Same market; different results.

The NBA and NFL are two totally different leagues. Let’s get that out of the way.

With that said, both the Indiana Pacers and Indianapolis Colts operate out of the same market. Both organizations are hamstrung by some means to build rosters although most of the struggles for that belong to the NBA. When you look at the two teams and the direction they are heading, you sure wouldn’t know that to be the case, however. What Chad Buchanan and Kevin Pritchard have done to build a winner in the NBA is incredibly impressive and a...

Hopefully, there are better days ahead for the Colts from a proud franchise that once featured Peyton Manning to Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne, as well as Andrew Luck to T.Y. Hilton.

According to PFF, the Indianapolis Colts have just the league’s 29th best quarterback to receiver pairing—featuring projected starter (and the incumbent) Anthony Richardson, as well as the team’s 2024 receptions leader Josh Downs:

29. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS: ANTHONY RICHARDSON & JOSH DOWNS

Richardson’s lack of consistency and accuracy is well-documented. We’re splitting hairs about choosing between Downs and Pittman, but Downs was the higher-ranked player in...

It goes without saying that this is a critical year for Colts incumbent 3rd- year starting quarterback Anthony Richardson...

According to NFL.com’s Nick Shook, Indianapolis Colts soon-to-be 3rd-year quarterback Anthony Richardson is among his league ‘make-or-break candidates’ facing a career crossroads ahead of the upcoming 2025 campaign:

Anthony Richardson

Indianapolis Colts · QB

A quick rehash of the Richardson career arc leaves us with two main themes: He’s an incredibly gifted athlete with sky-high potential, and he’s also lacked the consistency to hold down the Colts’ starting job. Indianapolis’ patience ran thin with Richardson in...

The Colts had one of the more unique and robust run games in the entire league last season. When Anthony Richardson returned to the lineup, the Colts did everything they could to take advantage of Richardson’s ability to stress a defense with his legs.

The Colts system is unique in that it can make life a lot easier on offensive lineman. Having a QB who can pull the ball changes the blocking schemes up front— often making it easier on the lineman to execute their assignment. But the way the Colts operate on offense also presents plenty of challenges for...

Thanks to Pro Football Focus, Pro Football Reference, NFL.com and the nflFastR project for being awesome sources of weekly data.

My plan for the rest of the offseason is to write individual articles predicting 2025 performance for as many QBs as possible before the season starts. I’ll start with Colts’ opponents and then—time permitting—I’ll add as many known starters as I can. To kick off the series, I’ll first revisit the predictions I made at the beginning of last season, which were based on a numerical analysis of pre-2024 data.

Prediction 1: C.J. Stroud will have a...

The biggest question facing the 2025 Indianapolis Colts unsurprisingly turns out to be their biggest offseason priority via NFL.com.

It doesn’t come as a surprise that the biggest question facing the 2025 Indianapolis Colts is now their biggest offseason priority via NFL.com’s Kevin Patra:

Indianapolis Colts

Top priority: Find a winner in the QB battle.

The competition between Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones continues to garner plenty of attention in Indy this offseason. Richardson, the No. 4 overall pick in the 2023 draft, hasn’t played well enough to lock down the gig. His draft status...

The Indianapolis Colts have not long wrapped up their 2025 draft and signed some undrafted free agents to fill out the 90 man roster. The Colts rookies have attended mini camp while the veterans are fully in the midst of off-season workouts. The focus has now switched to the 2025 playing campaign.

The Draft is just but one way to add talent to the roster and Colts GM Chris Ballard is not one to just depend on one source of talent addition so will continue to be on the look out for roster additions. A lot can and will change...

The Colts’ highest graded rookie by PFF for nearly 20 years isn’t who’d you necessarily expect...

In a surprise turn of events, former Indianapolis Colts tight end Dwayne Allen is the franchise’s highest graded rookie since 2006 by PFF:

Indianapolis Colts: TE Dwayne Allen, 2012 (85.9)

The Colts drafted quarterback Andrew Luck first overall in the 2012 NFL Draft and then doubled up on tight ends in Rounds 2 (Coby Fleener) and 3 (Allen). Allen was the more productive player as a rookie, finishing fourth on the team in targets (70), receptions (49) and yards (572) and...

There’s still some names who could help the Colts that remain unsigned, but it takes two to tango.

We’re now in the last lingering tiers of free agency, and the NFL Draft has already concluded, yet the 2025 Indianapolis Colts still have three remaining depth concerns.

What are they?

Offensive Line Depth

Having lost both veteran Pro Bowl center Ryan Kelly and starting right guard Will Fries to the Minnesota Vikings in free agency, the issue isn’t that the Colts don’t have potential capable starters to internally replace them with both Tanor Bortolini and Matt Goncalves respectively—both of...

The Colts need Anthony Richardson to become an X-men next year as the team’s clear ‘x-factor’ with continued boom or bust potential.

According to PFF, incumbent Indianapolis Colts starting quarterback Anthony Richardson is their pick for the team’s ‘X-factor’ ahead of the 2025 campaign yet again:

X-factor for 2025: QB Anthony Richardson

It’s truly now or never for Richardson in Indianapolis. He has a strong offensive line in front of him, a good running back in Jonathan Taylor and one of the better receiving corps in football. If he can’t become more accurate in Year 3, he...

It is year three. Time for Steichen to put it all together.

Being an NFL coach comes with a lot of responsibility. Your every moved is critiqued, and you are judged on the results you deliver. That isn’t a completely negative thing, but the level at which you are scrutinized is not felt or shared by many others. Being an NFL head coach comes with responsibility, but it is ultimately a privilege. There are only 32 in the entire league, and the line forming behind the head honcho is long. Shane Steichen has had good moments with the Indianapolis Colts,...

No longer a rookie, Latu should be ready to turn last season’s lessons into this year’s results.

When the Indianapolis Colts drafted Laiatu Latu in the first round out of UCLA in the 2024 NFL draft, there were some who bemoaned the pick as a mistake. A player who was encouraged to medically retire just a few years prior from a neck injury made fans and analysts alike nervous. Latu put up solid numbers since the injury, but the feeling that the injury could impact him down the line lingered. Latu put those fears to rest by appearing in all...