With the Colts’ veterans due to report in less than a week, quarterback Anthony Richardson is “going to be good going into training camp,” according to ESPN’s Stephen Holder.
Richardson injured his shoulder during OTAs and missed mandatory minicamp, giving new teammate Daniel Jones a chance to take an early lead in the Colts’ starting quarterback competition. Richardson only appeared in 15 games (all starts) in his first two seasons due to injuries, a key factor in the team’s decision to sign Jones and publicly announce an open competition for the QB1 gig.
It was only two years ago that the Colts selected Richardson with the No. 4 pick, but there are signs that the team considers Jones to be a legitimate starting option for the 2025 season. One is that Jones opted to sign in Indianapolis in the first place.
“There was more interest in Daniel Jones out there than people realize,” said ESPN’s Adam Schefter. If Jones chose the Colts over other suitors, that would suggest that he believed he had the best chance of winning a starting job in Indianapolis.
Schefter also noted that the Colts gave Jones $14MM this offseason, more than what Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers received. Both are more experienced than Jones and seem to be the presumptive starters for their teams, so it would stand to reason that Jones is in a similar position.
Jones’ ability to command a new offense will be crucial to his chances of winning the starting job. Richardson, meanwhile, will have to prove that his shoulder is fully healthy and develop some mental and technical consistency to put him in a position to start.
“There was more interest in Daniel Jones out there than people realize,” How do those people have NFL jobs? Dan sucks.
Jones doesn’t suck. He hasn’t lived up to expectations either. I’ll give him a pass with Barkley hurt/gone, a bad OL, bad WRs, and injuries the last few seasons in NYG. Indy should’ve been a playoff team last year if not for horrible QB play. All Jones has to do is be an average NFL QB, which he can. With coach and GM on the hot seat, no way in hell Richardson is QB1.
Dan is an awful QB living off being a 1st round pick. No way him for Richardson are carrying the Colts to the playoffs.
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Jones career QBR is 83.4. That isn’t bad.
Awful is Anthony Richardson or Will Levis. Indy won 8 games in 2024 with terrible QB play. If the Indy RB plays as good as he did last year, and Jones can be an average NFL QB, yeah they have a shot at the playoffs in a weak division.
Malik Nabers is a bad WR?
Who NYG had at WR before Nabors?
Jones sucks
I think they want pull a Sam Darnold/Baker Mayfield wild car super improved comeback type narrative. If Daniel wins job and produces a 11–6 season with a couple playoff wins AR is done for and it’s the best signing since Denver and Peyton. If it doesn’t work out AR maybe gets one more year to figure it out.
Everyone but the Colts knew that Richardson pick was going to be terrible.
Yes, but Will Levis failed too. And Richardson was a gamble on a higher ceiling, cause Colts weren’t catching up to Lawrence and Stroud with the coffee & mayo guy. Better to gamble on boom/bust and try again instead or toeing the line of mediocrity.
Jones/Richardson hopefully gets us to the next Top 5 pick.
Better would be to use that pick on a useful player, not a desperation heave that few thought would end up being worth the investment.
Colts had a revolving door at QB and needed to make an investment. The next picks were Devon Witherspoon, Paris Johnson, Tyree Wilson, Bijan Robinson, Jalen Carter, Darnell Wright, Peter Skoronski, Jahmyr Gibbs. Colts already had heavy investments in OL, DL, RB. Who do you think they should have picked in that range?
Would they have signed Daniel Jones if he was going to be good? I bet he still doesn’t have NFL level accuracy throwing the ball.
In Richardson’s rookie camp, a Titans DB during a scrimmage session hit the nail-on-the-head when calling out to his squad between plays: “He’s throwing to spots, he doesn’t see where his receivers are.” That perfectly describes Richardson’s low completion percentage – he doesn’t see the field and when his WRs are knocked slightly off their routes, Richardson throws to the spot anyway – incomplete. That’s where the lack of NCAA reps hurt him, reading the field during a play – and the opposing defenses know it. Of course, it doesn’t help when AD does his alligator arms routine either…