WESTFIELD, Ind. — The red zone has given Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones fits in the first two weeks of Colts training camp.

For the second consecutive week, Indianapolis spent most of its Saturday time in the red zone, and the results have been underwhelming, particularly for Richardson.

Richardson completed just 3 of 10 passes on Saturday, including an interception to Kenny Moore II and another end-zone throw that should have been picked off by a charging Samuel Womack III, who wasn’t able to put away a ball that hit him in the sternum.

“Red zone, dropback passing practice is always a little bit of a high-leverage situation for quarterbacks,” offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter said. “The defense sort of squeezes those zones, the man coverage is tighter, we’re trying new plays. … You want practice to be really, really clean, but at the same time, you don’t want those guys to avoid working on trying a throw, working on hitting a certain receiver in a certain spot.”

Under pressure from Grover Stewart on his first attempt, Richardson misfired on an attempt to Alec Pierce, and a little while later he overthrew Mo Alie-Cox. Facing a second down to end his 11-on-11 period with the starters, Richardson held the ball too long, then tried to fit the ball into a contested situation, and Moore made an easy pick.

Womack nearly picked off Richardson’s next throw in 11-on-11, again driving on a ball that Richardson likely held too long in the pocket, although he wasn’t able to make the catch. Richardson bounced back with a slant to Adonai Mitchell that came up just short of the goal line, but his next play was difficult to read. Richardson held the ball in the pocket, and it looked like rookie defensive end J.T. Tuimoloau might have produced a sack, but the play wasn’t whistled dead and Richardson found Drew Ogletree for a touchdown.

Richardson’s final 11-on-11 period of the day was a two-minute drill, and after completing a pass to Laquon Treadwell over the middle for a first down, Richardson misfired on three consecutive throws to end the practice.

He had a little bit more success in 7-on-7, completing 4 of 8 passes including a swing pass to Jonathan Taylor, an angle route to Anthony Gould, another out to Gould and a gorgeous laser to Mitchell on the end line for his best throw of the day, but he also made throws that were broken up easily by Charvarius Ward and Johnathan Edwards.

How did Colts quarterback Daniel Jones play?

Jones had his own issues in 7-on-7, mixing in a pair of interceptions with two touchdown passes while going 4 of 8. Jones found Downs for a pair of scores, but he also failed to see a crossing Joe Bachie on an attempt intended for rookie tight end Tyler Warren. After rolling out without an open receiver for a long time on his last attempt, Jones tried to fit a throw into the end zone, only to get picked off by strong safety Nick Cross. In Jones’ first 7-on-7 period with the second-team offense, his first attempt was broken up by Womack, but he bounced back with completions to rookie running back D.J. Giddens and Ogletree.

The veteran challenger to Richardson’s starting job was much better in 11-on-11 work.

Jones completed 10 of 14 passes in full-team work, tossed two touchdown passes with the first team and hit 6 of 8 throws in his two-minute drill, driving the offense into position for a 39-yard field goal by Spencer Shrader.

Working with the twos to start, Jones completed an out to Gould that was quickly swallowed up by linebacker Austin Ajiake, then missed on a short throw to Gould and a 50-50 ball to Mitchell, broken up by Edwards in the air.

Once he got a chance to play with the starters, Jones opened his second red-zone period with a strike to Ashton Dulin in the middle of the end zone, hit a tight-window throw to Warren that was stopped just short of the goal line and then slipped a ball to Warren on the outside for his second score.

Jones was also given a situational chance. Colts head coach Shane Steichen backed the offense up on its own 2-yard line, and after a nice run by Tyler Goodson picked up roughly six yards on first down, Jones hit Mitchell down the left sideline for a big play that accomplished the offense’s goal.

He followed it up with an excellent two-minute drill, sandwiching two Downs catches around an incompletion to get the opening first down, then hitting Dulin, Downs and Warren in quick succession for another first down that got Indianapolis into field-goal territory.

A little short on time, Jones fired a ball out of bounds when he didn’t have anything immediately open on first down, and a run by Taylor set up Shrader’s field goal.

But after a big day for the quarterbacks on Thursday, Saturday’s session was a reminder there is still a ways to go.

“Red zone practices, when you sort them up at the end of the year, they don’t always end up being your highest-production practices,” Cooter said. “But we do get a lot out of them.”

Colts kicking competition

The Colts plan to keep their kicking competition open through the end of the next week. But the way the team is leaning could be easy to see after that.

“We’re going to have those guys compete until somebody definitively shows himself to be the guy, and that guy will get the majority of the reps,” special teams coordinator Brian Mason said. “They’ll keep splitting reps for now, at least through the Baltimore week, and we’ll kind of evaluate things from there.”

Numerically speaking, Spencer Shrader has a leg up on undrafted rookie Maddux Trujillo after the first two weeks of training camp. Shrader, who made kicks from 36, 44 and 39 yards while banging a 52-yard attempt off the left upright on Saturday, has made 87% of his kicks so far.

“He’s been better in Week 2 than Week 1,” Mason said. “We expect him to be over 90%. Our objective is for the starter to be over 90%, and we’re not there yet, so we’ve got to keep taking steps.”

Trujillo made his kicks from 36 and 52 yards, but he hooked his 44-yard attempt wide left, a continuation of a rough night on Thursday. The rookie has made 74% of his kicks so far.

“Obviously, we’ve got to get him cleaned up on a couple of little things, especially when he goes live,” Mason said. “But he’s talented.”

Colts QB camp counter

Richardson: 51 of 92 in 11-on-11, 7 TD, 2 INT; 21 of 33 in 7-on-7, 1 TD, 1 INT

Jones: 66 of 98 in 11-on-11, 6 TD, INT; 20 of 35 in 7-on-7, 2 TD, 3 INT

Injury report

The Colts are getting a little thin at the cornerback position.

Veteran cornerbacks Jaylon Jones and JuJu Brents remain out due to hamstring injuries, and although no injury has been reported for Charvarius Ward, the veteran No. 1 cornerback did not take the field in the final two 11-on-11 periods, pushing undrafted rookie Johnathan Edwards into the starting lineup.

“He’s a rookie, rookie corners will go through ups and downs,” defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo said. “We’ve got some guys nicked up.”

Middle linebacker Segun Olubi missed Saturday’s practice with an ankle injury suffered on Saturday night. Wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. (groin), defensive end Tyquan Lewis, center Danny Pinter and running back Salvon Ahmed (back) also did not practice.

Quick hitters

Defensive tackle DeForest Buckner was active in the running game, stuffing Richardson and Taylor at the line of scrimmage. … Defensive end Kwity Paye was flagged for an offsides penalty in 11-on-11, and Womack, who has been plagued by penalties in training camp, was flagged for a defensive hold in the back of the end zone. … Tight end Will Mallory continued a strong camp by catching a touchdown pass from Riley Leonard in the red zone. … Leonard, who has been better this week after a slow start, also found Ajou Ajou for a score at the back of the end zone. … Gould continues to be the primary punt returner, backed up by undrafted free agent Coleman Owen.

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