Stephen A. has NO PROBLEM with the Colts benching Anthony Richardson 👀 | First Take

On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and Jeff Saturday debate whether the Indianapolis Colts made the right decision to bench Anthony Richardson for Joe Flacco.

0:00 Are you good with the Colts benching Anthony Richardson?
3:00 Stephen A.’s thoughts on Anthony Richardson getting benched
7:00 Stephen A. says he doesn’t have a problem with Richardson being benched the rest of the season
8:30 Mad Dog says Richardson is a bust and has been playing terrible!
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[yengvang]

Joe Flacco had to sacrifice for Deshaun Watson and now Anthony Richardson because he's tired. Put Joe Flacco in the HOF at this moment.

[Pickledfeet]

lol I love that Dogg brought up Stephen A’s comments on Jeff Saturday being a HC in Indy 😂. Stay authentic!!

[BrutusJrTherd]

No one should have an issue with this. Including Anthony Richardson 😂

[IchigoKurosakitheSalvation]

Someone brought this up on Twitter but...

Anthony Richardson is 22. Benched.
Bryce Young is 23. Benched.
Trey Lance is 24. Benched.
Justin Fields is 25. Benched.
Will Levis is 25. Benched.
Zach Wilson is 25. Benched.
Mac Jones is 26. Benched.
Kenny Pickett is 26. Benched.


Some of this falls on the QB but some of this falls on the team too. It's crazy

[manueldesouza]

Jeff Saturday was such a horrible coach at the Colts and with his statements here he shows exactly why. You must be absolutely crazy if you think the kid can't learn behind Joe Flacco. Nothing wrong with benching the kid for the rest of the season. I'm with Stephan A.

[ig]

Gotta give credit to Flacco, he can still ball at a high level.

[AustinOden]

Last time i checked Flacco has a Superbowl

[Ronnieromance]

This is why he wasn’t a good coach. Bro play the best player while you still have a chance for the playoffs

[pulamea]

Finally, this isn't a Zoom call talk show. They get paid millions and can't even make it into the studio

[southsidetone]

benching richardson makes sense because he is playing terrible and colts can make the playoffs and flacco is the best option. colts need to sit him like jordan love
had to sit behind rodgers and work on his mechanics and i guess getting in shape since he got tired. sit behind flacco and see how to be a pro
and come back better

[isaiahjackson]

Stephen A and Molly argue like they got history 😂

[supra]

As a colt fan, I truly appreciate Jeff Saturday.

[lyrics]

Look. I think he should sit back and watch Flacco. And get ready for next season. You are 4-4. You can make the playoffs. If your 1-6 that would be different. But I think he needs to sit back and watch the veteran.

[malikxshabazz]

Stephen A. “Mr.Mayonnaise himself Will Levis”..Ha! Smh

[rquinn]

Colts coaching should be criticized for throwing the ball at the end of the first half.

[LyfeShortz]

Basically Jeff Saturday wants them to tank to get a better draft pick by starting Richardson? That’s exactly how coaches get fired

[kevinoday]

Colts surprisingly are 4-3 with AR atrocious play, so I see no problem with the benching to try and make playoffs, but if colts fall out of it then go back to AR for devolopment/analyze

[cashisclay]

A QB tapping his helmet in the NFL just doesn't happen, that's not a good look for young boy.💯😅

[HHHPedigrees]

No one is harder on black athletes than Stephen A

[andrewa]

The tap out is ridiculous but equally ridiculous is they already burned all 3 of their timeouts before the 4th even started... ANY decent team would've been able to burn a timeout to get their QB some rest but not the Colts and Shane Steichen.