It was always a big risk. Any time a team chooses to play its starters in a meaningless preseason game, those players are risking getting hurt. Indianapolis Colts head coach Shane Steichen, but he clearly doesn't know better.
Steichen made it known that entering the preseason, he would play both Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones in hopes that their play would dictate who would win the quarterback battle. Richardson was the two-year veteran whom Indy had drafted and tried to groom. So far, he had failed.
Jones had also failed for six seasons in his career, but none of those were with the Colts.