After the Colts' 21-16 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday, Anthony Richardson made it a point to tell his teammates he was going to be better.

The quarterback, in the Colts' first victory of the 2024 season, had completed just 10 of 20 passes for 167 yards and thrown two interceptions, finishing the game with a passer rating of 39.

Three games into the 2024 season, Richardson leads the league in interceptions with six and hasn't finished a game with a completion percentage higher than 50 percent. On the season, Richardson has a completion percentage of 49.3 percent.

So, he tells his teammates he'll be better. They tell him they have no doubt he will, and that they'll be behind him the entire time. They aren't worried, and neither is Shane Steichen.

"It's a long season, and we're only three games into this thing," the Colts' head coach said Wednesday. "You continue to grow every single week. Feed the confidence, feed the positive every single day. Go out and have great practices, great meetings and then you go perform on Sundays."

Steichen emphasized the amount of belief the Colts have in Richardson, not just because of his abilities on the field but because of the approach he takes every single day.

"Because of the person he is, the way he works," Steichen explained. "He comes in every day, he's ready to roll. He puts a lot into it. A lot of people don't see the work, right? It's all done in the dark, in here. And then at some point you keep working, keep working and that stuff comes to light for everyone to see."

Richardson knows his team trusts him. Now, the quarterback is working on trusting himself.

"I've been throwing the football for a long time," Richardson said Wednesday. "Just keep spinning it, don't try to change anything up, just let it rip."

"Sometimes as a player you try to think about technique and certain things like that," Richardson added. "So thinking about it too much while you're also trying to think about a game plan can throw you off a little bit, because you're just thinking too much instead of just relying on your instincts and playing."

Just because Richardson is focused on playing more freely doesn't mean he's going to stop thinking completely, though. He's just trying to change up how he's thinking – and sometimes do it less.

"Throwing with intent for sure," Richardson said about his goals for this week's practice. "Not getting lackadaisical out there, making sure I get the ball to the wideouts and just doing me."

Richardson has been blunt about getting "too excited" at times and needing to "calm down" in order to complete some of the quicker and shorter passes he's attempted; those have been the throws that have largely turned into interceptions and incompletions. But it's Richardson's ability to recognize his mistakes and learn from them without losing any confidence or motivation that really makes those around him believe in him.

"Acknowledging that I didn't play my best, but also understanding that I have another day ahead of me, I have another week ahead of me, I've got a new day right now to practice today," Richardson said. "So just go out there and master my plan and just execute and just be better for the team."

Wednesday's full practice report: