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Colts turn back to Anthony Richardson, bench Joe Flacco · The Craig Way Show

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  Speaker 1: Some NFL notes quarterback notes. How about the Colts. They're
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  Speaker 1: going back to Anthony Richardson at quarterback. I mean, I'm
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  Speaker 1: guessing they're thinking that that's a better option than Joe Flacco,
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  Speaker 1: thirty nine year old Joe Flacco. I mean, well, you know,
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  Speaker 1: they made that change two weeks ago, and now they're
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  Speaker 1: going to go back. Shane Steikin said they've worked with
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  Speaker 1: Richardson to take a greater command of his off the
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  Speaker 1: field preparation and attention to detail. It sounds like a
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  Speaker 1: conversation had with Kyler Murray, and over the last two
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  Speaker 1: weeks he's made strides in those areas, big time strides.
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  Speaker 1: Are becoming a pros pro, that's what they say.
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  Speaker 2: I think there was a thought that, Okay, maybe there's
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  Speaker 2: still some nothing to tank for a Flaco. I mean
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  Speaker 2: lit Cleveland to a playoff berth this last season. You know,
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  Speaker 2: looked okay to start the year, but then three straight losses,
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  Speaker 2: did not look good against Buffalo whatsoever, and not look
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  Speaker 2: good against Minnesota Houston. So I mean, you spent a
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  Speaker 2: top ten draft pick on Richardson, he did not play
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  Speaker 2: last season for most of the year because of the injury.
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  Speaker 2: You know he just needs time to development. He's a
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  Speaker 2: Kyle that came in Craig and he played what nine
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  Speaker 2: starts and nine starts at Florida as a starting quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: So you've already wasted a first round draft pick. Flaco's
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  Speaker 2: not the guy. It's smart to just go ahead and
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  Speaker 2: let him play this season. You're four and six. I know,
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  Speaker 2: I know there's an outside chance at a wild card,
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  Speaker 2: but come on, realistically, you're gonna get to the playoffs
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  Speaker 2: to what lose in the first round. So go ahead
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  Speaker 2: and spend this season looking at what you got with
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  Speaker 2: Anthony Richardson and if it doesn't work out, okay, twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty five draft comes into play and look at a
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  Speaker 2: quarterback or or signing. But you know, what's the point
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  Speaker 2: in keeping him Flacco out there and letting a top
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  Speaker 2: ten draft pick just rotten the bench not getting any better?
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  Speaker 3: Why not let Sam Ellinger have a shot.
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  Speaker 4: Exactly.
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  Speaker 2: That's what I've been saying. I've been dexing my colts bodies, like,
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  Speaker 2: where's Ellinger?
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  Speaker 4: Atty? What's going on here?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah? The Raiders on?
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  Speaker 1: Sammy Antonio Pears announced today the Raiders are sticking with Gardner.
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  Speaker 1: Minshew as their quarterback. You know, they come off the
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  Speaker 1: bye week. Minshew had been benched. As I read one somewhere,
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  Speaker 1: Minshew and his twelve turnovers had been benched.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, it is the way it was.
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  Speaker 3: And Antonio appears that he was the quotes. Listen.
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  Speaker 1: When we brought in Gardener, we expected, obviously the play
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  Speaker 1: that we had seen in the past, and at some
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  Speaker 1: point you've got to give a guy confidence. And there's
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  Speaker 1: been times, obviously with turnovers and other things that have
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  Speaker 1: taken place where we made decisions to either put him
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  Speaker 1: on the bench or go to another quarterback. But this week,
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  Speaker 1: I felt like Gardner gives us the best opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: move forward. He has every opportunity to go out there
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  Speaker 1: and help us get to a win. Is it two year,
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  Speaker 1: twenty five million dollar deal they signed him? So you know,
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  Speaker 1: Ad O'Connell had been playing some and you know, so.
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  Speaker 2: Now I wonder who Bill Belichick signs a quarterback for
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  Speaker 2: the Raiders next season. That's that's so I'm curious.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, I thought I thought you were convinced that Belichick
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  Speaker 1: was going to be the next coach of the Cowboys.
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  Speaker 3: Are you're saying it's the Sanders down.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know what Jerry's gonna do.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's still looking at the moon right now, wondering,
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  Speaker 2: you know, is it a crescent moon? Okay, crescent moon?
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  Speaker 2: Then we go after like moon. If it's not a
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  Speaker 2: crescent moon, it's Dion. Yeah, I don't know if Dean,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I guess depends on I feel like Deon's
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  Speaker 2: gonna pull a Lebron here, and like, okay, wherever I go,
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  Speaker 2: you gotta draft my son at quarterback, right. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it kind of seems like the thing that would happen.
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  Speaker 3: Uh what was it who that was saying?
