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Colts Unsurprisingly Decline Anthony Richardson Sr.'s Fifth-Year Option
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Colts Unsurprisingly Decline Anthony Richardson Sr.'s Fifth-Year Option

Indianapolis Colts On SI·Noah Compton·about 1 month ago
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The Indianapolis Colts will decline quarterback Anthony Richardson Sr.'s fifth-year option, according to FOX59 reporter Mike Chappell . This was expected, given the option would pay Richardson Sr. a guaranteed $22.483M salary for the 2027-28 season. The Colts are set to pay quarterback Daniel Jones an average of $44M over the next two seasons, effectively making him their signal-caller of the future after extending him earlier this offseason. Some teams had already exercised options of their 2023 first-round draftees, but the Colts had been waiting it out until the deadline on May 1st for any potential trade suitors -- Richardson Sr. (fourth-overall pick) has officially been on the trade block since the NFL Scouting Combine. Though a possibility, this doesn't mean that a release is imminent, but it does mean the Colts are one step closer to ending the experiment altogether. This was always the expected outcome since Daniel Jones won the starting job heading into the 2025 season.…

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