Colts Stick with Joe Flacco Amid Playoff Push Against Jets

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00:00Shane Steichen telling reporters that the Colts are sticking with Joe Flacco as their quarterback

00:05for Sunday's game at MetLife Stadium against the New York Jets. Game Green somehow someway or

00:11another he booked as a three and a half point home favorite. Flacco now in four starts. Whether it

00:17was injury to Anthony Richardson or just the decision to make Flacco the starter because

00:21the Colts believe they have a playoff caliber roster. Flacco is just one in three straight up

00:27in his four starts for Indianapolis this season. Yeah and I mean listen they had some opportunities

00:35in that game yesterday. Well I put it against Buffalo but would I put it all on Flacco's

00:40shoulders? No. I think the numbers the analytics have been run Ben and the Sabre metrics or

00:48whatever else you want to look at. Flacco gives this team the best chance at winning enough games

00:54to make the playoffs and that appears to be what the organization is concentrating on.

00:59It is not concentrating on the development of Anthony Richardson who they burned a top what

01:05four pick on somewhere along those lines. So they're not interested in doing that right now.

01:10They're interested in making a playoff run and as crazy as it is Flacco gives them the best chance

01:16at doing that Ben and that's what they're going to stick to. Sure I guess Joe the results have

01:23not been there to back up that statement. I would agree though with the thought process Anthony

01:28Richardson is a development piece and again I said this at the time that he was benched

01:33in the unfortunate reality for AR's career and really Indianapolis as a franchise. Last year

01:39should have been the year that Anthony Richardson developed in the NFL and took that next step and

01:44took his lumps and played through the pain. Sadly he only played in four games only two complete

01:50because of the shoulder injury that sidelined him for most of his rookie season because at Florida

01:58he did not have a lot of pedigree. He had won four years of starter and in a 53.8 completion

02:04percentage that's below average by college quarterback standards and that does not get

02:09better taking the step against the best of the best in the NFL but because AR was out and Shane

02:15Steichen is a good coach and Gardner Minshew is reliable and Indianapolis with talent on the

02:21roster was on the brink of a divisional crown. Now the Colts fan base and roster gets a taste for

02:28winning football and success and when Anthony Richardson has struggled as he has you can't just

02:34leave him out there you lose the locker room you lose belief so that is the thought process.

02:40I would just say the returns on Flacco right now at least since being named the starter

02:45not because of injury 272 against Buffalo 179 a Sunday night prior against Minnesota two touchdowns

02:54to four interceptions and another fumble on Sunday against the Bills that's not exactly

02:59the results that Indianapolis is looking for. No but again if they go if they deviate from that

03:09now what message does that send to the locker room? There's no way they're going to sell to

03:14the locker room and it's apparent that the locker room doesn't believe that Richardson gives him the

03:19best chance to win Ben otherwise we wouldn't be having this conversation he'd be under center

03:24but the reality is you can't complete 40 percent of your passes in the NFL and think you're

03:29an NFL quarterback you're not so Flacco does it's the best option they have and you can't sell to

03:35the locker room now you're going to go back to the development idea and hey this is a lost season so

03:40whatever happens happens they got to stick with Flacco until the point where there's

03:44no longer a chance they make the playoffs then they can go back to Richardson.