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The Indianapolis Colts took quarterback Anthony Richardson with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.
While he didn’t play as much as they had hoped for due to injury, he made some intriguing comments about why playing in the NFL is easier than playing college football in an appearance on the Club 520 Podcast:
In college, you got players that are good, they know they’re good, but they’re not as confident. They’ve got to rely on other players to do this for them to do that. But in the league, everybody is trying to work to stay in the league and try to keep their job. So everybody is trying to ball out. That just let me know I ain’t gotta do too much. I’m going to do my job and he’s going to do his job, and it’s going to work.
However, it makes some sense if you look more into what Richardson meant.
In college football, there’s certainly the notion that top players need to carry entire squads, which is most often the case at quarterback. For example, we’ve seen numerous teams carry certain areas of their teams, like Caleb Williams with USC and their atrocious defense, or Alabama’s running game and defense in years past, helping to assist underwhelming quarterback play.
What Richardson is saying is that, in the NFL, because it’s a job and the goal is to stay in the league, he can be focused on just doing what he needs to do, because he trusts the other players to get their job done. They’re paid for it and need to succeed to continue playing.
So no, Richardson is not saying that playing against a team like the Tennessee Titans is easier than the North Carolina Tar Heels or another college football program.
