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QB Anthony Richardson, IND (1 Viewer)

Todem said:
Won't finish the season again....he sneezes he get's hurt.

He has proven one thing.....he can't stay on the field.

Hard pass at his ADP....I mean seriously good luck with that.

Hey a broken clock is right two times a day.....maybe this is the year a lotto ticket like him leads to a fantasy title for someone....but I don't swing for the fences with a guy like this with a proven track record of being on the shelf more often than not.....this is not sandlot football. And his accuracy is an abortion. Tantalizing physical talent.....I get it.
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His inflated ADP is the yang to the deflated ADP of a QB2 ying - you can get in rounds 9+ in redrafts this year. You just gotta make sure your QB2 is a solid healthy guy.

Worth the risk IMO
 
Todem said:
Won't finish the season again....he sneezes he get's hurt.

He has proven one thing.....he can't stay on the field.

Hard pass at his ADP....I mean seriously good luck with that.

Hey a broken clock is right two times a day.....maybe this is the year a lotto ticket like him leads to a fantasy title for someone....but I don't swing for the fences with a guy like this with a proven track record of being on the shelf more often than not.....this is not sandlot football. And his accuracy is an abortion. Tantalizing physical talent.....I get it.
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Might be premature to say "he sneezes he gets hurt"? He's started a total of 4 games in his NFL career. However, if he hasn't learned how to slide and plays the same style, which he said he was going to do, I might agree with you.
 
ffmail4me said:
Just too many other great QB options that also have high ceilings to take him at his ADP. He seems like one of the riskiest QBs in the top 12.
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Yes, one of the riskiest QB1s.
He wasn’t a target yesterday but at 8.9, QB11, I had to take him.
I wanted to pair him with Goff but he went the round before I wanted to take him. So my QB2 is Levis. :shrug: yeah it’s a risky path.
 
-OZ- said:
ffmail4me said:
Just too many other great QB options that also have high ceilings to take him at his ADP. He seems like one of the riskiest QBs in the top 12.
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Yes, one of the riskiest QB1s.
He wasn’t a target yesterday but at 8.9, QB11, I had to take him.
I wanted to pair him with Goff but he went the round before I wanted to take him. So my QB2 is Levis. :shrug: yeah it’s a risky path.
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At that pick it seems like it is well worth the risk, although I agree that it would been nice to pair with a more steady option. He just does not look like a natural thrower which I tend to stay away from as that is something that you seem to have or not have. But he is a guy who can accumulate those FF points in a variety of different ways and the upside is definitely there.
 
"does not look like a natural thrower" may be the kindest description of what we've seen on the field from Anthony.
 
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ffmail4me said:
Just too many other great QB options that also have high ceilings to take him at his ADP. He seems like one of the riskiest QBs in the top 12.
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Yes, one of the riskiest QB1s.
He wasn’t a target yesterday but at 8.9, QB11, I had to take him.
I wanted to pair him with Goff but he went the round before I wanted to take him. So my QB2 is Levis. :shrug: yeah it’s a risky path.
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Somebody call 9-1-1
"I had to take him"
Goff and Tags combined for 9,000+ yds and 60+ TDs, they have a frontline Aplha-WR1 and more WRs after that
Lions sport a shiny TE and 2 strong RBs, Miami doesn't roster a RB unless they run a 4.3

Prefer QBs 14 and 15, even 12 and 13, both rookies IMO will look like better starting QBs over Richardson
May the Force be with you
 
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popeye said:
"does not look like a natural thrower" may be the kindest description of what we've seen on the field from Anthony.
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One thing I noticed on a couple of nice mid-range dart throws is he had accuracy. His flick of the wrist looks natural to him. Where he struggles is accuracy when he has to throw to a spot where the receiver isn't there yet. Plus he struggles with touch throws. I seem to remember Lamar Jackson having similar issues. Even today, Jackson isn't a great passer, but he did improve with some of his deficiencies.
 
Ministry of Pain said:
-OZ- said:
ffmail4me said:
Just too many other great QB options that also have high ceilings to take him at his ADP. He seems like one of the riskiest QBs in the top 12.
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Yes, one of the riskiest QB1s.
He wasn’t a target yesterday but at 8.9, QB11, I had to take him.
I wanted to pair him with Goff but he went the round before I wanted to take him. So my QB2 is Levis. :shrug: yeah it’s a risky path.
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Somebody call 9-1-1
"I had to take him"
Goff and Tags combined for 9,000+ yds and 60+ TDs, they have a frontline Aplha-WR1 and more WRs after that
Lions sport a shiny TE and 2 strong RBs, Miami doesn't roster a RB unless they run a 4.3

Prefer QBs 14 and 15, even 12 and 13, both rookies IMO will look like better starting QBs over Richardson
May the Force be with you
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Thanks?
Agree to disagree.
I think (and hope) he’ll bust as an NFL QB after a couple seasons. But I think as long as he’s on the field he’ll perform as a top 10, with many weeks in the top 5 for FF.
 
