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Making his first start since Week 8, Richardson posted a new career high for passing by 39. The two-touchdown day on the ground was also "just" the second of his career. He also conducted a picture perfect two-minute drill that led to what proved to be the game-winning touchdown. Richardson still had several mind-numbing misses -- the shorter the pass is, the less accurate Richardson becomes -- but he was in greater rhythm in the intermediate areas than we are used to seeing. He found three different pass catchers for at least three grabs, including Josh Downs and Michael Pittman for five a piece. A normal day at the office for a lot of quarterbacks, but genuine progress for Richardson. He was also a complete menace with the ball in his hands, looking scarily difficult to tackle on his two- and four-yard touchdown runs. This was much more like the quarterback the Colts wanted to see before they benched Richardson for Joe Flacco. That won't be happening again any time soon, it appears. That being said, the Lions are a significantly more difficult matchup for Week 12, albeit at home.

Making his first start since Week 8, Richardson posted a new career high for passing by 39. The two-touchdown day on the ground was also "just" the second of his career. Richardson still had several mind-numbing misses -- the shorter the pass is, the less accurate Richardson becomes -- but he was in greater rhythm in the intermediate areas than we are used to seeing. He found three different pass catchers for at least three grabs, including Josh Downs and Michael Pittman for five a piece. A normal day at the office for a lot of quarterbacks, but genuine progress for Richardson. He was also a complete menace with the ball in his hands, looking scarily difficult to tackle on his two- and four-yard touchdown runs. This was much more like the quarterback the Colts wanted to see before they benched Richardson for Joe Flacco. That won't be happening again any time soon, it appears. That being said, the Lions are a significantly more difficult matchup for Week 12, albeit at home.

The Colts made another quarterback change on Wednesday when they reversed course from two weeks ago by benching Joe Flacco and returning Anthony Richardson to the starting lineup.

The Colts made another quarterback change on Wednesday when they reversed course from two weeks ago by benching Joe Flacco and returning Anthony Richardson to the starting lineup.

When the Colts benched Anthony Richardson and went with Joe Flacco as their starting quarterback, there was talk about Richardson returning to the job at some point but timelines were vague.