From parking lot throws to a busy first Colts practice: How Josh Downs met Anthony Richardson

Posted May 6, 2023
Josh Downs was waiting to check into his hotel in Indianapolis ahead of his first Colts minicamp practice when he shot his new quarterback a text. He was ready to run some routes. By 8 p.m., he got a text back. "Let's go," Anthony Richardson said. As the sun was setting, the two draft picks took their first reps together on the pavement of the parking lot. (Indianapolis Star)

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