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See how the Colts did in their last practice at Grand Park before they head to Baltimore for the week.
Westfield, IN — The weather was perfect for the Colts’ final practice before they take a trip to Baltimore for the week. The Colts and Ravens have a joint practice scheduled for Tuesday, two days before both teams kick off the preseason slate against one another.
Not only did Anthony Richardson rebound in a big way from his previous practice on Saturday, but all three quarterbacks had strong showings despite an onslaught of pressure from the pass rush.
Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones had much cleaner showings today than yesterday, especially Richardson. As mentioned, the previous day’s script of heavy dropback red zone play is arguably the most difficult to simulate, given that most outings in a game will not feature a fraction of the run these quarterbacks had from the opponent’s 20-yard line and in. Regardless, it was an uninspiring showing that needed redemption, and today provided just that.
First and foremost, Anthony Richardson was undeniably more accurate today. He was clearly in a rhythm, and his strong day through the air began in his first team period of the day, an 11-on-11 period with the second unit from the high red zone (opponent’s 25-30-yard line and in). After a plethora of running back carries, Richardson hit one of his first three pass attempts: a slant to Laquon Treadwell in stride, an angle route to UDFA RB Ulyesses Bentley IV for the score, and then a play-action find to Jelani Woods while rolling to his left. Richardson’s strong start tapered off a bit as he was sacked by Laiatu Latu, and then an off-target throw to AD Mitchell fell just short of being complete. Richardson rebounded from this team period as he went 3-3 (+ a forced DPI) in the following 7-on-7 session with the second unit. Arguably his best throw of the day kicked off this string of completions as he found Anthony Goul in stride on a crosser for around 25 yards. He then hit AD Mitchell on a quick out before evading the sack/would-be sack turned into a scrambling find to Laquon Treadwell short. Richardson followed up this session by throwing an equally impressive crosser to Alec Pierce in the middle of the field during his first 11-on-11 run with the starters. He was sacked by Kwity Paye during this period, but found additional success throwing to tight ends Tyler Warren (a short throw in traffic) and Mo Alie-Cox (a TE screen for 30 yards up the left sideline). His final period, an 11-on-11 2-minute drill with the starters, ended up netting points. After going 2-4 throwing to Josh Downs on his first four attempts (one of which was a deliberate incompletion to save clock), Richardson found Tyler Goodson and Ashton Dulin on similar quick-hitters to set up kicker Spencer Shrader for the potential game-winning/tying 55-yard field goal attempt, which he nailed. Overall,...
