[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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Richardson is technically in his 2nd season, but he is essentially still a Rookie.

In my worthless opinion, I believe that he has already learned a very important lesson ...... when to take chances with his health when he runs with the ball. In yesterday's game, there was a play in which he could have put his head down and fought for a few extra yards, and he instead chose to duck away and go out of bounds to avoid contact. He wasn't doing that last year. Last year, he would fight for yardage on 1st and 2nd downs, when it wasn't crucial to do so.

He IS taking chances when it is warranted/worth the risk ...... for example, late in the 4th quarter of BOTH of the Colts games this season (against the Texans, and against the Packers), he saved whatever chances the Colts had to win the game with outstanding runs. Against the Texans, he took on a defender at the goal-line and bulled his way into the end-zone on 4th down, when the Colts absolutely needed that touchdown. One week later, he did a Lynn Swann impersonation on 4th down along the sidelines, late in the 4th quarter when the Colts absolutely needed to get to the sticks to have any chance at all to win the game.


As far as his passing game goes, he has been missing open receivers (although to be completely fair, there have also been some drops by the receivers.) As far as that goes, I think that our best hope is that he is essentially still a Rookie, and with experience will come more accurate and consistent throws. Peyton Manning had 26 TD's and 28 INT's in his Rookie season before evolving into one of the greatest quarterbacks of all-time ...... I think that we're going to have to just wait and see with Richardson in that regard.

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Good observation on that late scramble yesterday- kid suckered them bad on that one and at least put us in a position to have a punchers chance (think about what could have been if his coach didn't cheat him out of 30+ seconds of clock to work with on that last drive). He has exhibited some great instincts- and I was also impressed with his demeanor coming off the field after the TD- no smiling, no high fiving- strictly business and you could tell he was pissed off about the situation they found themselves in- he is clearly a fierce competitor who wants to be special.