with GM, but made no demand</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-04T06:58:32-07:00">September 4th, 6:58am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-04T07:38:45-07:00">September 4th, 7:38am</time><address><a>Ben Strauss</a>Ben Strauss is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indianapolis Colts</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Indianapolis <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-news-chris-ballard-pressure-2025">Colts will be under a lot of pressure</a> to win during the 2025 NFL season. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-rumors-shane-steichen-chris-ballard-develop-anthony-richardson-2025">Indy’s front office seems to be in win-now mode</a>, which could explain why they’re <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-news-anthony-richardson-breaks-silence-on-daniel-jones-qb1-decision">starting Daniel Jones over Anthony Richardson</a>. That decision could spell the end of the Richardson era in Indianapolis, one way or another.</p><p>ESPN insiders Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano released a massive article on Thursday ahead of Week 1.</p><p><a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46146415/nfl-week-1-buzz-news-updates-fantasy-intel-questions-predictions" rel="noopener">Both insiders emptied their notebooks</a> and dropped some fascinating nuggets before the new season. One of them had to do with Colts QB Anthony Richardson.</p><p>Richardson’s agent reportedly met with Colts GM Chris Ballard to clear the air after Jones was named the team’s starter.</p><p>“Richardson’s agent, Deiric Jackson — who publicly questioned trust in the Colts to our Stephen Holder after Richardson lost the QB battle to Jones — met in person last week with Colts general manager Chris Ballard to clear the air,” Fowler wrote on Thursday.</p><p>Jackson reportedly broached the subject of trading Richardson, though he did not specifically request a trade for his client.</p><p>“Though a trade was not requested, the topic was broached in this meeting,” Fowler added. “Ballard reinforced that Indy has no plans to trade Richardson and still believes in the quarterback.”</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-news-peyton-mannings-young-qb-take-sums-anthony-richardson-failure">Colts have already failed Richardson</a> even if they have no plans to trade him.</p><h2><b>Could the Colts eventually decide to trade Anthony Richardson?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Anthony-Richardson-and-Shane-Steichen.jpg"><figcaption>Christine Tannous/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Indianapolis does not sound eager to trade Anthony Richardson. But could that change during the regular season?</p><p>Something major would need to happen to change the status quo in Indy. Something like Jones floundering and Richardson becoming a starter again, or Richardson outright demanding a trade.</p><p>Part of the problem with trading Richardson is placing a value on the young quarterback.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/anthony-richardson-meet-colts-no-4-pick-2023-nfl-draft">Indy used a fourth overall pick on Richardson</a>, so they are unlikely to give up on him quickly. Ideally, the Colts might want a premium pick in return for Richardson. But that is a ridiculous request considering how he’s played since entering the NFL.</p><p>If the Colts do not give Richardson more opportunities to prove his worth on the field, another team is unlikely to make a strong offer for him.</p><p>For the time being, Richardson may be trapped on the Colts.</p><p>The Colts kick off the regular season with a home game against the Dolphins.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Colts rumors: Anthony Richardson talked trade with GM, but made no demand

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-news-peyton-mannings-young-qb-take-sums-anthony-richardson-failure');   ga('set', 'title', 'Peyton Manning’s young QB take sums up Colts’ Anthony Richardson failure');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Indianapolis-Colts-QB-Anthony-Richardson.jpg"><figcaption>Robert Goddin-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Peyton Manning’s young QB take sums up Colts’ Anthony Richardson failure</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-02T07:28:51-07:00">September 2nd, 7:28am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-02T07:28:51-07:00">September 2nd, 7:28am</time><address><a href="https://matthew516sports.substack.com/">Douglas Fritz</a>Douglas Fritz has been writing about sports for almost four decades and publishes a Christian sports newsletter and podcast on Substack at Matthew516Sports. He started as a reporter for the student newspaper at East Tennessee State University, worked his way up to Editor-In-Chief, and began his sports writing career at the Johnson City Press daily newspaper while still in college. During 30-plus years at the Press, he covered University of Tennessee football, men's and women's basketball, ETSU athletics, and high school athletics. Among the people he has interviewed are Dale Murphy, Bobby Cox, John Smoltz, and Bruce Smith. He is also a Christian-based screenwriter (five feature-length and one short), book writer (three completed manuscripts and one novel), and songwriter.