Colts QB Anthony Richardson did reportedly seek another medical opinion on his sore surgically repaired right throwing shoulder, but no further surgery is advised right now.
According to his head coach Shane Steichen, Indianapolis Colts 3rd-year quarterback Anthony Richardson did indeed visit Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles on Tuesday, but his initial recovery outlook remains the same (via ESPN’s Stephen Holder):
Colts coach Shane Steichen says QB Anthony Richardson did see Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles for a second opinion on his shoulder, but the outlook remains the same: Just needs rest and time for right now.
— Stephen Holder (@HolderStephen) June 10, 2025
ElAttrache is the renowned surgeon who performed the initial surgery on Richardson’s injured shoulder during October of 2023—after suffering a sprained A/C joint as a rookie.
Richardson recently experienced soreness in his surgically repaired right throwing shoulder during Day 2 of the team’s OTAs and was subsequently shut down from further activity.
However, at this point, while there is no timetable for his return, the recommended course of medical action by the renowned surgeon is still rest and more time to let it recover.
For what it’s worth, the Colts and Richardson are hopeful he’ll be ready to go by the start of the team’s training camp in late July—although he could be on an initial ‘pitch count’ until he fully builds up the conditioning in his throwing shoulder again and sees how it responds.
It’s not the first time that Richardson has experienced soreness in his since surgically repaired shoulder, as he previously experienced some throwing during last offseason during that June’s veteran minicamp and was shut down for a bit.
The difference was that was just a handful of months after the initial surgery—and was possibly not unexpected, while this is over a year and a half—and I’m no medical doctor, but maybe not as much given the extended passage of time.
In what’s been publicly declared by the team’s top brass as an open offseason competition for the Colts’ QB1 job, those are valuable reps he’s losing to his top challenger, veteran free agent addition Daniel Jones, who Indianapolis paid bottom tier starter money to push the still 23-year-old quarterback in this year’s training camp and preseason.
