QB Anthony Richardson, IND (2 Viewers)

[menobrown]

Richardson will never finish a season healthy

I don't see how anyone can say that with such assurance but whatever you want to think.

You're imagining a world where Richardson increases his completion percentage by nearly 10 points while maintaining his rushing prowess, and no such world exists.

I'm simply taking a baseline of performance when healthy and believing he has room to grow as a very young and raw player. There is nothing otherwordly about that.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Rushing QB's tend to get hurt more often. Lamar dealt with it,

Is this really true, though?

In Jackson's case, he got hurt in the pocket for his one "true" injury. He also got COVID like 19 times and, in my opinion, hurt his back on a stupid somersault into the endzone. I'm not saying he's never been hurt some running, but how many big shots have we seen him take in the open field?

 

[Bronco Billy]

'm sorry. I was willing to listen to everything you said until you ended with top 5 QB range. Our discussion started with QB10'ish, then you went to QB9 or QB8, and now you are saying QB5.

Actually our discussion started with you responding to my post asking if he really had elite upside. Which is a fair question.

For the other part I really am confused what does make sense. His full game performance is in line with a QB in the 8-10 range, number I pegged at around 22 FPG. That's 2.7 points away from last years QB5. So yes, I'll say again, if he remains on the field to finish games AND improves 2-3 fantasy points a game he'll be in top 5 QB range.

I'll put this another way though saying top 10.

Finish games healthy. He's top 10 or someone I'd peg around 22 fpg.

Finish games healthy and improve 2-3 points and he'll be top 5, in the 24-25 fpg range.

Fair enough, but let me reply with this...

Richardson will never finish a season healthy, so you projecting a top 5 finish is the same as projecting a top 5 finish for the garbage QB's I listed above. They all managed QB1 status in limited starts, just like Richardson, but no person in their right mind would project them as a full season QB5, including you. You're imagining a world where Richardson increases his completion percentage by nearly 10 points while maintaining his rushing prowess, and no such world exists.

Richardson getting to a 60% completion percentage this year would represent a 25% increase in completion efficiency over last year and still would have left him dead last in completion percentage among qualifying QBs. That’s an awfully tall ask and still leaves him the worst in the league. I don’t see how a NFL offense remains functional with such a deficient QB.