{"id":830783,"date":"2026-08-30T11:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T11:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/830783\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T11:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T11:12:20","slug":"anthony-richardson-the-favorite-to-win-backup-qb-job-after-preseason-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/830783\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Richardson the favorite to win backup QB job after preseason finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Richardson lost his starting job last year. It appears he has held onto the backup job this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Colts have not announced who will enter the season as Daniel Jones\u2019 backup, but Richardson outplayed Riley Leonard in the preseason.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson completed 7 of 10 passes for 80 yards in the preseason finale against the Lions on Saturday. He finished the preseason 21-of-33 for 249 yards and an interception.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wanted to go out there and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colts.com\/news\/how-qbs-anthony-richardson-sr-riley-leonard-feel-about-backup-battle-standings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">operate the offense<\/a> and be confident,\u201d Richardson said, via Abby Halpin of the team website. \u201cI was out there with the starters, so I just wanted to go out there and showcase that I could manage the game and be out there and let it rip. I think I did that to a certain extent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leonard was 3-for-7 for 48 yards and an interception against the Lions, finished the preseason 20-of-42 for 199 yards and two interceptions. <\/p>\n<p>The Colts did not throw a touchdown pass in three preseason games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to do my best and put my best foot forward,\u201d Richardson said. \u201cI want everyone to win and everybody to reach their goals, dreams and aspirations that they\u2019ve wanted since they were a little kid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richardson, the fourth overall pick in 2023, is entering the final year of his contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Richardson lost his starting job last year. It appears he has held onto the backup job this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-830783","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\/830783","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=830783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}