JohnnyU said:
Todem said:
Won't finish the season again....he sneezes he get's hurt.

He has proven one thing.....he can't stay on the field.

Hard pass at his ADP....I mean seriously good luck with that.

Hey a broken clock is right two times a day.....maybe this is the year a lotto ticket like him leads to a fantasy title for someone....but I don't swing for the fences with a guy like this with a proven track record of being on the shelf more often than not.....this is not sandlot football. And his accuracy is an abortion. Tantalizing physical talent.....I get it.
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Might be premature to say "he sneezes he gets hurt"? He's started a total of 4 games in his NFL career. However, if he hasn't learned how to slide and plays the same style, which he said he was going to do, I might agree with you.
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IIRC last year someone posted a detailed history of Richardson's injury history dating back to high school. It was really quite jarring.
 
Chaka said:
JohnnyU said:
Todem said:
Won't finish the season again....he sneezes he get's hurt.

He has proven one thing.....he can't stay on the field.

Hard pass at his ADP....I mean seriously good luck with that.

Hey a broken clock is right two times a day.....maybe this is the year a lotto ticket like him leads to a fantasy title for someone....but I don't swing for the fences with a guy like this with a proven track record of being on the shelf more often than not.....this is not sandlot football. And his accuracy is an abortion. Tantalizing physical talent.....I get it.
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Might be premature to say "he sneezes he gets hurt"? He's started a total of 4 games in his NFL career. However, if he hasn't learned how to slide and plays the same style, which he said he was going to do, I might agree with you.
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IIRC last year someone posted a detailed history of Richardson's injury history dating back to high school. It was really quite jarring.
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Might have been me. I don’t recall. But I was well aware of his injury history. And it’s a shame. Physically he is tantalizing.
 
JohnnyU said:
Todem said:
Won't finish the season again....he sneezes he get's hurt.

He has proven one thing.....he can't stay on the field.

Hard pass at his ADP....I mean seriously good luck with that.

Hey a broken clock is right two times a day.....maybe this is the year a lotto ticket like him leads to a fantasy title for someone....but I don't swing for the fences with a guy like this with a proven track record of being on the shelf more often than not.....this is not sandlot football. And his accuracy is an abortion. Tantalizing physical talent.....I get it.
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Might be premature to say "he sneezes he gets hurt"? He's started a total of 4 games in his NFL career. However, if he hasn't learned how to slide and plays the same style, which he said he was going to do, I might agree with you.
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I was being sarcastic but read about his injury history dating back to high school. It’s not good.
 
Chase Daniel
Anthony Richardson is a very good processor of the game. One of the most important traits an NFL QB can have.

Sat down with the @Colts & talked about how I think this team is going to surprise a lot of people this season.

Full 📺: youtu.be/s9LEA2IN31Q
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BladeRunner said:
Truebluey said:
League winner.
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He was supposed to be a league winner last year until he kept getting injured until he was out for the season.

With his shoulder and his penchant to run, we'll see. He certainly LOOKED good, but the injury history still has me on the fence.
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That injury history essentially amounts to 12 genes out so far starting his 2nd season. Is that enough to call him injury prone?
 
JohnnyU said:
BladeRunner said:
Truebluey said:
League winner.
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He was supposed to be a league winner last year until he kept getting injured until he was out for the season.

With his shoulder and his penchant to run, we'll see. He certainly LOOKED good, but the injury history still has me on the fence.
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That injury history essentially amounts to 12 genes out so far starting his 2nd season. Is that enough to call him injury prone?
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He got injured in EVERY game he played in last year and I believe didn't finish any of those games before the last injury took him out for the season.

While today is promising, I'm still not going to be satisfied until he can make it thru a couple more games w/out getting injured. Again, very promising for FF purposes, but we'll see.
 
Hmmmmm. Don't know how to feel about this guy. Was seduced by all the talking head chatter to take him this year, huge upside with the rushing etc. Saw his box score on ESPN, thrilled to see 29 points but then see the stats and he did that while completing only 9 passes. That....doesn't feel sustainable.
 
