Colts' Anthony Richardson suffers shoulder injury with quarterback battle looming

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Anthony Richardson heads into his 3rd play with a existent backmost battle, but his pursuit to triumph the starting occupation for the 2025 play volition beryllium harder aft suffering an injury.

Richardson is dealing with a enarthrosis wounded successful his throwing arm, and helium won’t beryllium participating successful the Colts’ minicamp adjacent week, per caput manager Shane Steichen.

Steichen added that Richardson suffered the wounded past week during organized squad activities.

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Indianapolis Colts backmost Anthony Richardson heads disconnected the tract aft a crippled against the Broncos successful Denver connected Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

"Doctors, trainers checked it out," Steichen said, per NFL.com. "He's got immoderate aggravation successful his AC joint. So, we're going to beryllium him retired this week. Obviously, he'll beryllium retired for minicamp. We'll spot erstwhile helium comes back. Not going to enactment a timetable for grooming campy connected it, but erstwhile helium does travel back, we'll easiness him into throwing, and past we'll spell from there. The bully happening is he's not going to request a process close now."

While Steichen noted the wounded not being superior capable for surgery, a process wasn’t ruled retired down the line.

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Richardson has dealt with galore injuries successful his archetypal 2 NFL seasons, which included a season-ending enarthrosis wounded aft 4 games successful his rookie year. An oblique wounded successful 2024 kept him retired 2 games.

Richardson, the team’s 4th wide prime successful 2023 retired of Florida, struggled successful his instrumentality to the Colts past year, throwing for conscionable 1,814 yards successful 11 games with a 47.7% completion rate.

Indianapolis Colts backmost Anthony Richardson (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Steichen made the determination to seat Richardson past play arsenic helium struggled, with backup Joe Flacco replacing him nether center.

This year, the Colts brought successful Daniel Jones, who the New York Giants chopped ties with midway done the 2024 run owed to his ain struggles, to vie with Richardson successful grooming camp.

While Jones didn’t cookware retired nether his four-year hold successful New York, helium does person years of starting successful the NFL nether his belt. His summation to the quarterbacks country led galore to judge Richardson’s occupation wasn’t safe.

Richardson present has to conflict different wounded earlier battling Jones.