Colts coach Chuck Pagano says Trent Richardson was inactive for the AFC Championship Game because of "personal reasons."
It appears Pagano is either buying into or going along with T-Rich's story that he missed Saturday's walk-through because of a family emergency. Either way, Sunday was Richardson's second straight healthy scratch. His time in Indy is likely at an end. Richardson's first order of business as he seeks a second chance will be shedding some weight.
Source: Mike Chappell on Twitter
Jan 19 - 5:52 PM
Would you bring him in for a super cheap price? He looks like an uber bust but I remember many believed Mark Ingram Jr. was a total bust (granted looked better than Richardson) but this year is a pro-bowler.
Agreed on the pro bowl stuff BUT if in a hypothetical world the Giants signed Richardson for cheap and he were "Ingram" next year people would be mighty happy.
Seems like a maturity issue.
Let him go to NE.
Trent Richardson- Bama v. Ole Miss- 2011 run - ( New Window )
if he loses some weight and proves to be dedicated to the game I don't see harm in short-term incentive-laden deal, but he wouldn't be my plan A or anything (even plan A for a backup)
Life is so much easier in the NFL if you win the QB lottery.
I think he will at some point revive his career, similar to how Cedric Benson and Thomas Jones did. He just needs to want it.
Life is so much easier in the NFL if you win the QB lottery.
and even he is screwing that up royally.
The only reason they even made the playoffs last 2 years is because they got to play the texans, jaguars, and titans two times each.
Barry Sanders ran behind worse O-lines than ours.
I think he will at some point revive his career, similar to how Cedric Benson and Thomas Jones did. He just needs to want it.
As a rookie, he did run for 950 yards and 11 tds, but he only had 3.6 yards per attempt and that was his best year.
Bradshaw ran behind the same o-line as Richardson this year; check Bradshaw's numbers. Richardson was hot garbage this year, although I suppose there's still time to turn it around. Someone gave the Mark Ingram example, and I also remember Cedric Benson being complete trash before having a good year or two.
Blount, Lynch, and Lacy are all big strong backs, not especially fast but hard instinctive runners.
Richardson should fit right into that mold, but for whatever reason it hasn't worked and the Colts had to take him off the field.
Anything's possible, but at this point i think he's done.
It's worse, he lost his job in Cleveland to Willis McGahee and Chris Ogbayana.
Maturity does seem to be a question as well.
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He's already shown he can play. I think the issue with him is that he isn't putting in the work. Physically, he can do it.
I think he will at some point revive his career, similar to how Cedric Benson and Thomas Jones did. He just needs to want it.
As a rookie, he did run for 950 yards and 11 tds, but he only had 3.6 yards per attempt and that was his best year.
Well he was also a rookie so its fair to take into consideration there might be a learning curve to adjust to. He may very well turn into a bust, but I believe its entirely up to him whether that becomes the case.