Jacoby Brissett Has Backing of Colts Linebacker

Colts QB Jacoby Brissett doesn’t get the credit he deserves for his 2019 performances, according to one of his teammates.

Amidst rumors of Indy signing Philip Rivers in free agency, Colts linebacker Darius Leonard has talked up Jacoby Brissett. 

Jacoby Brissett was thrust into a starting role at the start of the year after the shock retirement of Andrew Luck. His initial performances drew praise, although he fell off towards the end as the Colts faltered. 

Darius Leonard thinks that there’s no way that the Colts should bench Brissett in favor of Rivers.

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“I believe in Jacoby,” said Leonard.

 “And Jacoby is a pretty good quarterback and showed that early in the season when he had everyone healthy. You can look at any quarterback, and if your receivers go down, of course, your numbers are going to go down. But when he had everybody, he went 5-2. You can look at any other quarterback. I take Tom Brady, for instance, this year he didn’t have [Rob Gronkowski], he didn’t have the big-time receivers this year, so his numbers went down. 

So, a lot of people don’t give [Brissett] enough credit to what type of quarterback he really is, they just see the numbers he put up at the end of the season, but they don’t see the numbers he did with the receivers he did (have). I don’t feel like the NFL, and people outside the NFL, give him enough respect.”

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“I’ve been in Indy for two years, and Jacoby being a backup, I faced him day in and day out. So, I know exactly what type of quarterback he is, exactly what type of leader he is, and it showed early in the season. Everybody knows Andrew Luck retiring, what, a week before the first game. And Jacoby came out, and he did everything he could do to help his team win.”