Team owner Jim Irsay and the Indianapolis Colts got their franchise quarterback in the NFL Draft Thursday, picking Florida’s Anthony Richardson fourth overall.
Irsay’s bizarre tweet Friday afternoon, however, left fans scratching their heads.
The tweet read, “Colts Fans…would you take Will Levis at #2 if you’re on the board for Colts in 4 hours from now??? … and go Montana – Young for Franchise??”
Levis, of course, became one of the biggest stories of the first round. The former Kentucky Wildcats quarterback had been widely viewed as a top-five pick, with one crazy rumor seeing him picked No. 1.
The Colts had been projected as the team most likely to draft Levis, but instead, they chose Richardson. Levis went undrafted Thursday night.
Irsay is surely joking about the Colts double-dipping for quarterbacks, but as he alluded, the 49ers had two Hall of Fame quarterbacks on their roster back in the day, with Joe Montana and Steve Young. So did the Green Bay Packers, for that matter, with Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers.
Colts Fans…would you take Will Levis at #2 if you’re on the board for Colts in 4 hours from now???🏈🏈🏈… and go Montana – Young for Franchise??
— Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay) April 28, 2023
Irsay has a reputation as one of the most colorful NFL team owners. This is a man who owns a vintage guitar collection worth tens of millions, and he pays a curator to look after it. It would not be beyond Irsay to throw out a crazy tweet just for fun.
Many in the Twitterverse think Irsay’s tweet is a joke. But a surprising number of Colts fans actually want the team to pick Levis in the second round.
The Indianapolis Colts are thinking about who to pick in the draft. They have to decide in four hours. Some people think they should pick Will Levis, and others think they should pick Joe Montana and Steve Young.
— Bob Is Here To Explain (@ExplainThisBob) April 28, 2023
Ain’t no way you just compared Montana and Young to Levis & AR15 😭😭😭😭
— JoeRobbie (@JoeRobbie_) April 28, 2023
Most good franchises start when the Owner asks the fans for advice making critical franchise decisions
— Terry Gomez (@TerryGomezLV) April 28, 2023
Definitely, Jim! Fantastic idea. I’d take the best QB available in every round if I were you!
— Sami Mamou (@SamiMamou_) April 28, 2023
Yes! He’s better than Anthony Richardson !
— Ryan Craft (@IAMRyanCraft) April 28, 2023
Absolutely!!! Look at the RG3 and Kirk Cousins example. No one understood at the time, but Washington was glad they had both when RG3 kept getting hurt. Might as well stock up on good young QBs so we are not doing this again for many years! Worst case, one will be trade bait.
— James Gilbert (@JJJCubs24) April 28, 2023
If you were gonna really take another QB take Hendon Hooker. Wouldn’t be mad
— Gregg Barthelmes (@GreggBarthelmes) April 28, 2023
Just disrespecting the QB you just spent the #4 pick on. Someone take Jim’s painkillers away please
— Athens Steve (@rainy_steve) April 28, 2023
