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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Trent Richardson remembers the day he walked through the front doors of Cleveland's training facility for the first time. He was wearing the suit he had on when the Browns called his name with the third pick in the 2012 draft.
Richardson totaled 12 yards on eight carries against Washington last week. He had 42 yards against Jacksonville the week before,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, and finished with zero yards on six carries against New England on Nov. 16.
The Colts acquired the running back from the Browns on Sept. 18, 2013, for a first-round draft pick — a move that "shocked" Richardson. Now, he and three other Colts players are headed to Cleveland this Sunday for a game against a team, and franchise, they know well.
Richardson says that sometimes defenses are thrown off when they think he's going to run the ball, but Andrew Luck decides to pass instead.
Cribbs left Cleveland after the 2012 season with a handful of records, including the all-time franchise marks in kickoff returns, kickoff return yards, and return touchdowns. Jackson is looking forward to the opportunity to face his former team, but says there won't be any time to spend with friends and former teammates.
Lack of productivity? Richardson sees it more as defenses focused on him so much that he can't get into a groove,Cheap Jeseys NFL.
"I'm not going to change what I do," Jackson said. "In the offseason, if I go back, I'll have dinner with some guys,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, but right now it's a business trip and that's the only thing that's on my mind."
"It was one of those feelings that I didn't think I would ever be playing with another team," he said. "I thought I would always be there and it would be the last team I ever played for. But it happened like it happened."
Return specialist Josh Cribbs, who joined the Colts last month as a free agent,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, signed with the Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2005. Safety Mike Adams played for the Browns for five seasons and D'Qwell Jackson was drafted by the team in 2006 before he suffered two season-ending injuries.
Pagano made it clear the Colts plan to rely on Richardson as their starter.
Richardson has struggled to move the ball in Indy, and the Colts have been criticized for the move and questioned for sticking with the former Alabama star.
"There's going to be good days and there's going to be bad days," Pagano said. "He's had some days that have been very, very productive and some tough days."
"When it comes down to it, I want to say that I've been doing my job," Richardson said. "Anytime I go in with play-action, somebody's wide open. If they're trying to stop by and Andrew Luck's having a good day or (Daniel Herron) is having a good day, I'm doing good because they're distracted by me."
Heck, Colts coach Chuck Pagano's first four years in the league as an assistant were in Cleveland.
For Richardson, it's different.
"They gave up on me," Richardson said in a conference call with Browns media on Wednesday. "I'm going to go into this game like it's my last."
Pat Shurmur, the head coach of the Browns at the time, met him at the door with a big smile on his face, Richardson recalled.
What he thought would be a long and successful career in Cleveland has been everything but what he expected,Off White Vapormax For Sale. Things haven't been the same since the Colts acquired him last year and now Richardson is looking for a breakout game this week against the team that drafted him — and traded him,Cheap World Cup Jerseys 2018.
"You know what? People have just been stacking the box," he said. "I haven't been getting the looks that I was getting earlier in the season. Now that Ahmad (Bradshaw) is down, people are counting on me running the ball. I haven't been getting all of the same looks as everybody else." |
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