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indianapolis Colts</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-news-daniel-jones-gets-confident-endorsement-shane-steichen-week-1">Indianapolis Colts made their decision at quarterback</a>. And it looks like <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-news-anthony-richardson-trade-shut-down-chris-ballard">Anthony Richardson won’t get a chance</a> to go elsewhere. Furthermore, Peyton Manning’s young-quarterback take sums up the failure of Richardson.</p><p>It seems like NFL teams don’t take <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6584516/2025/09/02/nfl-first-round-quarterback-busts/" rel="noopener">the right approach</a>, Manning said, according to The Athletic.</p><p>“I think teams get too afraid of passing on a guy they think could be special,” said Manning, who spent his first 14 seasons in Indianapolis. “Even if he’s not a fit for them or he’s not ready or if there’s not a great chance it’s going to work out, they’re still gonna draft him high so they can tell their fans, ‘Hey, at least we tried.’”</p><h2><b>Did Colts make a mistake on QB Anthony Richardson?</b></h2><p>Maybe something happens and Richardson gets back in the starter’s chair. But it seems like two benchings and so many missed games because of injury have written a strong end to Richardson being the guy for the Colts.</p><p>Manning isn’t the only person saying NFL teams are short-sighted. Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell said organizations rush to judgment on their young quarterbacks — after putting them in a near-impossible situation.</p><p>“In what world do you go from wearing a life vest and learning how to swim to being thrown in the deep end in the middle of a 200-meter freestyle against Michael Phelps?” O’Connell said. “We decide in this league very quickly whether a guy can or can’t play quarterback like it’s a simple yes or no: This is the guy or this isn’t the guy; let’s either have a parade in the streets or let’s move on and try and find another one.”</p><p>The push to win is strong in the NFL. And sometimes that pressure gets so high that a young quarterback doesn’t get a chance to succeed.</p><p>“I hate it,” Manning says. “Teams draft these guys without a plan. They all say they have one, then the kid ends up playing for three coordinators his first two seasons. It’s like a young couple thinking about bringing a baby into the world. If you’re not sure you’re ready, just don’t do it.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Peyton Manning’s young QB take sums up Colts’ Anthony Richardson failure

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-news-anthony-richardson-trade-shut-down-chris-ballard');   ga('set', 'title', 'Anthony Richardson trade shut down by Colts GM Chris Ballard');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Richardson-warms-up.jpg"><figcaption>Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Anthony Richardson trade shut down by Colts GM Chris Ballard</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-08-27T10:52:06-07:00">August 27th, 10:52am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-08-27T10:52:06-07:00">August 27th, 10:52am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University alum from Atlanta who graduated with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indianapolis Colts</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Recently, the Indianapolis Colts <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-news-amon-ra-st-brown-shocked-daniel-jones-winning-indianapolis-qb">named Daniel Jones</a> as their starting quarterback for the upcoming 2025 NFL season, making <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/predicting-anthony-richardson-replace-daniel-jones-colts-qb">Anthony Richardson the backup</a>. Many fans were upset by this, considering that Richardson would appear to have a much higher upside considering his youth and physical gifts, even if the team’s play might drop off in the short term as he endures growing pains.</p><p>In the aftermath of the decision, some fans speculated whether the Colts might be willing to trade Richardson to another team willing to take a chance on a young and unproven quarterback.</p><p>However, there is reportedly <a href="https://x.com/RomeovilleKid/status/1960747434549584254" rel="noopener">no validity to that speculation.</a></p><p>“#Colts GM Chris Ballard says they’re not trading QB Anthony Richardson,” reported James Boyd of The Athletic on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>Boyd added that “Chris Ballard says he’s had a lot of talks with Anthony Richardson’s agent but not AR himself. He’s spoken to him but he’s allowing the coaches to talk more directly with AR.”</p><p>It’s unclear at this point what the Colts’ plan is with Anthony Richardson, as it’s hard to envision him getting better waiting on the sidelines, and they certainly thought highly enough of him back in 2023 when they drafted him in the first round.</p><h2><b>A strange situation for the Colts</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Colts-quarterback-Daniel-Jones.jpg"><figcaption>Robert Goddin-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The last time NFL fans saw Daniel Jones on the field was when his era with the New York Giants reached its inevitable conclusion, culminating in disastrous play during the 2024 season that ultimately led the team to release him.