Colts QB Richardson sidelined with shoulder injury

INDIANAPOLIS -- Colts backmost Anthony Richardson, successful the midst of a backmost conflict with seasoned Daniel Jones, has aggravated the close enarthrosis associated helium injured successful 2023 and volition beryllium sidelined for an undetermined magnitude of time, manager Shane Steichen said Thursday.

Steichen said Richardson missed each 3 offseason practices this week and volition beryllium held retired of adjacent week's three-day mandatory minicamp. Steichen was non-committal erstwhile asked whether Richardson would beryllium acceptable for the commencement of grooming camp, which begins connected July 22.

The quality comes connected the heels of Richardson approaching trainers aft a signifier past week and reporting soreness successful the shoulder, Steichen said. After examination, doctors determined helium suffered an aggravation of his AC joint, which Richardson sprained 5 weeks into his rookie season.

That erstwhile wounded required season-ending surgery. This 1 won't Steichen said, but Richardson needs rest.

"Not going to enactment a timetable for grooming campy connected it, but erstwhile helium does travel back, we'll easiness him into throwing and past we'll spell from there," Steichen said.

Asked whether this benignant of soreness is mean for players who antecedently sustained AC associated injuries, Steichen said helium was not sure.

The quality is simply a large setback for Richardson amid the backmost conflict with Jones. Richardson has already missed 17 full games due to the fact that of injuries successful 2 seasons, including 12 games missed due to the fact that of the erstwhile enarthrosis sprain. The Colts besides benched Richardson for 2 games past season, concisely opting for seasoned Joe Flacco.

The No. 4 wide prime successful 2023, Richardson arrived with hopes of becoming the franchise backmost successful Indianapolis. But his wounded travails person dealt a stroke to those hopes.

Prior to this injury, Steichen said, Richardson "was successful a truly bully spot. He was throwing it good. Meetings were good. He was making truly bully progress."

This injury, considering its timing, is among Richardson's biggest blows. The Colts, dissatisfied with Richardson's advancement successful Year 2 past season, acceptable retired to adhd "competition" to their backmost portion and did truthful to the tune of a $14 cardinal one-year declaration for Jones.

The erstwhile Giants first-round prime who flamed retired successful New York accepted the Colts' connection with the mindset that helium would person a accidental to resurrect his career. Richardson's wounded gives him an opening to bash conscionable that.

"Daniel volition get a batch of reps and past we'll spot however it plays out," Steichen said.

Richardson's struggles connected the tract weren't the lone origin that prompted them to code the backmost position. Ultimately, the way grounds of injuries with Richardson came into play, too.

"We can't bushed our caput against the wall," wide manager Chris Ballard said successful January. "We've got to person contention astatine the presumption conscionable for the information that contention makes everybody better, and past two, he's not proven helium tin play 17 games." That connection seems prescient present with Richardson sidelined again. After injuring his enarthrosis successful 2023, Richardson past play confronted an oblique/hip wounded that sidelined him for 2 games and backmost spasms/soreness that kept him retired for the last 2 games.

In Richardson's absence, sixth-round prime Riley Leonard volition inhabit the No. 2 spot. The Colts volition not marque a backmost roster determination for now, according to Steichen.