Last week the Indianapolis Colts announced that they were benching last years fourth overall pick Anthony Richardson. This was a big mistake by the Colts if you ask just about anyone in Indy. Now it has a lot of teams wondering if they can do a better job developing him. Team’s are calling the Colts to inquire about a trade, the Detroit Lions would be wise to be one of those teams.
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) November 3, 2024
Some Lions fans may have multiple questions about why the Lions would make a trade like this when they have Jared Goff playing at an MVP level.
Here’s the thing, this is all about the future for the Lions. Jared Goff is not going to be around forever. I would love it if he was. It would be cool if he became bionic at some point and just played into his 70’s, but that’s just not going to happen.
Richardson is only 22-years-old in his second season in the league. He’s one of the youngest quarterbacks in the NFL. The Lions could take him and put him on the bench and have him work with Mark Brunell, Ben Johnson, Tanner Engstrand and Dan Campbell. All those guys that have a big hand in resurrecting Jared Goff. They can develop a guy, we’ve seen it happen…