Seems it is gonna be D Jones

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

You’re not concerned about 12 sacks, 6 fumbles, and 4 ints in a 2 game stretch?

Ok, I admire your optimism.

Honestly, in my opinion, you learn what you can from the Pittsburgh game, then flush the film. The Steelers had so many fluke lucky things break in their favor in that game, had a +5 turnover margin, 24 points off turnovers, and still only managed to win that game by 7. Can you imagine what this offense would do with a +5 turnover margin and 24 points off turnovers? They probably drop near 50 and win by 4 scores at least.

As for yesterday's game, the pass blocking wasn't there, even Taylor reverted back to his poor pass blocking, with a Kaden Elliss spin move beating him for one of the sacks. That said, I'm glad to see them win in adverse conditions, because if they want to win the whole thing, they're going to have to win games where they don't play their best. To do that against what seems like a pretty solid Falcons team is a good sign.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

Jones would be crazy to leave, and we would be crazy for letting him go.

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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I've said before that I believe that Daniel Jones will do everything that he can to remain with the Colts in 2026 and beyond ....... he caught a lot of shit when he was playing for the New York Giants in the first 7 seasons of his career, and I think that he's smart enough to know that his legacy is more important than a few million dollars one way or the other ...... he made $76 Million while playing for the Giants between 2019 and 2024, and he's getting another $14 Million this season playing for the Colts ...... Jones is a brainiac who originally committed to Princeton and wound up going to Duke, so he presumably has enough wisdom to know that remaining in a situation that is leaps and bounds superior to the one that he was mired in for 7 seasons in New York is more important than a few extra million dollars on the free-agent market.

So in my rat's of an opinion, Jones will be staying with the Colts in 2026 (presuming that the Colts remain on the successful track that they are currently on for the remainder of the 2025 season.)

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ESPN's Jeremy Fowler chimes in on the chances of Daniel Jones returning to the Colts in 2026 and beyond.



NFL Insider Says Colts 'Appear All-In' on Daniel Jones Return in FA, Projects Contract

(By Doric Sam)

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...jects-contract

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[sherck]

This article at NFL.com ranks DJ as the #11 QB for the season thus far and in their "Tier 2" of QBs: Link Here.

Tier 1 = Stafford, Mahomes, Mayfield, Maye, Allen, Darnold.

Tier 2 = Lamar Jackson, Herbert, Goff, Hurts, DJ.

Tier 3 = Prescott, Love, Caleb Williams, Dart, Flacco, Mac Jones, Rodgers, Brissett, Tagovailoa.

Tier 4 = Lawrence, Mills, Mariota, Shough (who?), Nix, McCarthy.

Sounds about right. DJ is somewhere in the 8-12 range for performance this season for his play on the field. Is he around that for his career? Heck, no. But this season? He is not elite but he has not sucked either at all.

Heck, both our losses were 7 point affairs where he did not play his best but both were winnable. Of course, without JT heroics in Berlin, that game was lossable as well so....

Just more data to add to the swirl of, "Is Daniel Jones worth signing to a contract?"

[Colts And Orioles]

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In 1967, the NCAA outlawed dunking the basketball, primarily to try to offset the dominance of UCLA's Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.)

So, with a major part of his game taken away, how did Alcindor/Jabbar react to his style being cramped by this new rule ??? He added a now legendary shot to his arsenal, known as "The Sky Hook." If the NCAA had not banned dunking the ball in the first place, Alcindor/Jabbar may never have developed the now fabled sky-hook shot in the 2nd place.


And then along came Jones ...... almost 60 years later, a mobile quarterback by the name of Daniel Jones was signed as a free agent by our beloved Indianapolis Colts. In the first 10 games of the season, Jones and his Colts stormed out to an 8-2 start with Jones having what is by far the best season of his 7-year NFL career. But then, the mobile Jones had his mobility taken away with a broken fibula.

So in their last 2 games, the Colts lost heartbreaking nail-biters to the Chiefs and the Texans. And while Jones' lack of mobility certainly was a factor in those losses, another part of his game actually improved ...... his turnovers. In particular, his fumbling. In the first 10 games of the season, Jones' one glaring weakness in an otherwise excellent season was his tendency to fumble. Jones fumbled the ball 8 times in the first 10 games of the season, with 6 of those 8 fumbles resulting in turnovers. In his last 2 games, the hobbled Jones had 0 turnovers, and he recovered his own lone fumble.

So ...... is there a correlation between Jones' hampered mobility and his ability to secure the ball better ??? As was the case when Alcindor/Jabbar developed his famous sky-hook shot after having another part of his game taken away by a rule change, will Daniel Jones' broken leg wind up actually helping him in the long run with the one glaring weakness that he has had for his entire career, dating back to his rookie season with the Giants when he led the NFL with 19 fumbles in only 13 games ??? Time will tell.

