This offseason, the Colts signed six-year veteran Daniel Jones<\/a> to a one-year contract. He will compete with Richardson for the starting quarterback role. The Colts hope Jones will light a fire under Richardson and motivate him to elevate his game.<\/p>\n When the Colts drafted Richardson, fans thought their team had landed a future star. But again, that hasn\u2019t happened yet. As a result, he has received a lot of criticism, and some people have labeled him a bust. Here are two ways, though, that he can get back in the fans\u2019 good graces.<\/p>\n Anthony Richardson is extremely athletic. Honestly, he’s probably one of the most athletic quarterbacks the NFL has ever seen.<\/p>\n Richardson also has a cannon for an arm. He showcased that last season, throwing an impressive 60-yard touchdown pass <\/a>to Alec Pierce.<\/p>\n However, Richardson has struggled when it comes to accuracy. He completed only 47.7 percent<\/a> of his passes in 2024. Yeah, that’s not very good at all. He must improve his accuracy issues this year. There’s no doubt about it.<\/p>\n Luckily, Richardson has a talented group of pass-catchers to throw to. The wide receiver room is led by Michael Pittman Jr.<\/a>, Josh Downs, and Pierce. Each of those guys had over 800 receiving yards last season.<\/p>\n Plus, there’s rookie tight end Tyler Warren<\/a>, whom the Colts drafted in the first round this year. The former Penn State star caught 104 passes for 1,233 yards and eight touchdowns last season. The rookie could emerge as an offensive weapon in 2025. And if that happens, it will only make life as a passer easier for Richardson.<\/p>\n The words \u201cColts\u201d and \u201cplayoffs\u201d sound weird in the same sentence. Indy hasn\u2019t reached the postseason since 2020. That was back when Philip Rivers was the starting quarterback. It seems like it was a million years ago.<\/p>\n Also, the Colts haven’t won the AFC South since 2014<\/a>. With that said, it has been a rough time for Colts fans over the years.<\/p>\n Richardson can redeem himself by leading the team to the playoffs this year. But for that to happen, Richardson must beat out Jones for the starting job, finally stay healthy, and put together a breakout season<\/a>. While that’s a difficult task, it isn’t impossible.<\/p>\n Just powering the team to the playoffs would make Colts fans happy. But leading them to an AFC title would make fans even happier.<\/p>\n Richardson and the gang, though, must fend off the Houston Texans<\/a>. Led by the duo of coach DeMeco Ryans and quarterback C.J. Stroud<\/a>, the Texans have won the division the past two years. Can Richardson\u2019s Colts stop a Houston three-peat? We will find out.<\/p>\n Main Photo: [Mykal McEldowney\/IndyStar] – USA Today Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson will look to redeem himself following two disappointing seasons in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4890,"featured_media":240846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,12],"tags":[55,9564,4688,7800,233],"class_list":["post-240719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-colts","tag-andrew-luck","tag-anthony-richardson","tag-daniel-jones","tag-indianapolis-colts-news","tag-peyton-manning"],"modified_by":"Michael Zimmelman","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4890"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240719"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240848,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240719\/revisions\/240848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How Colts Quarterback Anthony Richardson Can Redeem Himself in 2025<\/h2>\n
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Improve as a Passer<\/h3>\n
Lead the Colts to the Playoffs<\/h3>\n