Indianapolis Colts interim head coach Jeff Saturday answers why he made a change at quarterback before his first game.
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Indianapolis Colts interim head coach Jeff Saturday answers why he made a change at quarterback before his first game.
As it turns out, Matt Ryan isn’t the backup quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts after all.
Coming into Week 10, Ryan was set to be active but not start behind center for the very first time in his 15-year NFL career. But Ryan took snaps with the starting offense during pre-game warmups on November 13 and then started against the Las Vegas Raiders.
This happened despite interim head coach Jeff Saturday telling the media in his introductory press conference on November 7 that Ehlinger would be the team’s starting quarterback.
That never changed during the week although Saturday did say on November 11 that the quarterback situation was “not a closed competition by any stretch of the imagination.”
As it turned out, Ryan won back his job before any of the Colts quarterback competed in a game under Saturday. The Indianapolis interim head coach explained that starting Ryan was the plan all along and shared why he made the switch behind center in his postgame press conference on November 13.
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“I knew what I was gonna do. … I thought Matt [Ryan] gave use the best change to win.”
#Colts HC Jeff Saturday on QB change: “I knew what I was gonna do. … I thought Matt (Ryan) gave us the best chance to win.
