Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard gives an update on Anthony Richardson and discusses philosophy for maximizing his potential.
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00:00 Yeah, that's good.
00:02 No, really happy about where he's at.
00:05 He started throwing. He's on a rehab program.
00:07 We're not going to, like, I mean, I lived through the last one, okay,
00:11 and I learned a lot of lessons living through the last one.
00:15 So, you know, forgive me for being a little cautious, but, you know,
00:21 and Anthony, I know Anthony's made some statements that it's important to be
00:24 ahead of schedule.
00:25 Well, you know, that's -- we're here to pull the reins to make sure we don't get
00:29 too far ahead of schedule and we're staying with whatever the doctors are
00:32 telling us.
00:33 But he's in good shape.
00:35 He's throwing.
00:36 He's got a good throwing program, got good people working with him.
00:39 So I'm encouraged about where he's at and where he's going,
00:41 and we'll go from there.
00:44 No, I mean, it does because you want to give him as much as you can to be
00:49 successful, which, one, I think you got to make sure he's protected.
00:53 I mean, like, I think you know my philosophy on that.
00:55 You have to make sure your quarterback, especially a young quarterback,
00:58 you got to make sure he's protected.
01:00 Then you want to put enough good players around him to be successful,
01:03 whether that comes through free agency or the draft.
01:05 I think it just -- each year's a little different.
01:08 And, you know, we kind of adjust to however it says.
01:11 Like, you'll have areas in free agency where there's some depth and you'll have
01:14 areas in the draft that are some depth.
01:17 You try to offset with areas you don't think there's as much depth in free
01:20 agency.
01:22 He's explosive.
01:25 He's explosive within himself.
01:28 I think we all saw that, just even with the short span he was playing,
01:32 he's explosive within himself.
01:34 And so, look, the more good, reliable players that you can put around him,
01:38 you know, the better.
01:39 Number one, protect him.
01:41 All right, and number two, try to put the best players you can around him.