</p><p>This in some ways has swung the pendulum perhaps a bit too far in the anti-Jones direction, as he is still a serviceable quarterback who, when given time, can make some things happen in the pocket, and did lead an underdog Giants team to the NFL’s divisional round back in 2022.</p><p>However, in terms of upside, the clear answer for the Colts would seem to be Richardson, who many think possesses the physical gifts to fall in line with the Josh Allen-Cam Newton prototype of quarterbacks.</p><p>Richardson has flashed some of this potential during his starts with the Colts so far, but he has also been arguably the most erratic quarterback in the league, constantly making disastrous decisions and overthrowing his receivers by a mile.</p><p>As the old saying goes, if you have two quarterbacks on your roster, you really have none.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Anthony Richardson trade shut down by Colts GM Chris Ballard

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-news-shane-steichen-gives-anthony-richardson-one-play-away-message');   ga('set', 'title', 'Colts HC Shane Steichen gives Anthony Richardson ‘one play away’ message');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Anthony-Richardson-and-Shane-Steichen.jpg"><figcaption>Christine Tannous/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Colts HC Shane Steichen gives Anthony Richardson ‘one play away’ message</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-08-25T14:13:30-07:00">August 25th, 2:13pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-08-25T14:13:30-07:00">August 25th, 2:13pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a Senior Editor who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, The Needle Drop, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indianapolis Colts</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>When the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-news-daniel-jones-qb1-anthony-richardson">Indianapolis Colts officially named Daniel Jones</a> their new head coach over Anthony Richardson, it turned heads around the NFL.</p><p>Sure, Richardson has been inconsistent to say the least, struggling with his placement while being on-and-off the field due to injury, but he was just drafted fourth overall out of Florida in 2023, and won’t turn 24 until next May. Will spending time on the bench limit Richardson’s development moving forward?</p><p>While it’s hard to say, in the opinion of Colts head coach Shane Steichen, Richardson doesn’t have to disengage from preparing like a starter, as he’s just one play away from returning to the field.</p><p>“Yeah, I mean, I’ve had conversations with him. Obviously, he’s our backup quarterback right now and still attacking it the right way, coming in, being a pro, getting in here early, taking care of his body, rehab, treatment, and then in the QB room, preparing like you’re the starter. I think we got a great QB room with really bright minds in there, and everyone kind of ping-pongs off each other,” Steichen explained.</p><p>“And then on the practice field, making sure he’s working on his fundamentals and details, you know, running the scout team, making sure that’s on point and getting better there. And then, obviously, when meetings are over, you know, making sure we’re watching cut-ups, third down, red zone, all those things throughout the week, knowing that, you know, he’s one play away from playing.”</p><p>On one hand, the Colts’ highest ceiling is for Richardson to figure it all out and become the player many celebrated coming out of college, an elite athletic weapon the likes of which Florida hadn’t seen since Cam Newton. With that in mind, if the Colts struggle again, one has to wonder if Steichen will be the coach who eventually benefits from Richardson’s development, as he could very well be on the way out of Indianapolis if the team struggles this fall. For better or worse, that dynamic has defined the summer for the Colts, and<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-rumors-shane-steichen-chris-ballard-develop-anthony-richardson-2025"> job security appears to have won out over development</a> in the struggle.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Colts HC Shane Steichen gives Anthony Richardson ‘one play away’ message

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/indianapolis-colts/predicting-anthony-richardson-replace-daniel-jones-colts-qb');   ga('set', 'title', 'Predicting when Anthony Richardson will replace Daniel Jones as Colts QB during 2025 season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Predicting-when-Anthony-Richardson-will-replace-Daniel-Jones-as-Colts-QB-during-2025-season.jpg"></figure><h1>Predicting when Anthony Richardson will replace Daniel Jones as Colts QB during 2025 season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-08-21T20:20:00-07:00">August 21st, 8:20pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-08-21T20:20:00-07:00">August 21st, 8:20pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is a Senior Editor and College Sports Lead at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Indianapolis Colts’ quarterback battle during training camp has come to an end, with new addition <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-news-daniel-jones-qb1-anthony-richardson">Daniel Jones surprisingly winning the starting job</a> over Anthony Richardson. That came as a surprise to many, but the former top five pick seems to be on the outs in Indianapolis.