Is anyone desperate enough to trade for Anthony Richardson?

[Kray007]

The Rams were rumored to have some interest, but the move to draft Simpson seems to take them out of the running. The Steelers are rumored to have interest, but I suspect that that’s little more than internet puffery, click bait at its worst.

When you look at a team like the Steelers, a team that relishes a reputation for conservative, old fashioned team building, you have to ask why would they be interested in a reclamation project like AR?

It’s said that he has potential, but the glimmers have been too few and too far between. For every eye opening play, there are two that make you scratch your head and…

I mean how much of a market is there for a sub .500 passer who can’t hit a receiver in the flat, a guy who has displayed little interest in film study and preparation, someone who can’t stay healthy, and who checks out when the going gets rough?

The only reason he has a future in free agency is because the league is lousy with coaches who believe that they have a magic wand that can turn quarterback dreck into gold if only they have a chance.

Most GM’s know better. They know that, with Anthony Richardson, you’re reaching deep into a rusting barrel, scraping sludge out of the bottom. If you sign him, he’s the 3rd or 4th spot on the depth chart, and how many teams are willing to take a flier on a guy who needs to be coddled along for 2 or 3 years before he sees the field?