Colts’ Anthony Richardson placed on IR after pre-game orbital bone injury
Things continue to get worse and worse for Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson.
After he already lost his starting job to Daniel Jones, Richardson was placed on injured reserve by the Colts after he suffered an orbital injury before the team’s game on Sunday.
The team announced the move while subsequently claiming safety Reuben Lowery off waivers from the Baltimore Ravens.
Head coach Shane Steichen said that Richardson would miss some time on Monday. However, he didn’t have a definitive timetable on when the Colts’ backup quarterback could return.
Players placed on injury reserve are required to miss a minimum of four games prior to their return.
Indianapolis will now only have two quarterbacks on its roster for the time being — Jones and 2025 sixth-round pick Riley Leonard.
Jones has been steering the ship for the Colts effectively since taking over the starting job. He has them at a 5-1 record while throwing for 1,502 yards and eight touchdowns with three interceptions on a 71.1 percent completion percentage. He has also added another 76 rushing yards and four touchdowns on 24 carries.
The Colts will need him to stay hot with their backup plan out for the near term.
Leonard led Notre Dame to the National Championship Game before getting drafted by Indianapolis in 2024. He threw for 2,861 yards, 21 touchdowns, and eight interceptions with a 66.7 completion percentage in his lone season with the Fighting Irish after spending the first three years of his collegiate career at Duke.
As for Richardson, his future continues to remain unknown after he was usurped of his starting role by Jones.
The 2023 fourth-overall pick out of Florida led the Colts to a 6-5 record in 11 starts in 2024. He was inconsistent through the air, throwing for 1,814 yards and eight touchdowns with 12 touchdowns on a 47.7 percent completion percentage.
Richardson has shown flashes of arm talent and athleticism, but bad luck continues to plague his NFL career.
Skip Bayless makes wild Shedeur Sanders-Titans claim after Brian Callahan firing
After watching the Titans move on from Brian Callahan, Skip Bayless dropped a bizarre take on Shedeur Sanders' fit in Tennessee.
When news broke that the Tennessee Titans were moving on from head coach Brian Callahan after a rough start to the 2025 NFL season, all eyes turned to Cam Ward and how this move would impact his future… except for those belonging to Skip Bayless.
No, while discussing the Titans' decision to cut bait on the head coach midway through Ward's rookie season on Underdog's The Arena: Gridiron, Skip Bayless made a pretty bonkers assertion, that had Tennessee selected Shedeur Sanders out of Colorado instead of Ward from Miami first overall, Callahan might still have a job today in the Music City.
“So allow me to say one more time, if they had picked Shadur instead of Cam, I know you love Cam, but I love Shadur more. I don't think this would have happened. That's just me,” Bayless declared. “That's how good Shadur is. He has the charisma factor, the it factor to change the franchise and inspire the defense as well as the offense. And I haven't seen Cam be able to do that yet.”
Now obviously, this is a pretty incendiary take that many of his fellow commentators like Aqib Talib took issue with, as wins and losses ultimately cost Callahan his job – in addition to some bizarre playcalling over the years – not how charismatic his starting quarterback is. Even if Sanders was able to make the defense play better based on respect alone, he still would have been tasked with executing the same plays, throwing to the same weapons, and going through possessions behind the same offensive line.
Could the decision to move on from Callahan ultimately impact Ward in a negative way during his rookie season? Sure, continuity is key to growth in the NFL, but to say Sanders, the third-string quarterback in Cleveland, would magically fix that situation is the definition of a hot take even in this, the hot take era.
Mike McCoy named interim head coach
The Tennessee Titans stumbled out of the gate, losing their first four games in 2025. After Sunday’s disheartening defeat, Tennessee made a change. The Titans fired head coach Brian Callahan following a 1-5 start.
Tennessee will turn to Mike McCoy as its interim head coach following Callahan’s departure, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. McCoy had been the team’s senior offensive assistant before the promotion. The Titans are hoping the veteran coach can get more out of first-year quarterback Cam Ward.
Tennessee selected Ward first overall in the 2025 draft. But the rookie passer has struggled as the team’s starting QB. The Titans have the league’s worst offense through six games this season, averaging 232.3 yards per contest.
Titans turn to Mike McCoy to fix struggling offense
Last year the Titans had the 26th-ranked overall offense in Callahan’s head coaching debut. The team averaged 304.2 total yards per game and finished tied for the worst record in football (3-14).
The Titans' struggles continued in 2025. Ward has been sacked an NFL-high 25 times. He was taken down six more times in Week 6, losing 62 yards in a 20-10 loss to the Raiders.
Tennessee got its first win of the season with Week 5’s comeback against the Arizona Cardinals. However, any optimism created by the victory was quickly erased by Sunday’s defeat. And the loss looked even worse when players criticized Callahan’s practices leading up to the Raiders game.
The Titans made the coaching change shortly after Ward and Jeffery Simmons publicly complained about the team’s practices, suggesting a lack of effort led to the Week 6 loss. Callahan went 4-19 in 23 games at the helm in Tennessee.
Now McCoy will attempt to stabilize the Titans. While he’s not considered the top head coach replacement candidate for Tennessee, McCoy is certainly experienced. He spent four seasons as the then-San Diego Chargers HC, leading the team to a playoff appearance in 2013.
McCoy has been an NFL coach for 25 years. Prior to working as the Titans’ senior offensive assistant, he was the Jacksonville Jaguars’ quarterbacks coach.