</p><p>Richardson is entering his third season and has played in just 15 games over his first two years. while the production has been up-and-down at best and downright terrible at worst, the Florida product came into the league as a project quarterback with a high ceiling that was going to need some time to develop and get over those growing pains.</p><p>Now, the Colts are taking that opportunity away from Richardson at the start of this season and going with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-news-shane-steichen-why-trusted-revive-daniel-jones-career">Jones instead, who is looking to revive his career</a> after parting ways with the New York Giants during the 2024 season. The Duke product hasn’t lived up to his billing as a former top 10 pick so far in his career, but he has clearly made a strong impression on Shane Steichen and the rest of his staff at training camp and during the preseason.</p><p>This current regime of Chris Ballard and Steichen made a big bet on Richardson, and for now it seems like they are folding their cards on the young quarterback.</p><p>Even if Jones is able to produce something close to his best football, that feels like it would be middling quarterback play at best. That won’t be enough to get a Colts roster that has a lot of holes to where it wants to go, so Richardson could get called back into action at some point.</p><p>Let’s look at the Colts’ schedule and see when the youngster could finally get back on the field as the starter in Indianapolis.</p><h2><b>Look for Anthony Richardson to take over in Week 8</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Anthony-Richardson_5a64bf.jpg"><figcaption>© Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>With Jones playing in Steichen’s system for the first time this season, he will likely get a bit of a longer leash to start the season while he gets comfortable and gains familiarity with the ins and outs of the system.</p><p>However, that doesn’t mean that he will make it through the entire season. Jones has shown time and time again that the lows in his inconsistent game are far too low to justify the patches of steady play, especially when the highs are not very high. The Giants didn’t give him a great ecosystem to succeed, but he is hardly playing with an All-Star cast in Indianapolis either.</p><p>The biggest thing that has haunted Jones over the course of his career are the turnovers. He has thrown 47 interceptions and fumbled the ball 50 times in just six seasons while playing in only 70 games, so it’s clear that opposing defenses can take advantage of that when he is in the game.</p><p>Jones <a href="https://www.colts.com/schedule/" rel="noopener">will make his first start</a> for Indianapolis at home against the Miami Dolphins before getting thrown to the Wolves in Week 2 against the Denver Broncos. Jones and the Indianapolis offense will likely have a very difficult time with a Denver defense that could be the best in football this fall, but Steichen certainly wouldn’t pull the rip cord after just two games.</p><p>Fast forward a few weeks, and the Colts have to take on a frisky Arizona Cardinals squad in Week 6. A loss in that game would likely have them below .500 heading into a road clash in Week 7 against the Los Angeles Chargers.</p><p>The Chargers don’t have one of the most talented defenses in the NFL, but they still had one of the most efficient units in football last season thanks in part to new defensive coordinator Jesse Minter. Los Angeles will mix it up even more in year two playing in Minter’s complicated scheme and could cause problems for Jones.</p><p>Let’s say Jones has a couple of turnovers against a very good defense in Los Angeles and the Colts fall to 2-5 through seven games. In that case, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-news-anthony-richardson-breaks-silence-on-daniel-jones-qb1-decision">Steichen could choose to go back to Richardson</a> before a Week 8 clash with the Tennessee Titans.</p><p>Richardson would get to come in and play against a divisional opponent that he is familiar with in his first start of the season against an opponent that the Colts will have already game-planned for back in Week 3. He would then have to make a start against the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Atlanta Falcons before getting a bye week to rest and reset.</p><p>Ultimately, Jones is probably the safer option for this Colts squad at this point. However, Richardson is still the player that gives them the highest ceiling, and this roster isn’t going to win a Super Bowl as constructed anyway. At some point, this regime needs a final answer on whether Richardson can be the guy to lead them to those heights, and they need it before next summer hits.</p><p>Putting the third-year quarterback out there in Week 8 would allow them to get that answer one way or another.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
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2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
1814	8	12	-

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