Colts Night Practice Quotes: Insights from the Players Themselves

The Indianapolis Colts brought the excitement of Friday night lights to their practice field during training camp, hosting a nighttime practice at Grand Park.

The event drew an energetic crowd and featured excellent plays on the field, capped off with fireworks after practice. Here are eight quotes that stood out from the evening:

1. Shane Steichen on the quarterbacks

“Both have been doing a really good job. Both of them have made plays at a high level the last couple days, and that’s what you want to see. You want to see growth. You want to see completions. You want to see the offense moving up and down the field. Both have been doing a really good job.”

Anthony Richardson Sr. and Daniel Jones are in an open competition for the starting quarterback job.

2. Steichen on Anthony Richardson Sr.

“I think everything’s cleaner right now. He’s playing at a high level. He’s making good decisions with the football. Taking the completions when needed. So it’s been really good to see.”

3. Steichen on the night practice

“I kind of wanted to bring back that Friday night feel when you’re in high school playing under the lights. That was always a special time for myself and a lot of these guys.”

4. Grover Stewart on the night practice

“Man, it was real fun out there. It brought me back to my high school days. Being out there like a Friday night, but it’s a Thursday night. It felt great out there.”

5. Stewart on playing against Richardson at practice

“I talk trash to him each and every day, man. Going against him, it’s a great thing because you could tell he’s on it. He’s focused. I talk trash to him and try and throw him off but he still stays locked in. You can just tell he’s growing out there each and every day. Each and every play too.”

6. Steichen on the urgency at training camp

“There’s got to be urgency. Obviously when the pads come on, the urgency picks up a little bit. We got a couple more practices and we head to Baltimore, we got a game a week from today. So the urgency’s got to be there every single day moving forward.”

7. Nick Cross on the night practice

“It’s nice to come out there under the lights. In a week, we’ll be doing it against another opponent. But it was a fun atmosphere. Shoutout to the fans for coming out, and we had a good practice out here.”

8. Joe Bachie on defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo

“He’s kind of like that cool uncle. We talk about our room’s our living room and he kind of heads that. He’ll be real with you though. If you’re not playing well, he’ll let you know.”

The Colts will return to Grand Park for two more practices before heading out to Baltimore. The team has a joint practice with the Ravens on Tuesday before playing their first preseason game against the Ravens on Thursday at 7 p.m.