LionOfGosforth said:
Hmmmmm. Don't know how to feel about this guy. Was seduced by all the talking head chatter to take him this year, huge upside with the rushing etc. Saw his box score on ESPN, thrilled to see 29 points but then see the stats and he did that while completing only 9 passes. That....doesn't feel sustainable.
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Not sure if it will make you feel better or worse, but he overthrew two wide open TDs today that would have added to his score.

He is still the youngest starting QB in the NFL
 
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bumpman said:
LionOfGosforth said:
Hmmmmm. Don't know how to feel about this guy. Was seduced by all the talking head chatter to take him this year, huge upside with the rushing etc. Saw his box score on ESPN, thrilled to see 29 points but then see the stats and he did that while completing only 9 passes. That....doesn't feel sustainable.
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Not sure if it will make you feel better or worse, but he overthrew two wide open TDs today that would have added to his score.
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Yeah that's a concern, people in here who were at the game have been posting about his lack of accuracy and missing simple throws. Glass half full (his fantasy score) or glass half empty (his accuracy and how he looked in NFL terms) I guess
 
LionOfGosforth said:
Hmmmmm. Don't know how to feel about this guy. Was seduced by all the talking head chatter to take him this year, huge upside with the rushing etc. Saw his box score on ESPN, thrilled to see 29 points but then see the stats and he did that while completing only 9 passes. That....doesn't feel sustainable.
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It is sustainable. Big plays with the huge arm and great rushing numbers.
 
chad in Indy said:
Ministry of Pain said:
9 out of 19, his accuracy and long term career
Arrow pointing up, right?
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Was at the game. Looked good for fantasy but not for NFL. Could throw 50+ yard tds while falling back, but couldn't hit a 12 yard out to save his life.
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I think this becomes a problem.

Home run ball is great until it isn't there. If I'm a defensive coordinator, I play the deep ball and make him hit the underneath stuff with accuracy. If he can do it, tip your hat, he's borderline unstoppable. Right now, I don't think he can.

And while it's easy to say "LOL ARE YOU SERIOUS HE JUST HAD 30 FF POINTS," the passing numbers aren't going to be this good all year.
 
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Sunday Gravy said:
LionOfGosforth said:
Hmmmmm. Don't know how to feel about this guy. Was seduced by all the talking head chatter to take him this year, huge upside with the rushing etc. Saw his box score on ESPN, thrilled to see 29 points but then see the stats and he did that while completing only 9 passes. That....doesn't feel sustainable.
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It is sustainable. Big plays with the huge arm and great rushing numbers.
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I don't think it is.

He had 2 passing TD's on 19 pass attempts. That's 1 TD every 9.5 attempts. Patrick Mahomes for his career is at 1 TD every 16.5 Passing attempts.

He had 214 passing yards. 171 of those came on 3 completions. What happens when the defense commits to taking away the deep ball?

A cannon arm isn't unstoppable. Receivers get behind the defense, he throws it there. At some point, the defenses will commit to not getting beat deep. Can he thrive when defenses force him to take the underneath stuff? 9/19 makes me question it. He's not been an accurate passer going back to college. He went 9/27 vs FSU. He went 14/35 against Kentucky.

He has to improve as a passer to sustain. He won't be getting 171 yards on 3 passing plays every game. I'm certain of that.
 
jm192 said:
Sunday Gravy said:
LionOfGosforth said:
Hmmmmm. Don't know how to feel about this guy. Was seduced by all the talking head chatter to take him this year, huge upside with the rushing etc. Saw his box score on ESPN, thrilled to see 29 points but then see the stats and he did that while completing only 9 passes. That....doesn't feel sustainable.
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It is sustainable. Big plays with the huge arm and great rushing numbers.
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I don't think it is.

He had 2 passing TD's on 19 pass attempts. That's 1 TD every 9.5 attempts. Patrick Mahomes for his career is at 1 TD every 16.5 Passing attempts.

He had 214 passing yards. 171 of those came on 3 completions. What happens when the defense commits to taking away the deep ball?

A cannon arm isn't unstoppable. Receivers get behind the defense, he throws it there. At some point, the defenses will commit to not getting beat deep. Can he thrive when defenses force him to take the underneath stuff? 9/19 makes me question it. He's not been an accurate passer going back to college. He went 9/27 vs FSU. He went 14/35 against Kentucky.

He has to improve as a passer to sustain. He won't be getting 171 yards on 3 passing plays every game. I'm certain of that.
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And one of those was simply an amazing catch would could have just as easily been a pick.

Richardson's game yesterday even though it was huge points, made me actually drop him in my ROS qb rankings. Decent matchup next week, but let's see what he does next weeks 3/4/5 when he faces some solid defenses. I could see him finishing outside of the top 10 QBs those weeks.
 
