INDIANAPOLIS — Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson was held out of Thursday’s closing 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 by Wednesday’s observe addressing the shoulder earlier than returning to the lineup briefly after which giving option to backup Joe Flacco within the closing 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 laborious 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 shocked it has been solely someday like this. Fortunately, it was the final day.”
Richardson indicated there was no additional evaluation wanted and stated his therapy consisted of simply icing the shoulder.
“Relaxation assured, if we performed on Sunday, he’d be beginning,” Steichen stated.
Some vital context: The Colts had been already scheduled for a brief exercise on their closing 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 probably the most correct passes, for the report).
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 choose on Thursday simpler for the Colts.
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“I have been placing in a number of work, so I am feeling actual good about it,” Richardson stated. “I used to be form of bummed out about in the present day, lacking the final day. However they advised me it is nothing to fret about, ‘Don’t fret in regards to the final day as a result of I had a superb time period the place I used to be working.'”
Richardson nonetheless plans to affix his broad receivers for exercises within the coming weeks in the course of the break between now and coaching camp. However aside from that, the subsequent time he works with the total staff will in late July in Westfield, Indiana, after the Colts report.
And there will not be anticipated to be restrictions at that time, Steichen stated.
“He’ll have a plan going ahead this summer season,” Steichen stated. “He’ll be able to roll for coaching camp.”
