Real reason behind Colts' Anthony Richardson’s Week 6 absence revealed

Anthony Richardson of the Indianapolis Colts | Dylan Buell/GettyImagesLet's just start with what everybody is thinking: Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson is seemingly likely to be traded. The team made him inactive for Week 6, after all. If something happens to Daniel Jones, Riley Leonard will take over.

In other words, if Jones gets hurt in Week 6, the Colts are likely cooked. Leonard isn't ready to win many games. But why else make Richardson inactive unless another team was interested in acquiring him and Indy didn't want to risk him to injury? An injured AR5 does no one any good.

That's the catch. According to the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Richardson was actually injured…