Supply: Colts usher in vet QB Osweiler for go to
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts had free-agent quarterback Brock Osweiler in for a go to Tuesday, a supply tells ESPN’s Discipline Yates.
The Colts are in search of a veteran backup quarterback to play behind starter Jacoby Brissett following the stunning retirement of Andrew Luck final weekend.
The one different quarterbacks on the Colts’ roster are Phillip Walker and Chad Kelly. Walker has by no means performed a snap in a regular-season recreation and Kelly is suspended for the primary two video games of the season for violating the league’s private conduct coverage.
Colts coach Frank Reich gave the indication earlier this week that they’d look to improve the backup spot.
Brock Osweiler went 2-Three as a starter for the Dolphins final season. AP Picture/Matt Ludtke
“These are all actually good issues to contemplate — that we’re contemplating very strongly,” Reich stated Monday. “Phil [Walker] has been right here for some time so we’ve a variety of perception and confidence in Phillip. He is aware of our offense. He is aware of this locker room. These are going to be the selections that we’ve to make within the subsequent week to 10 days.”
Osweiler, 28, went 2-Three as a fill-in starter for the Miami Dolphins final season when Ryan Tannehill was injured. He gave the fan base hope in a interval dubbed “Brocktober,” which started with him throwing for a career-high 380 yards in an upset time beyond regulation victory in opposition to the Chicago Bears, however his play leveled off within the following video games.
What Osweiler did do, nevertheless, is re-establish his profession from disappointing starter to dependable backup quarterback. He had signed a one-year, $880,000 contract with Miami and competed to make the roster as a backup. Regardless of a tough coaching camp, the Dolphins stored Osweiler as their No. 2 QB and he stored them afloat when Tannehill received damage early within the season.
In 2018, Osweiler accomplished 63.5% of his passes for 1,247 yards, six touchdowns and 4 interceptions.
Osweiler’s largest NFL contribution got here in an analogous position. He went 5-2 as a starter rather than an injured Peyton Manning for the 2015 Denver Broncos, serving to them earn the AFC’s prime seed en path to a victory in Tremendous Bowl 50.
That season led to a $72 million contract with the Houston Texans, who traded him to the Cleveland Browns after one troublesome season because the Texans’ starter. The Browns launched Osweiler simply earlier than the 2017 season, when he was once more picked up by the Broncos and began 5 video games.
Osweiler, who’s coming into his seventh season, was drafted by the Broncos within the second spherical (57th general) of the 2012 draft.
ESPN’s Cameron Wolfe contributed to this report.