Anthony Richardson's Colts Debut Told Us EVERYTHING We Need To Know 

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He looked good. Once he fixes his footwork and accuracy, the colts will be unstoppable. Their running game looked good. And the defense kept the bills from running away with the game.

If Pierce would’ve caught that ball and that linemen would have held that block, my prediction for Anthony Richardsons debut would’ve been exactly perfect minus one pass😂

As a colts fan since the day I was born, I love Richardson as a quarterback. He’s something the colts haven’t ever had before. I feel don’t need much work.

The int is on the receiver. Receiver said it, Reggie said it, pagano said it.

He did better than Stroud and Young!

0:31 I think it was more of a superman issue. There was no way he was getting reset in that situation unless he made at least two people miss, so he tried to connect on an off platform circus throw. I think it's wrong to confuse this with 'mechanics'. I agree with your assessment overall tho. Thanks for the vid! edit: I hope they get Taylor signed. I wonder what he's asking for, or if the fundamental issue is that Jim just doesn't want reward him for what he's done a year early.

People are gonna overreact to that INT which was caused by the last second edge blitz, but I actually thought he played really well after that for that only being his 14th start ever. You can tell he's improved a lot with his fundamentals, e.g. his footwork, just since last year which has me very hopeful that those accuracy issues we saw will improve with time. He could be a beast come year 2-3 - that throw that Pierce should've caught was a dime

If he can work out the mid range stuff I think he'll be good. He put together a nice 80 yd drive after the int. It woulda been a td more than likely if the colts didn't make stupid penalties.

He showed poise and flashes of greatness. I believe in him

Get this man a true WR1

That first Pierce drop that you said was good coverage was a called PI against Buffalo. Still should've caught it. Nice start for AR. Get JT back, and once the playbook opens up, people will see his true arm talent. Steichen will most definitely attack vertically. Things are just too early vanilla. Just get the kid's feet wet today.

The O-Line seems to collapse on every play. Those are the toughest spots to fill but that is the truth, so they should just let AR run his first year. For gods sake though just give Jonathon Taylor an extra 2m at least or AR is toast by year 3.

The only way hes gonna get better is by letting him start he really needs to play everydown

On the interception McKenzie ran the wrong route

he look better than brice and shroud

its meaningless that he made a play that “95 %” cant make when he cant make throws 99% of qbs can make

Run game look average because thats what the colts have without JT. JT takes this offense to the next level. They NEED JT.

He kno the blitz was coming on the pic the wr was pose to flatten route. Ant was ready to get ball out fast wr but wr wasn’t looking

First off, that was a busted play in at least 2 areas. I don't know if he was throwing to Mckenzie or Pierce, but the play design not good, the d sniffed it out, Mckenzie broke late, and if it was for Pierce over the top (I doubt), AR5 just has to realize and ground that ball at receivers feet, or sail it out of bounds. Steichen even said they should have switched out of it. And second, AR5 starting was to just get him out there on the big stage, and see how he fared. His first defense he faces is the ever-tough Buffalo Bills? I think he did pretty well for three drives and most were designed run plays, like I said, just to get him snaps and reading the D, working the clock. Thirdly, it's pre-season...and first game to boot. Pierce should've had that TD, but it was a tough catch on an amazing throw..and the defender was all over him. But Pierce wins those catches 7/10. It's not great when your expensive kicker comes out and misses a chip shot, either. But I saw guys slipping and all kinds of weather/field related/ pre-year type things. O line looked a bit better on run blocks. Get JT signed. And, Oh man, did Matt Barkley look good against third string defense or what?? Lol. Give him a trophy.

Hot take but if colts resign Taylor, I think Richardson and Taylor will be a good combo and could be a good duo to look out for during the regular season.

They said the interception was miscommunication and that's exactly what it looked like.

I think there’s a major difference between being a “developmental project” and Richardson . Of course he’s not gonna come in like luck or Burrow , but he’s more advanced then a project. Willis was a project, AR will be more Lamar than than Willis . He’s an elite runner which will bring him along nicely and has amazing pocket awareness, and has a top 5 arm day 1. That’s quite a bit more than a project . IMO , people out here talking about him like 3-4 years down the road. I don’t think so , he’ll be surprising people by the middle of this season .

