INDIANAPOLIS — Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson was held out of Thursday’s ultimate offseason observe with proper shoulder soreness, however the second-year participant and coach Shane Steichen each insisted the choice was purely precautionary.
Richardson sustained an AC joint sprain final season that required season-ending surgical procedure, however he recovered rapidly and has been the Colts’ beginning quarterback all through this spring’s exercises. He was seen with trainers halfway via Wednesday’s observe addressing the shoulder earlier than returning to the lineup briefly after which giving method to backup Joe Flacco within the ultimate interval.
The soreness was regular and anticipated throughout his restoration, Richardson stated.
“‘I have been coping with soreness since I began throwing,” he stated. “It is onerous listening to the trainers saying, ‘No, you have to sit out for a day.’ However it’s a part of the well being journey. So, I am simply rocking with them and simply listening.
“We’re truly stunned it has been solely at some point like this. Fortunately, it was the final day.”
Richardson indicated there was no additional evaluation wanted and stated his remedy consisted of simply icing the shoulder.
“Relaxation assured, if we performed on Sunday, he’d be beginning,” Steichen stated.
Some vital context: The Colts have been already scheduled for a brief exercise on their ultimate day of offseason work, and the abbreviated observe was shortened additional to round 40 minutes earlier than Steichen capped it with a playful throwing contest involving non-quarterbacks (linebacker E.J. Pace had essentially the most correct passes, for the file).
Richardson resumed throwing a couple of months in the past and has had many spectacular moments in offseason practices open to reporters. His success in earlier weeks made sitting the 2023 fourth total choose on Thursday simpler for the Colts.
“I have been placing in loads of work, so I am feeling actual good about it,” Richardson stated. “I used to be form of bummed out about at the moment, lacking the final day. However they instructed me it is nothing to fret about, ‘Don’t fret in regards to the final day as a result of I had time frame the place I used to be working.'”
Richardson nonetheless plans to affix his broad receivers for exercises within the coming weeks throughout the break between now and coaching camp. However aside from that, the subsequent time he works with the total workforce will in late July in Westfield, Indiana, after the Colts report.
And there usually are not anticipated to be restrictions at that time, Steichen stated.
“He’ll have a plan going ahead this summer time,” Steichen stated. “He’ll be able to roll for coaching camp.”
