Anthony Richardson

The Indianapolis Colts need to give Anthony Richardson the same freedom and confidence they gave Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck to throw 34+ times per game despite how many interceptions that turns into.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
You ready to check your feelings at the door?

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Check it out.

Speaker 1 (00:06):
This is am I Reister or am I Row. We're
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reister or am I Row?

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We need to talk about Anthony Richardson and the Indianapolis Colts.
Everybody's always talking about lottery luck and the NBA opportunities
to draft franchise changing generational players in the top three
to five in the NFL. Now will the Colts handle
Anthony Richardson like they did their previous quarterbacks? Because Peyton
Manning was the first overall pick in nineteen ninety eight,

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one more MVPs than anybody in NFL history, and brought
a Super Bowl to Indy in twenty twelve. Andrew Luck,
first overall pick, set the rookie record for passing yards,
du made four Pro Bowls, an AFC Championship Game before
his body ultimately broke down. And now they've got fourth
overall pick Anthony Richardson, who many believe has all the

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same tools as Andrew Luck. This fight statistically not proving that.
At the collegiate level. In nineteen ninety eight, the Coats
toss Peyton Manning the keys and never look back in
twenty twelve. They did the same thing with Andrew Luck,
and now they have no reason not to do the
same thing with Anthony Richardson. But will they though, Because

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Peyton Manning threw the ball thirty five times a game
as a rookie, leading to twenty eight interceptions, a rookie
record that still stands till this day, and Andrew Luck
threw the ball thirty nine times a game as a rookie.
Now the Coats won eleven games as opposed to the
three that in Manning's rookie year, but still producing AFC
leading eighteen interceptions. Dad's the freedom that I want for

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Anthony Richardson to match or exceed the thirty six pass
attempts per game that the four win Coats had last year,
and that a young player like himself desperately needs those
reps without worrying about whether he's gonna get benched or replaced,
And since this organization has done it not once but
twice before, there's no reason not to grant him that

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same confidence and freedom. I'm just not sure they will.
Whether it's the NFL becoming such a microwave win now
league that their owner, Jim Murcey flirted with drafting Will
Levis in addition to Anthony Richardson or the obvious difference
between those two quarterbacks in this quarterback Either way, though,
it seems like the odds are stacked against Richardson being

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given that same level of freedom. But what could it hurt?
Even Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, who paved the way
for Richardson being this high of a pick, with his
physical gifts outweighing his college production, who took a breath
from trucking NFL linebackers to throw the ball thirty times
a game, and it wasn't even pretty. Now for the

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Colts and the rest of the country to know if
Anthony Richardson has what it takes to justify his draft slot,
they're gonna need to let him see him cook. Let's
hope the Colts have him in control of the kitchen
let that sink in