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[Oldcolt]

I cannot believe that people seem satisfied with Daniel Jones as our QB going forward. To me, if this keeps going this like it is and DJ finishes with his best season EVER here, which would mean that at his best he is mediocre, Ballard has shit the bed once again. We have spent the last 9 years looking for a QB who is mediocre. We could have just kept Jacoby and have been done with it. We can be that middling team that gets a big win against the big boys once in a while but we will never compete consistently with teams that have top QBs. If you think I am talking out my ass just remember how we felt when we went up against QBs who were middling when we had Manning and Luck. Felt good and we should have.

Everyone hates on AR because of injury but seems to overlook the fact that Jones has finished exactly one season without losing time to injury and is injured once again this season. He hasn't lost time this year but the offense has taken a shit big time in part because of it according to many here and in the press. Somehow that's not on him yet AR getting a freak injury warming up is all about AR being injury prone. To be clear I don't believe either narrative (don't blame Jones or AR), players get injured, all of them. If you believe in the injury prone player than how is Jones not one also? I am negative because I believe we will end up out of the playoffs (at best a wild card defeat) and will be a 9-11 win team now and for the foreseeable future.

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

I cannot believe that people seem satisfied with Daniel Jones as our QB going forward. To me, if this keeps going this like it is and DJ finishes with his best season EVER here, which would mean that at his best he is mediocre, Ballard has shit the bed once again. We have spent the last 9 years looking for a QB who is mediocre. We could have just kept Jacoby and have been done with it. We can be that middling team that gets a big win against the big boys once in a while but we will never compete consistently with teams that have top QBs. If you think I am talking out my ass just remember how we felt when we went up against QBs who were middling when we had Manning and Luck. Felt good and we should have.

Everyone hates on AR because of injury but seems to overlook the fact that Jones has finished exactly one season without losing time to injury and is injured once again this season. He hasn't lost time this year but the offense has taken a shit big time in part because of it according to many here and in the press. Somehow that's not on him yet AR getting a freak injury warming up is all about AR being injury prone. To be clear I don't believe either narrative (don't blame Jones or AR), players get injured, all of them. If you believe in the injury prone player than how is Jones not one also? I am negative because I believe we will end up out of the playoffs (at best a wild card defeat) and will be a 9-11 win team now and for the foreseeable future.

Jones is fine, he just needs to reliably complete his hots against the blitz. He did that the first 8 weeks, the Colts were 7-1 and the offense was performing at historic levels. He hasn’t done that the last 5 weeks, the Colts were 1-3 and the offense has been average. Some of that is on the WRs (Pittman and Downs have dropped some key passes as the hot), some of that is on the playcalling (short passing game seems to have disappeared over the last month), but a lot of it is on Jones not being as accurate in those situations recently as he was earlier in the season. If he does that, the offense and therefore the team will go back to looking unstoppable. If not, we're in for a very long offseason.

[YDFL Commish]

There are a lot of negative Nancy's, who usually want to see the worst.

• We have a QB playing with a broken leg
• 345 Park Avenue has screwed us 2 weeks in a row
• Our LB salutation, with regards to coverage, m,ay be the worst in the NFL
• Placekicking has sucked
• I won't mention injuries to players who are not playing, because every team has them
• The O-Line play has dropped offf
• Schematically both Anarumo and Steichen have been a tick off
• We can't generate pass rush when rushing only 4 DL

[Oldcolt]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

Jones is fine, he just needs to reliably complete his hots against the blitz. He did that the first 8 weeks, the Colts were 7-1 and the offense was performing at historic levels. He hasn’t done that the last 5 weeks, the Colts were 1-3 and the offense has been average. Some of that is on the WRs (Pittman and Downs have dropped some key passes as the hot), some of that is on the playcalling (short passing game seems to have disappeared over the last month), but a lot of it is on Jones not being as accurate in those situations recently as he was earlier in the season. If he does that, the offense and therefore the team will go back to looking unstoppable. If not, we're in for a very long offseason.

Dam I agree with all of this. The question I have is which DJ is the real one? I am all in on letting this thing run its course this year but think it's crazy to believe this guy is the future right now. And yes I am a negative Nancy about this team. Comes with rooting for them the last 9 years.

[albany ed]

I would franchise him next year. No long term contract and no just letting him go.

[Colts And Orioles]

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Daniel Jones’ Harsh Injury Reality Could Ruin Colts Season

(ClutchPoints)

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/da...171214420.html

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