Richardson to work with Chris Hess (biomechanics expert who worked with Josh Allen) this offseason.
January 20, 2025
Richardson to work with Chris Hess (biomechanics expert who worked with Josh Allen) this offseason.
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“He also has plans to work with biometric expert Chris Hess, who counts Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen among his clients whose throwing motions he has helped refine.
During a recent NFL Films segment, Allen called Hess “the most influential person in my mechanical career.” Allen credits Hess with helping him dramatically increase his completion rate from 52.8% as a rookie to 69.2% by his third season.
It’s all part of a bigger effort by Richardson to demonstrate he can be the quarterback the Colts need him to be. No one, including the Colts, wants to think about the alternative.”
Excellent
Dude needs to work with his wide receivers and anything below 20 yards😑
Well that’s good, hope everything goes well this offseason.
I saw something earlier this week about how Hess helped Josh. This is actually a massive win for us and AR. I truly hope he takes it all in because I can see ARc making massive strides if he does
Finally, some positive shit that we wanna hear
Better draft a QB to be honest
Plan the parade
These are the kind of things he couldn’t do last offseason because most of his time was dedicated to rehab. Good sign that he’s taking the right steps to get better and hopefully we see legit improvement this upcoming season.
I’m super skeptical but still mildly hopeful. There isn’t anything that would solve our woes like AR going from putrid to above average. It’s worth 3 wins.
Not really trying to be a party pooper but Anthony has worked with them before. We’ve been known he went to the same dude Josh went to.
Anthony Richardson Hall of Fame career is back on the menu boys
That’s the first step if he wants to be successful in the NFL hopefully it worked out I’m still having doubts but I hope he can be a good player.
This is the greatest news we could have gotten honestly. I’m going to think positive and be super pumped for next season!
Now we just gotta get William Stryker to put a little adamantium in his bones and we’re good
He needs to do that VR training Jayden Daniel’s was doing too
I’ve been begging for this and I’m really glad it’s finally happening
🤞🤞🤞💪👌👍
He was previously working with Will Hewlett, the QB coach of Purdy and Lawrence…for those who didn’t know.
The focus should be on his base.
Allen plays with a wide base. Wider than most QBs I’ve seen. It means he actually doesn’t power his throws mostly with his arm like AR tends to do. His legs provide the power, the arm provides direction and touch.
Brady was as a guy who threw with a a strong base and it helped preserve his arm for longer.Peyton didn’t throw with a super strong base and I think that’s why his arm fell off in the end.( Brady still had good arm strength even at 45).
Elway and Marino are also a good comparison. Elway had a wide base type throwing technique. Marino was more fast release without powering too much form his legs
Marino’s arm fell off a little faster than Elway’s coz of this IMO.
Powering throws from a good wide base preserves the arm longer and helps with lore consistent accuracy ( Marino and Peyton were 2 of the best gifted passers ever so they didn’t need to conform to usual mechanics)
AR is similar size and weight so I hope it improves him to 60% level at least
Good sign that he recognised need to change something on the mechanical side.
Good luck to him
While this is good for AR, I am still so pessimistic and doubtful, does he have the work ethic to actually improve? It a shame but these last two years have just shown he is not even remotely like Josh Allan’s character.
Hope he’s planning on working hard because if he doesn’t get it together everyone is fired including him.
I’m also glad to see in the article that he’s healthy and that they’ve identified the cause of the back issue, and that he’s been back throwing for a few weeks.
Richardson to embark on a quest to find the genie’s lamp for 3 wishes to improve at QB
Will that fix his bad back?
I love this. Very unclear why we didn’t work with him prior to his rookie year or after his rookie year. Better late than never
Thank you 🙏🏽
Why didn’t they do this after year one….
Why didn’t he do this last year?
Hopefully they build him up to the point where he can be Rookie of the year in 2025
So now he wants to learn how to throw a ball????? I guess that second contract ain’t coming.
Josh turned a corner after going through that stuff. They had lasers and shit strapped to his arms. He realized his mechanics were way off and causing him to overexert his arm/shoulder.
Think his completion % jumped about 5 points after working through that program. Definitely helped.
I find it funny that the timing of this implies he didn’t decide to work with him until Allen won the matchup last night.
Let’s hope he doesn’t have to sit any plays out
Will this do anythibg
lol. Richardson working in the offseason.
I read Holders article about Richardson and he said the same, also why he didn’t last season because he was too busy rehabbing the shoulder.
Another interesting tidbit Holder brought out was that the reason AR hurt his back (according to Colts) is because he was walking around in an orthopedic BOOT and it put stress on his back.
