Colts' Daniel Jones could be next quarterback to find home in make-or-break year: 'Really enjoy being here'

No substance if he’s battered, bruised, bloodied oregon each of the supra arsenic helium was successful Germany this past week, Indianapolis Colts backmost Daniel Jones is ever going to emotion a victory.

The Colts came distant with their eighth triumph of the season, this clip taking down the Atlanta Falcons successful overtime acknowledgment to yet different stellar show by moving backmost Jonathan Taylor, who has been among the MVP frontrunners 10 weeks into the season.

But Jones, the NFL’s person successful passing yards this play aft a 255-yard show with a touchdown walk successful the 31-25 triumph successful Berlin, deserves plentifulness of recognition for however bully the Colts person been. It’s just to accidental nary 1 expected this Indianapolis radical to beryllium among the apical Super Bowl contenders, but Jones and institution person silenced each doubters arsenic they participate the bye week.

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Daniel Jones of the Indianapolis Colts warms up anterior to a crippled betwixt the Atlanta Falcons and Indianapolis Colts astatine Olympiastadion connected Nov. 9, 2025 successful Berlin, Germany.  (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

At this clip past season, Jones was astatine stone bottommost for a franchise quarterback. The New York Giants — the squad that selected him No. 6 wide successful the 2019 NFL Draft and handed him a $160 cardinal semipermanent hold successful March 2023 — pulled the plug and released him. He ended up uncovering a location successful Minnesota, wherever the Vikings signed him to their signifier squad.

The information was Jones, and the remainder of the NFL world, didn’t cognize wherever precisely helium would land. More importantly, his days arsenic a starting backmost successful this league were nary longer guaranteed.

Of course, that each changed erstwhile helium joined the Colts this offseason, won the backmost contention with Anthony Richardson connected the extent illustration and has been stone dependable for caput manager Shane Steichen ever since. It’s a fascinating communicative this season, but 1 that mirrors players similar Sam Darnold, his erstwhile teammate successful Minnesota, and Baker Mayfield.

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"I haven’t reflected connected it each that overmuch I conjecture astatine this point," Jones told Fox News Digital erstwhile asked if helium feels helium could beryllium the adjacent backmost solidifying a caller location successful the league. "We’re successful the mediate of it now, and similar I said earlier, there’s inactive a batch up of us. But I bash consciousness precise fortunate to beryllium here. This clip a twelvemonth agone was evidently precise antithetic for maine and benignant of uncovering what was adjacent and wherever I was going to go. … The accidental to articulation the Colts and play with these guys has been incredible. Been precise fortunate that way, and yeah, I deliberation I’ve learned a batch successful New York and starting my vocation there. Grateful for that, but you effort to larn on the mode and instrumentality vantage of the opportunities you have."

To Jones’ point, there’s inactive a batch near to bash this season. As idiosyncratic whose enactment ethic has ne'er been questioned, helium believes the bye week tin beryllium utilized to fig retired what needs to beryllium cleaned up. But determination are surely positives to instrumentality distant from what has transpired implicit 10 games successful Indianapolis.

Indianapolis Colts backmost Daniel Jones (17) throws earlier an NFL shot crippled against the Los Angeles Rams successful Inglewood, California, connected Sept. 28, 2025. (Eric Thayer/AP Photo)

"Obviously, the astir important shot is what’s up present successful November and December," said Jones, who was spending his archetypal time backmost successful the States moving with FedEx for its "Power Move" campaign. "So, we’re surely blessed wherever we’re astatine to commencement the play this way, but astatine this point, you effort to physique connected it and cleanable up what’s wounded you successful immoderate spots and spot if that’s thing you tin physique connected going guardant into the remainder of the season."

The archetypal extremity is evidently to marque the playoffs, which would beryllium Jones’ 2nd travel successful his 7 NFL seasons. He has a playoff triumph nether his loop — a triumph implicit the Vikings during the 2022 play — which yet solidified the Giants’ content that helium was their backmost of the future.

But possibly the Colts person recovered their ain successful Jones, who has thrown 15 touchdowns to 7 interceptions portion rushing for 143 yards and 5 scores. He signed a one-year, $14 cardinal woody this offseason, making him a escaped cause astatine the extremity of the year.

Colts fans person enjoyed what "Indiana Jones" has brought to the position, and it’s wide he’s thriving with players similar Taylor, who said Jones shares galore similarities with his erstwhile Giants teammate Saquon Barkley. Rookie choky extremity Ty Warren and seasoned receivers Michael Pittman Jr., Alec Pierce and Josh Downs person each played monolithic roles successful getting unfastened for Jones — and, of course, the violative enactment has done its portion successful some the tally and walk crippled to support the discourtesy humming.

Daniel Jones of the Indianapolis Colts smiles during warm-ups earlier an NFL shot crippled against the Las Vegas Raiders astatine Lucas Oil Stadium connected Oct. 5, 2025 successful Indianapolis, Indiana. (Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images)

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The pieces of the puzzle look to beryllium successful spot for the Colts. The question is, volition the backmost enactment successful place?

"I’ll accidental I person truly enjoyed it here," Jones said erstwhile asked if helium sees this arsenic his semipermanent home. "We person a peculiar radical successful the locker room. A peculiar radical of players. I truly bask playing for these coaches, moving with Shane and his staff.

"Indy is simply a sports town. They’re truly passionate and supportive of america and each the teams here. As acold arsenic the future, I truly haven’t thought astir that a ton. We got a batch connected our sheet close now, but I bash truly bask being here, and I’ve truly liked it."

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