After the Indianapolis Colts’ loss against the Houston Texans, the Colts stand at 2nd in the AFC South division following the Texans. This game made Indianapolis march towards 9th week with 4-4. Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson got sacked five times in the game. It resulted in replacing the starting QB position with the Colts’ MVP QB Joe Flacco. Jersey no. 5 Richardson has been benched after struggling to complete only 10 of 32 passes for 175 yards, one touchdown, and one interception.

The Indianapolis Colts’ strategic update within the team and Anthony Richardson‘s move to step outside the game in the 3rd quarter stirred social media. Even the basketball legend Kevin Durant could not hold himself back from giving his verdict on X. On the question about subbed-out QB, Kevin Durant opined, “yeah, you can obviously be tired. but as the quarterback, though, as the main guy, it’s hard to do that.” KD continued saying “I know, why people are on him and I also understand he was tired. But I don’t think you can just come out of the game at that position like that”.

But it is important to note what Phoenix Suns‘ jersey no. 7 said after he was told that no quarterback has done that before what Richardson did in the 3rd Quarter. Kevin Durant said, “you can [the] honesty though, right ?”

As KD said Anthony Richardson was honest, but fans may not accept this type of move by the ‘main guy’. After the discussion, the Colts’ head coach and management took the decision to replace him with a Super Bowl-winning QB to start the game.

Amid Anthony Richardson’s subbing-back decision, Joe Flacco is considered as winning replacement

MVP quarterback of the Colts Joe Flacco has a completion percentage of 65.7 with a 61.6% completion rate. The 39-year-old veteran will be looked upon as victory maker ahead amid Anthony Richardson’s ‘fatigue’ break. Richardson has a 44.4 completion percentage, which is the 2nd lowest in the past 20 years in comparison with jersey no. 15,

In week 9, Joe Flacco‘s Colts will be fighting against the Minnesota Vikings. So, after excluding bye week, the Indianapolis Colts will be having nine chances to overtake Texans and top the south division. It will be tremendously exciting to watch the November 3rd game of Colts versus Vikings. And also exciting to see how Colts head coach Shane Steichen’s decision will work or not.

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