Anthony Richardson is uniquely inexperienced but the consensus opinion that he’s raw is bad and misguided. Richardson’s poise and command in the pocket and ability to see and read the field show incredible maturity, rarely seen in young QBs and almost unheard of for a QB with so little on field experience. It’s impossible to miss how physically gifted Richardson is but almost everyone has missed that his football mind is advanced too. Go watch Caleb Williams or Bo Nix or J Daniels in their NFL debut and it should be obvious that they are miles behind Richardson’s debut on the mental side of the game.

Because people accept the false narrative that Richardson is a low IQ player getting by purely on running and physical gifts they are eager to see omens in his statlines and in some cases invent reasons to downplay his early successes. Richardson still has a long way to go to become a great NFL QB and a lot to clean up in his game. His ability to protect himself and remain healthy will also be key. But if anyone has seen Richardson’s first 5 NFL games and feels pessimistic about him I would seriously question their ability to scout the QB position, what he has done so far is rare and amazing
 
electric Ape said:
Anthony Richardson is uniquely inexperienced but the consensus opinion that he’s raw is bad and misguided. Richardson’s poise and command in the pocket and ability to see and read the field show incredible maturity, rarely seen in young QBs and almost unheard of for a QB with so little on field experience. It’s impossible to miss how physically gifted Richardson is but almost everyone has missed that his football mind is advanced too. Go watch Caleb Williams or Bo Nix or J Daniels in their NFL debut and it should be obvious that they are miles behind Richardson’s debut on the mental side of the game.

Because people accept the false narrative that Richardson is a low IQ player getting by purely on running and physical gifts they are eager to see omens in his statlines and in some cases invent reasons to downplay his early successes. Richardson still has a long way to go to become a great NFL QB and a lot to clean up in his game. His ability to protect himself and remain healthy will also be key. But if anyone has seen Richardson’s first 5 NFL games and feels pessimistic about him I would seriously question their ability to scout the QB position, what he has done so far is rare and amazing
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Signed the guy that has a bunch of Richardson shares, right?

He started 1 season at Florida. He ended his college career by going 9/27 vs FSU.
He threw 84 passes last year.
He started 2024 going 9/19.

I think he's raw. He started 1 season in college. He just played in his FIFTH NFL game.

I don't see how you look at a 9/19 game, where 80% of his passing yards came on 3 completions, and think he's got it figured out as a passer.
 
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jm192 said:
electric Ape said:
Anthony Richardson is uniquely inexperienced but the consensus opinion that he’s raw is bad and misguided. Richardson’s poise and command in the pocket and ability to see and read the field show incredible maturity, rarely seen in young QBs and almost unheard of for a QB with so little on field experience. It’s impossible to miss how physically gifted Richardson is but almost everyone has missed that his football mind is advanced too. Go watch Caleb Williams or Bo Nix or J Daniels in their NFL debut and it should be obvious that they are miles behind Richardson’s debut on the mental side of the game.

Because people accept the false narrative that Richardson is a low IQ player getting by purely on running and physical gifts they are eager to see omens in his statlines and in some cases invent reasons to downplay his early successes. Richardson still has a long way to go to become a great NFL QB and a lot to clean up in his game. His ability to protect himself and remain healthy will also be key. But if anyone has seen Richardson’s first 5 NFL games and feels pessimistic about him I would seriously question their ability to scout the QB position, what he has done so far is rare and amazing
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Signed the guy that has a bunch of Richardson shares, right?

He started 1 season at Florida. He ended his college career by going 9/27 vs FSU.
He threw 84 passes last year.
He started 2024 going 9/19.

I think he's raw. He started 1 season in college. He just played in his FIFTH NFL game.

I don't see how you look at a 9/19 game, where 80% of his passes came on 3 completions, and think he's got it figured out as a passer.
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If he ever learns some touch on shorter throws look out. That’s a big if however.
 
LionOfGosforth said:
bumpman said:
LionOfGosforth said:
Hmmmmm. Don't know how to feel about this guy. Was seduced by all the talking head chatter to take him this year, huge upside with the rushing etc. Saw his box score on ESPN, thrilled to see 29 points but then see the stats and he did that while completing only 9 passes. That....doesn't feel sustainable.
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Not sure if it will make you feel better or worse, but he overthrew two wide open TDs today that would have added to his score.
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Yeah that's a concern, people in here who were at the game have been posting about his lack of accuracy and missing simple throws. Glass half full (his fantasy score) or glass half empty (his accuracy and how he looked in NFL terms) I guess
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Had Mitchell on a fly and just missed him
 
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