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Inside the Colts' pursuit of QB Anthony Richardson

INDIANAPOLIS -- Hours before the NFL draft began Thursday night, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay called quarterback Anthony Richardson and shared a secret he'd been keeping for weeks.

"I said, 'There's a good chance you'll be coming to Indy in three hours,'" Irsay said. "But I said, 'I don't know. We'll have to see what happens.'"

What happened next was the culmination of nearly two years of scouting, digging and debating as the Colts selected Richardson with the No. 4 overall pick.