The Latest on Anthony Richardson's Back + Pacers/Heat Preview!

(00:00-24:27) – Query & Company opens on a Thursday with Jake Query and Jimmy Cook discussing the latest news on Anthony Richardson’s back. Jake and Jimmy provide what Richardson said yesterday regarding his back issue. They also debate as to whether the Colts were even aware of this issue prior to selecting him in the draft. (24:27-45:03) – The Athletic’s Zak Keefer joins the program after publishing a story earlier today with James Boyd about the Indianapolis Colts franchise. Zak weighs in on Jim Irsay’s involvement within the franchise right now, assesses whether or not he believes Chris Ballard and Shane Steichen are attached at the hip, and states that Anthony Richardson will be back as the team’s starting quarterback for next season based on what he has been told right now. (45:03-49:36) – The first hour of the show concludes with Jake and Jimmy discussing the Indiana Pacers loss to the Milwaukee Bucks after leading by nineteen points.  (49:36-1:18:36) – The one o’clock hour of Query & Company with Jake Query and Jimmy Cook starts off with the guys discussing Jimmy’s birthday. Also, they guess how many fans will be in attendance for Sunday’s game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Indianapolis Colts. Finally, they get back to the Anthony Richardson situation that has developed in the last 48 hours. (1:18:36-1:28:44) – After focusing on Anthony Richardson in the previous segment, Jake and Jimmy shift their focus to Shane Steichen. They revisit what Steichen said about Richardson’s back injury, the way he handled the benching of Richardson, and come to some conclusions about Steichen and Richardson. (1:28:44-1:40:41) – Hour two of the program concludes with Jake and Jimmy wondering if Anthony Richardson’s back injury was detected in the pre-draft process. Jake also compares Richardson to a former Indiana Pacer. (1:40:41-2:05:02) – Tony East from Locked On Pacers and Forbes Sports joins the show to explain what went wrong against the Milwaukee Bucks on New Year’s Eve earlier in the week for the blue and gold. Tony assesses the recent stretch of games for Jarace Walker, the struggles for the Pacers this season in the fourth quarter with maintaining leads and is forced to pick a city to start an NBA franchise with and a player to make the game winning shot in game seven of the NBA Finals. (2:05:02-2:23:07) – Radio voice of the Indianapolis Colts, Matt Taylor, joins the program to provide Colts fans with three different hard truths about where the franchise is at right now, highlights some things that this team will need to clean up this offseason, believes that Jonathan Taylor is having his best season since 2021, and assesses if the Colts defensive personnel could play a different scheme if the scheme changed after the season. (2:23:07-2:29:05) – Today’s show ends with the JCook Plays of the Day and the guys discussing Notre Dame’s game against Georgia and figuring out the discovery of the Sugar Bowl!Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/query-and-company/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.