Richardson's turnovers deepen doubts about Colts QB future

In the long arc of professional football, few investments carry more weight than a top-five draft pick at quarterback — and few failures are more public. Anthony Richardson, selected fourth overall by the Indianapolis Colts in 2023 with the hope of anchoring a franchise for a decade, finds himself three years later competing for a backup role, his preseason turnovers in August 2026 serving less as isolated mistakes and more as symbols of a development that never quite arrived. The story of Richardson is, in many ways, the story of how potential and performance remain stubbornly different thing