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  Speaker 1: What the what the Cowboys should do is uh hire
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  Speaker 1: Dion as coach and make and make Shader uh their
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  Speaker 1: top draft pick.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: And you're paying Dak Prescott fifty million dollars sixty million
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  Speaker 2: dollars to do what?
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  Speaker 4: Hold a clipboard? Yeah? Right?
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  Speaker 1: And and I think the Cowboys would be better serve
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  Speaker 1: drafting Travis Hunter.
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  Speaker 2: Or an offensive lineman I can maybe block and keep
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  Speaker 2: Dak from dying on the field.
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  Speaker 4: Got some issues, you know, It's.
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  Speaker 2: Interesting Craig real quick, you know, looking at right now
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback spot for next year, like it keeps changing,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I don't know who's gonna be the top quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: It's probably going to be somewhere along around the lines
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  Speaker 2: of Sanders, cam Ward, Quinn, Carson Becks.
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  Speaker 3: Don't you think he's played.
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  Speaker 2: So But I think teams will end up talking themselves
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  Speaker 2: into him because the quarterback draft class is so bad
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  Speaker 2: this year and people fall in love with the con like,
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  Speaker 2: if he has a great combine, he'll go in the
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  Speaker 2: first round. I think similarly, even though he's been awful,
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  Speaker 2: but I feel like with the weakness of the quarterback class,
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  Speaker 2: what we see Travis Hunter go one, well, we see
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  Speaker 2: because the first pick is going to end up with
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  Speaker 2: what probably a team that already has a quarterback, correct,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, look at it is.
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  Speaker 4: Who's gonna be the first roar roll pick? Is it
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  Speaker 4: going to be? It might be the Giants? Actually so
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  Speaker 4: well right now, right it be the Jaguars.
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  Speaker 2: They're paying Trevor Lawrence fifty five million dollars and out
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  Speaker 2: Giants number two, so they would have to go quarterback
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  Speaker 2: number one. But you know, I'm curious. It's gonna interesting
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  Speaker 2: to see who will be the first overall pick this season.
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  Speaker 2: If it's a team that needs a quarterback, do you
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  Speaker 2: roll the dice on too door, Sanders, do you trade down?
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  Speaker 2: You know what's going to happen.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking of the quarterbacks, JJ McCarthy underwent a second knee
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  Speaker 1: surgery this week, trying to recover from that torn meniscus.
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  Speaker 1: That's really weird that a torn meniscus, not a torn
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  Speaker 1: acl but a torn meniscus would require two surgeries. It
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  Speaker 1: was described as a I don't know what this is,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm going to say it biologic or biologic injection
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  Speaker 1: intended to address swelling in the knee that developed after
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  Speaker 1: the increase in activity. During the rehab process, doctors found
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  Speaker 1: no other concerns. I've no changes to McCarthy's recovery timetable,
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  Speaker 1: meaning he remains on track to return for twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 3: So he had add that.
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  Speaker 1: You know that the knee injury in pre season and
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  Speaker 1: he's been participating in team meetings. You know, a second
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  Speaker 1: knee surgery. Is that kind of like a second Tommy John?
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  Speaker 4: I No, No, Actually, is he going to start.
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  Speaker 1: Being able to throw a sweeper like Walker Bueller now
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  Speaker 1: that he's now that he's had two TJ surgery, A
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  Speaker 1: knuckle curve, you know, something like that, quarterback issues. That's
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  Speaker 1: why I brought them up as quarterback is because seems
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  Speaker 1: like everybody's had It's that there was a weird article
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  Speaker 1: today I saw on ESPN about how the Jets and
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  Speaker 1: everything's just gone radio silent on Aaron Rodgers, and he's kind.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. I think
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  Speaker 1: it's about I think it's because the Jets are bad. Well,
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  Speaker 1: it's because the Jets are bad. That's why they're bad.
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  Speaker 1: They're not performing at at the level that many thought
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  Speaker 1: they would.
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  Speaker 3: Although I can't say as I.
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  Speaker 4: Was not surprised.
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  Speaker 1: No, I wasn't real high on the Jets. I don't
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  Speaker 1: think either of us picked it. Did you pick the Jets?
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  Speaker 4: I don't think it would be a playoff team.
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  Speaker 3: You picked them as a wildcard.
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  Speaker 4: I how the Bills would win the division. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I think both of us are going to miss fire
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  Speaker 1: on our wildcards because I had the Dolphins as a wildcard.
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  Speaker 4: They're three and six, the Bengals two. I don't think
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  Speaker 4: they're going to make it.
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  Speaker 3: It's going to be difficult.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 1: We have more coming up, and we'll be back to
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  Speaker 1: wrap up today's edition of the program. On Sports radio
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