[Kray007]

I know that PFF’s analytics have flaws, but they are what they are, and I thought that I would just toss them out there for, in the words of Rod Serling, your consideration.

Over the past three games, since he returned as a starter, his passing grades have been:

80.3 against the Jets
77.9 vs Detroit
72.9 against the hated weasels from Foxboro.

For comparison, over the same span:

Joe Burrow has gone: 68.6, 72.0, 85.5
For Lamar Jackson: 57.5, 75.2, and 74.4
Justin Herbert: 75.8, 73.2, and 68.7
Patrick Mahomes: 73.3 72.6, 72.1
And Josh Allen: 70.0, 83.7, and 73.3

This might well be case that Mark Twain had in mind when he said: “There are lies, damned lies, and statistics,” I don’t know. I do know, however, that to my tired old eyes, Richardson has looked like a different quarterback than the one who first stepped foot into Colts camp last season. We can only hope that the improvement we’ve seen proves to be more substantial that a mirage. Hope springs eternal.