INDIANAPOLIS — Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson was held out of Thursday’s last offseason follow 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 follow addressing the shoulder earlier than returning to the lineup briefly after which giving option to backup Joe Flacco within the last interval.
The soreness was regular and anticipated throughout his restoration, Richardson mentioned.
“‘I have been coping with soreness since I began throwing,” he mentioned. “It is exhausting listening to the trainers saying, ‘No, you have to sit out for a day.’ Nevertheless it’s a part of the well being journey. So, I am simply rocking with them and simply listening.
“We’re really stunned it has been solely sooner or later like this. Fortunately, it was the final day.”
Richardson indicated there was no additional evaluation wanted and mentioned his remedy consisted of simply icing the shoulder.
“Relaxation assured, if we performed on Sunday, he’d be beginning,” Steichen mentioned.
Some vital context: The Colts have been already scheduled for a brief exercise on their last day of offseason work, and the abbreviated follow 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 probably the most correct passes, for the document).
Richardson resumed throwing just a few 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 general decide on Thursday simpler for the Colts.
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“I have been placing in a whole lot of work, so I am feeling actual good about it,” Richardson mentioned. “I used to be form of bummed out about as we speak, lacking the final day. However they instructed me it is nothing to fret about, ‘Don’t fret concerning the final day as a result of I had time period the place I used to be working.'”
Richardson nonetheless plans to hitch his vast receivers for exercises within the coming weeks throughout the break between now and coaching camp. However apart from that, the subsequent time he works with the total crew will in late July in Westfield, Indiana, after the Colts report.
And there should not anticipated to be restrictions at that time, Steichen mentioned.
“He’ll have a plan going ahead this summer season,” Steichen mentioned. “He’ll be able to roll for coaching camp.”
