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According to Indianapolis Colts head coach Shane Steichen, he already has a playing time plan for his competing quarterbacks and starters ahead of his team’s Week 2 preseason game hosting the Green Bay Packers next weekend (via TheAthletic’s James Boyd).
Even with 3rd-year pro Anthony Richardson getting knocked out early of last Thursday night’s preseason opener, his competition, Daniel Jones, is still expected to garner the start for Week 2 of preseason—as initially planned.
However, Jones is expected to only see a couple of offensive series, before Richardson takes over the quarterback reins for the remainder of the first half—with Colts starters expected to play around a quarter otherwise.
The encouraging injury news for Richardson is that after dislocating his right throwing hand pinky and not returning to Thursday night’s preseason opener, he was able to successfully return to training camp practice for consecutive days this weekend—and really didn’t show too many ill effects from the finger injury.
The Colts still don’t appear to have a ‘head-and-shoulders’ winner of this starting quarterback competition between Richardson and Jones to-date. Richardson appeared to initially be in the driver’s seat—offering more explosive play ability, albeit with more inconsistency, but Thursday night’s injury and his continued lack of availability because of reoccurring injuries have clouded things a bit since then.
Jones has been a little more steady, but also more unspectacular. This weekend’s home preseason game against the Packers could very well determine the winner of this ongoing Colts’ QB1 battle—especially with a strong showing from either of the two contenders.
