{"id":632153,"date":"2026-05-09T03:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T03:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/632153\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T03:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T03:34:07","slug":"shane-steichen-sidesteps-questions-about-anthony-richardsons-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/632153\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Steichen sidesteps questions about Anthony Richardson&#8217;s future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson stayed away from the team for two weeks as he sought a trade. He showed up to the Colts\u2019 voluntary work on Monday despite an uncertain future.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson is recovering from a right eye injury.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Shane Steichen addressed Richardson\u2019s future on Friday, although he did not allow much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7264523\/2026\/05\/08\/anthony-richardson-colts-eye-injury-future\/?source=emp_shared_article&amp;unlocked_article_code=1.g1A.2Tnu.6utq4AqbbVzQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">back in the fold<\/a> right now. That part\u2019s been good,\u201d Steichen said, via James Boyd of TheAthletic.com. \u201cHe\u2019s working, going through his fundamentals, details, out there throwing with the guys. And that\u2019s where it\u2019s at right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richardson, the No. 4 overall pick in 2023, lost the starting job to Daniel Jones last season. <\/p>\n<p>He still wants a trade, but according to Boyd, Richardson will approach his situation with professionalism.<\/p>\n<p>Steichen sidestepped a question about whether Richardson would compete with Riley Leonard, a 2025 sixth-round pick, for the backup job to Jones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, we\u2019re in May. We\u2019ll see how it goes, obviously, with all that,\u201d Steichen said. \u201cBut [Richardson\u2019s] working. He\u2019s here. He\u2019s in good spirits. He\u2019s cleared to play with the vision stuff, so that part\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richardson had a freak pregame accident on Oct. 12 that left him with a fractured orbital bone in his eye. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson stayed away from the team for two weeks as he sought a trade. He&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-632153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}