Why Was Anthony Richardson Benched? Charles McDonald, Joel Erickson, Chris Denari Join!
Query & Company
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🗓️ 30 October 2024
⏱️ 134 minutes
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Summary
(00:00-25:35) – Query & Company opens on a Wednesday with Jimmy Cook and producer Eddie Garrison by sharing their thoughts on Anthony Richardson being benched for Joe Flacco. They play some of the comments made by Shane Steichen today about the decision to bench Richardson and if Jim Irsay had a role or not in this decision.
(25:35-33:48) – After focusing on Anthony Richardson and Shane Steichen in the previous segment, Jimmy focuses this segment on Joe Flacco. He compares this to previous Colts seasons where they attempted to find one-year rentals like Phillip Rivers, Carson Wentz, and Matt Ryan.
(33:48-44:22) – Hour number one concludes with Jimmy and Eddie discussing Chris Ballard’s future because this should result in him being fired since this was the reset button on his tenure and it is almost publicly admitting that the pick was a failure.
(44:22-1:11:27) – Charles McDonald from Yahoo Sports joins Jimmy Cook on Query & Company to provide his opinion on the Colts benching Anthony Richardson, admits that he doesn’t fully understand how Chris Ballard is still the general manager of the Indianapolis Colts, states that he doesn’t really know where the blame falls right now with benching Richardson, and throws out the idea of trading Anthony Richardson if they are truly over with waiting for him to develop.
(1:11:27-1:19:04) – Following his conversation with Charles McDonald, Jimmy reacts to Anthony Richardson saying that Shane Steichen didn’t really explain to him why they were going with Joe Flacco.
(1:19:04-1:27:40) – Hour number two concludes with Jimmy sharing Joe Flacco’s statement about the situation with Anthony Richardson.
(1:27:40-1:52:51) – Joel Erickson from the IndyStar joins Query & Company to highlight the takeaways from listening to Shane Steichen and Anthony Richardson talk today, does believe that this decision was rushed considering some players found out via social media, assesses whether the Colts would entertain trading Richardson or not prior to the deadline next week, wonders if that some of the perceived thoughts about Shane Steichen’s play calling are actually Richardson trying to constantly push the ball down the field versus checking it down, and evaluates the future of Shane Steichen if they decide Richardson was a failure.
(1:52:51-2:04:59) – TV face of the Indiana Pacers, Chris Denari, from FanDuel Sports Network joins Jimmy Cook on the show to highlight some of the improvements he saw in the losses to the Magic and 76ers, believes that they left a roster spot open so they can add a player a position of need, explains what the Pacers could look like tonight against Boston if they don’t have Myles Turner, and previews tonight Eastern Conference Finals rematch.
(2:09:51-2:13:49) – Today’s show ends with the JCook Plays of the Day and Eddie sharing a couple bets he likes!
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| 0:00.0 | You know, sometimes when there's a big event that happens in your life, or maybe you're left with like a big decision that you have to make, and they tell you, hey, take some time, sit on it for a second, gather your emotions, sleep on it. |
| 0:16.2 | Then come back and see if you feel still, see if you still feel the same way. |
| 0:21.2 | The 24-hour rule? Is that what you're alluding to you there, Jimmy? |
| 0:23.4 | Generally there. Yeah, sleep on it. Try to evaluate other perspectives on the matter and then see |
| 0:29.7 | if your mind changes. So I tried that after the Colts announced yesterday that |
| 0:36.1 | Anthony Richardson was getting benched for Joe Flacko. |
| 0:41.0 | And yesterday, I was rather livid with that decision for a lot of different reasons. |
| 0:45.2 | I feel like it sets the franchise back to some extent. |
| 0:48.6 | I feel like it leaves them in a potential purgatory situation. |
| 0:52.1 | I think that if this is ultimately the way things would go, |
| 0:56.1 | that accountability needs to be had and not just for Anthony Richardson. Accountability need to be |
| 1:01.8 | had at that point for Shane Steichen. And certainly for general manager Chris Ballard. |
| 1:07.7 | We'll get into all of that today, but suffice to say, the 24-hour rule didn't do anything |
| 1:12.7 | for me. Did nothing. I'm still just as perplexed by it as I am right now and as I was yesterday. |
| 1:22.3 | On top of that, though, at least they lied at the end of the tunnel, is Shane Steichen has spoken |
| 1:26.7 | in the media, and we'reichen has spoken to the media. |
| 1:32.1 | And we're going to react to these clips in real time. |
| 1:36.3 | They're not live, obviously, but they've been cut up and they were just made in the last 20 to 25 minutes for the rationale for this decision, for where the franchise goes moving |
| 1:43.5 | forward, whether I think that is the right way for them to proceed. |
| 1:49.0 | And if it's not, why they are now down a dangerous road that not only impacts this season, but impacts 2025, where in theory, you would have had a clearer roadmap for where this franchise |
| 2:03.8 | was, where their long-term goals were going to be, and where they rank among the entire |
| 2:09.2 | landscape of the AFC. |
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