{"id":880503,"date":"2026-05-02T14:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T14:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/880503\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T14:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T14:06:20","slug":"colts-make-decision-on-qb-anthony-richardsons-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/880503\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts make decision on QB Anthony Richardson&#8217;s future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Indianapolis Colts<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nfl\" data-team=\"14\" data-name=\"Indianapolis Colts\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Indianapolis Colts\"><\/a> will not exercise the fifth-year option on quarterback Anthony Richardson\u2019s rookie contract for the 2027 season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48649873\/colts-declining-richardson-fifth-year-option-27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ESPN reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The move, revealed at the NFL\u2019s deadline for 2023 first-round picks, means the former No. 4 overall selection will become an unrestricted free agent after the 2026 campaign. The option would have guaranteed more than $22 million.<\/p>\n<p>The decision reflects ongoing uncertainty about Richardson\u2019s role in Indianapolis. He <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/football\/colts-allow-trade-request-anthony-richardson\/743140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">requested a trade<\/a> in February and received permission to discuss a potential deal with other clubs, though no agreement has been reached.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson has skipped voluntary offseason workouts after the Colts signed Daniel Jones<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nfl\" data-athlete=\"20841\" data-name=\"Daniel Jones\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Daniel Jones\"><\/a> to a two-year, $88 million extension last month to serve as the team\u2019s starter.<\/p>\n<p>General manager Chris Ballard acknowledged the <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/football\/colts-gm-weighs-in-anthony-richardson-future-3-seasons\/742939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">possibility that Richardson could remain<\/a> with the club, describing him as \u201ca good dude\u201d who is \u201ctalented\u201d and \u201cstill got a lot in him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richardson\u2019s early career has been hampered by injuries. He missed 17 games during his initial stint as starter and spent most of the past season on injured reserve after suffering an orbital fracture in pregame warm-ups.<\/p>\n<p>In 17 career appearances, he has completed 50.6 percent of his passes for 11 touchdowns and 13 interceptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indianapolis Colts will not exercise the fifth-year option on quarterback Anthony Richardson\u2019s rookie contract for the 2027&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2059],"tags":[1504,2005,7,2004,392,2381,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-880503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-anthony-richardson","9":"tag-colts","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-indianapolis","12":"tag-indianapolis-colts","13":"tag-indianapoliscolts","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116505371152044582","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}