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Anthony Richardson didn’t plan on leaving the second game of his NFL career so soon, not until he’d left no doubt. Sunday was about to be his coming out party, a warning to the rest of the NFL about the premature judgment of where he was picked and how his skill set — or supposed lack thereof — would translate to the NFL.
But one big collision, at the end of his second TD run, changed the trajectory of Richardson’s afternoon. It resulted in him walking off the field and back to the visiting locker room at NRG Stadium early in the second quarter, while veteran backup Gardner Minshew warmed up on the sideline. Richardson would later be diagnosed with a concussion.
Indianapolis could’ve gone off the rails at that point, squandered its two-touchdown lead and lost its ninth straight game dating back to 2022. But when Minshew entered the contest, the Colts didn’t miss a beat. He engineered two more touchdown drives before halftime, and during the intermission, he reminded Richardson of what his role is as his backup.
“That’s a starting player on your roster. He’s not a backup,” Irsay said. “That’s the one position where the backup is a starter, and we proved the value of having Gardner and the quality of his veteran experience, his decision-making, his accuracy and that showed. We wouldn’t have had the victory without that.”
He’s not wrong. Minshew’s steadiness, despite not having any reps with the starting unit during the three practices leading up to that game, begs at least two questions as Indianapolis prepares for Week 3 at Baltimore with Richardson currently in the concussion protocol:Could a team with playoff aspirations, perhaps the Jets, seek his services via trade?
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