The Colts will continue to stick with 39-year-old Joe Flacco as the team’s starting quarterback against the Bills this week despite an ugly offensive performance in Sunday night’s 21-13 loss to the Vikings on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football.

The Colts made the difficult decision to abandon their developmental plan for Anthony Richardson because of what they believed Joe Flacco could give an offense that had been far too inconsistent through the first eight games of the season.