38 comments
“He also has plans to work with biometric expert Chris Hess, who counts Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen among his clients whose throwing motions he has helped refine.
During a recent NFL Films segment, Allen called Hess “the most influential person in my mechanical career.” Allen credits Hess with helping him dramatically increase his completion rate from 52.8% as a rookie to 69.2% by his third season.
It’s all part of a bigger effort by Richardson to demonstrate he can be the quarterback the Colts need him to be. No one, including the Colts, wants to think about the alternative.”
Excellent
Dude needs to work with his wide receivers and anything below 20 yards😑
Well that’s good, hope everything goes well this offseason.
I saw something earlier this week about how Hess helped Josh. This is actually a massive win for us and AR. I truly hope he takes it all in because I can see ARc making massive strides if he does
Finally, some positive shit that we wanna hear
Better draft a QB to be honest
Plan the parade
These are the kind of things he couldn’t do last offseason because most of his time was dedicated to rehab. Good sign that he’s taking the right steps to get better and hopefully we see legit improvement this upcoming season.
I’m super skeptical but still mildly hopeful. There isn’t anything that would solve our woes like AR going from putrid to above average. It’s worth 3 wins.
https://www.nfl.com/news/back-2-campus/2023-nfl-draft-qb-anthony-richardson-promises-his-best-is-still-yet-to-come
Not really trying to be a party pooper but Anthony has worked with them before. We’ve been known he went to the same dude Josh went to.
Anthony Richardson Hall of Fame career is back on the menu boys
That’s the first step if he wants to be successful in the NFL hopefully it worked out I’m still having doubts but I hope he can be a good player.
This is the greatest news we could have gotten honestly. I’m going to think positive and be super pumped for next season!
Now we just gotta get William Stryker to put a little adamantium in his bones and we’re good
He needs to do that VR training Jayden Daniel’s was doing too
I’ve been begging for this and I’m really glad it’s finally happening
🤞🤞🤞💪👌👍
He was previously working with Will Hewlett, the QB coach of Purdy and Lawrence…for those who didn’t know.
The focus should be on his base.
Allen plays with a wide base. Wider than most QBs I’ve seen. It means he actually doesn’t power his throws mostly with his arm like AR tends to do. His legs provide the power, the arm provides direction and touch.
Brady was as a guy who threw with a a strong base and it helped preserve his arm for longer.Peyton didn’t throw with a super strong base and I think that’s why his arm fell off in the end.( Brady still had good arm strength even at 45).
Elway and Marino are also a good comparison. Elway had a wide base type throwing technique. Marino was more fast release without powering too much form his legs
Marino’s arm fell off a little faster than Elway’s coz of this IMO.
Powering throws from a good wide base preserves the arm longer and helps with lore consistent accuracy ( Marino and Peyton were 2 of the best gifted passers ever so they didn’t need to conform to usual mechanics)
AR is similar size and weight so I hope it improves him to 60% level at least
Good sign that he recognised need to change something on the mechanical side.
Good luck to him
While this is good for AR, I am still so pessimistic and doubtful, does he have the work ethic to actually improve? It a shame but these last two years have just shown he is not even remotely like Josh Allan’s character.
Hope he’s planning on working hard because if he doesn’t get it together everyone is fired including him.
I’m also glad to see in the article that he’s healthy and that they’ve identified the cause of the back issue, and that he’s been back throwing for a few weeks.
Richardson to embark on a quest to find the genie’s lamp for 3 wishes to improve at QB
Will that fix his bad back?
I love this. Very unclear why we didn’t work with him prior to his rookie year or after his rookie year. Better late than never
Thank you 🙏🏽
Why didn’t they do this after year one….
Why didn’t he do this last year?
Hopefully they build him up to the point where he can be Rookie of the year in 2025
So now he wants to learn how to throw a ball????? I guess that second contract ain’t coming.
Josh turned a corner after going through that stuff. They had lasers and shit strapped to his arms. He realized his mechanics were way off and causing him to overexert his arm/shoulder.
Think his completion % jumped about 5 points after working through that program. Definitely helped.
I find it funny that the timing of this implies he didn’t decide to work with him until Allen won the matchup last night.
Let’s hope he doesn’t have to sit any plays out
Will this do anythibg
lol. Richardson working in the offseason.
I read Holders article about Richardson and he said the same, also why he didn’t last season because he was too busy rehabbing the shoulder.
Another interesting tidbit Holder brought out was that the reason AR hurt his back (according to Colts) is because he was walking around in an orthopedic BOOT and it put stress on his back.
Just when did AR have a foot issue?