The Indianapolis Colts may be on the outside looking in for the playoffs, but that doesn’t mean any drastic changes will come in the final two weeks. Most notably, Jacoby Brissett will remain the quarterback under center.
Though there was a call to have Chad Kelly play the final two games, head coach Frank Reich shot down that notion quickly when speaking to reporters on a Tuesday conference call.
As expected, Reich put his full vote of confidence behind Brissett as the starting quarterback.
“Yeah, no Jacoby (Brissett) is our quarterback,” Reich said Tuesday. “Jacoby is a second-year starter and he’s done a lot of really good things this year. We have two games, that’s really an opportunity for him to work to get better.”
Brissett is coming off of his worst game this season. He completed 18 of 34 passes for 165 yards without a touchdown. He was wildly erratic with his throws to all areas of the field and continued the narrative that his play has regressed over the last two months.
There was never any chance the Colts were going to start anyone but Brissett as long as he’s healthy. Reich also mentioned that the Colts will dive a little deeper to see if there is anything they can change to benefit Brissett in the final two games of the season.
“But really for Nick (Sirianni) and I and the rest of the offensive staff to say, ‘Hey, we’ve got two games. Should we try a couple things? Might we try a couple things, experiment with one or two things?’ Let us learn, let us learn Jacoby,” Reich said. “Maybe there’s something that we haven’t been doing that is good for him. So we’ll look at some alternative schemes, introduce one or two new thoughts in the next two weeks.”
The Colts are officially out of the playoff race with two games remaining, but Reich is putting his full confidence in Brissett as the starting quarterback moving forward, which makes for an interesting offseason coming up.