Anthony Richardson: When we’re in this situation, I want the ball in my hands

The Colts didn’t hesitate when they scored a touchdown with 12 seconds left in Sunday’s game against the Patriots.

Wide receiver Alec Pierce’s score brought the Patriots within 24-23 and the Colts kept the offense on the field to earn a win. They got it by putting the ball in the hands of quarterback Anthony Richardson.

Richardson ran through contact up the middle to give the Colts a 25-24 road win. It came at the end of a 19-play, 80-yard drive in which Richardson converted a fourth down with a pass to tight end Mo Alie-Cox, and Richardson said after the game that he wanted to be the one to decide things on the field would end.

“No doubt. “Whenever we’re in that situation, I want the ball in my hands,” Richardson said in a Patriots transcript. “I feel like I can make a play. But it’s up to the coach, “It’s not up to me to make the decision at some point. But if he believes that I can make a difference and change something, then I will do it. If not, someone else has to do it.”

Richardson was benched earlier this season, but he led a comeback win against the Jets upon his return to the lineup and said Sunday that he thinks the time off after returning to the field will make him “confident.” “, free and fast”. There were some rough patches along the way to the end, but Richardson’s body of work was definitely a step in the right direction.