Richardson looks like he did last year for Florida. he should have stayed for 1 more year. Jackson was much more accurate than Richardson. He is a north south runner, unlike Hurts and Jackson who can make players miss in the open field. So he takes more hits. The colts need to get better on both lines and should have signed a quality RB backup like Hunt.

AR did wonderful especially after the mistake u came back strong and confident

Zombies background music is elite

Put Josh downs out there more he's a beast

He's going to be fine this year. Just be patient. By year 3, I think he will be pretty good.

Richardson had ONE MISTAKE with the INT, exactly like Trevor Lawerence and several others did. HAHAHAHAHA kid played 13 games in NCAA, got in his first NFL Game and drove down the field versus 1st team NFL D. GTFOH HAHAHAHAHA

The footwork under pressure is going to be the difference maker for him. When he has time, he's a pretty talented guy, but under pressure his feet throughout his UF career he becomes bottom tier. If they can protect him really well he'll be serviceable but from a development standpoint he needed another year at UF. Trying to develop against NFL defenses is a big challenge. If I was the coach I would spend a considerable amount of time in practice having him go against non contact pressure

He's easily been the worst qb through preseason, but everyone who knows football knew he wasn't a good qb he's should've gone in the 6th round or undrafted you can't teach touch,football IQ, and natural precision... Richardson is a tight end that identified as a qb in college

Richardson isn't a developmental player. You don't draft a developmental qb at number 4

He looks like Trey Lance with that throwing motion

McKenzie said the INT was his fault I think he should have been right where the defender was that caught the ball it was just miscommunication not Anthony's fault

Honestly ima have to disagree he shouldn't be a backup QB. I say let that man be QB1 from the jump and just beat the kinks out of him with experience. He'll definitely be worth it & will be the best QB they have on their roster by far by like mid of next season.

Pierce missing that pass not too happy about. That INT panic pass AR will get those out of his system. I was happy with his debut. Go Colts!

Did they really call that hold on 49 with his hands inside like that though?

He reminds me of donavan mcnabb but loook like styles p

Tbh hes also probably nervous about playing against Josh Allen

Have to disagree on the escapability you quoted. "95%" of NFL quarterbacks can't escape that tackle attempt? Nope. Probably 75% could, or higher. Even the most immobile quarterbacks through history and present are either strong enough to break leg/foot tackles or fast enough not to get caught in the first place. The days of Jim Plunkett and Dan Marino are done. It's mobile or strong... or both.

Ik this is a lil late but Isaiah McKenzie owned up to running the wrong route which caused the int

He absolutely showed he can do it today. He will be a beast. Book it

The interception was Makenzies fault as much as Richardson he didn't cut right on the route. Reggie Wayne and Makenzie both made it known. I think Richardson should of thrown it away but he leaned off one foot after he waited for him to go to the right spot. I know 2 other passes that should of been caught that were dropped and the hold messed up his running touchdown. He would of been 9 for 12 and 1 touchdown passing and 1 rushing but the team needs to clean up the mistakes plus the missed kicks.

Is that Cod zombies music lol

What people don’t understand is this is the most vanilla defense he is ever gonna see in his career and he didn’t look that good

Dude has a ROCKET ARM

It didn’t tell us shyt lol

Honestly, doesn't matter if you draft them early, expecting them to be better in a few years. If you don't have a team that can protect and give your qb time, they'll never succeed where they are at. Brock purdy was fortunate to have a solid line last year. Are we going to say purdy is better than any of the qbs drafted this year??

Tebow was a better passer

Crazy some pay millions for nfl clips and some random dudes just jack clips and use em for profit. All good, just odd.

@Swaggy..You CAN NOT play QB in the NFL using the Cam Newton rule book!

You definitely dont draft a qb at 4 to be good the third year.

AR5 is gonna be special

Why the erie nazi zombie music in the background for this??😂

He looked amateur

Aidan O'Connell > Anthony Richardson

He runs like Newton but isnt as strong,

Holy shit, this dude can run ball😭

Peace

His throwing looks scary. Don’t let him start the first year 😂

He looks talented, but bad. He needs to sit a year.

He was the drizzling shits