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00:00And this is the Quentin Nelson video that I was talking about. James Boyd who
00:06covers the cults for The Athletic was speaking with Nelson about how he's gone
00:10to bat for Anthony Richardson over his career. Here's Quentin Nelson's response.
00:13Went to bat for the guy multiple times this year. Yeah and I still do. It's just
00:20like a crazy situation and still have a bunch of faith in AR and know that when
00:25he gets his next opportunity that he's gonna do well. I still think that there
00:33was a lot of things good he did when playing. He did a great job escaping
00:39pressure, evading sacks and he also had some some good throws too. So yeah. Were
00:48you surprised by the decision at all? Yeah I was surprised. Now the reality is
00:54here on the desk we couldn't hear the video. What I will say again the kind of
01:00standout thing there is him just saying it's it's a crazy situation as a bunch
01:06of bunch of faith in AR and went on to say Donnie I know that when he gets his
01:10next opportunity he's gonna do well which speaks to kind of your wonder of
01:14will Richardson get back out there but how does Richardson get out there
01:18without Flacco failing? I don't see I think one has to happen for the other to
01:23that is gonna happen there because it's not as if say look we just want to cool
01:25him down Flacco ripped off three in a row now we're leading the division and
01:28maybe get the number one overall see in the AFC now it's time to go back to our
01:31quarterback who still is basically in his rookie I don't think that's gonna be
01:34the case now and I also don't think it's gonna be hey well we can fit this
01:38quarterback in like I always tell you about the Cam Newtons of the world the
01:40Justin Fields let's put him in a red zone action no he's either your starter
01:43he's not your starter at this age at this point but I do think sooner or later
01:48the you know let's just say the the slipper is going to break on Joe Flacco
01:52he's not gonna run off 10 straight victories and be dominant he's been a
01:55really good guy that you know what if I need you in a couple spots starts to
01:58revive a team that's dead on offense he can do that I'm still worried about can
02:02Joe Flacco at this age Joe be the centerpiece of that offense stay healthy
02:06and be dominant the rest of the way I don't think so yeah well think about
02:08what happened when he did start the playoff game against Houston right they
02:12got boat raced in that matchup so again the slipper did fall off they got to a
02:16certain point and then they plateaued and capped out now for granted that
02:19defense was not the same at the end of last season for Cleveland as well but
02:24that was a huge party was you know not the same quarterback up until that point
02:28in that game against CJ Stroud but he did throw for 300 in the loss to
02:32Jacksonville right he threw for over 300 that's what they're seeing the offense
02:38alignment always have the quarterbacks back right they should right especially
02:42in that match a backup starter and I understand that that Nelson had said a
02:47or you know he wishes him the best he'll get another opportunity I just believe
02:51that and I look at it from the head coaching perspective right you have a
02:55head coach that took Jalen Hurts to the Super Bowl if he right was a little
03:01inconsistent at that point he either it's his call or up above maybe the
03:07owner upper management somebody made the call the GM and said hey this change
03:11needs to be done give it a break for a couple of weeks and then regroup so
03:15Michael Pittman right let people know that he found out via social media
03:19that's how we found out that the quarterback room was being changed so
03:22again what either James Thighton is now running a sloppy operation which I doubt
03:27you doubt you love him so do I so all I am saying is it should not be that hard
03:34for people to think that Jimmy or say stepped in and forced the decision that
03:37that this ultimately Indianapolis Colts team isn't necessarily behind because he
03:41feels that that's gonna get them a chance to get to the to the playoffs but
03:44what I want to know is if he goes out there and struggles against this Vikings
03:48defense we've seen a Stroud Purdy get give hell are we breaking down
03:52Richardson next week against the Buffalo Bills like what is the this look like
03:57here