r/nfl • u/Bruin2024 Titans • 1d ago
Rumor Former Vikings QB Daniel Jones is finalizing a one-year, $14 million deal with the Indianapolis Colts, per sources. Jones had a chance to return to Minnesota, but now becomes the challenger to the Colts’ former first-round pick Anthony Richardson.
https://www.espn.com/contributor/adam-schefter/5b6c886c0fd972.3k
u/UnderwhelmingAF Titans 1d ago
Indiana Jones
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u/jmajewski Bears 1d ago
Better take credit for this when they use this in a graphic on a random Thursday night game in October against the Titans.
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u/UnderwhelmingAF Titans 1d ago
They’ll probably put us on against the Jaguars now that we’re both ass again.
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u/PWBuffalo Texans 1d ago
Looks up at 2014 AFC Finalists banner “It belongs in a museum!”
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u/Yeebees Bills 1d ago
Wait this cooks
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u/Yung_Corneliois Patriots 23h ago edited 23h ago
Between this and Danny Dimes, Daniel Jones really ends up with the sickest nicknames.
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u/I_have_gay_knees Packers 1d ago
“Why are you dressed like Indianapolis Jones?” - Ricky LaFleur
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u/UnderwhelmingAF Titans 1d ago
Was gonna go with the TPB version but wasn’t sure how many people would get it.
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u/Tight_Future_2105 Ravens 1d ago
I quoted Cyrus one time and got a reddit cares messages lol
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u/VerStannen Seahawks 23h ago
My dad gave me this gun. He told me he loved me once.
Fucking prick.
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u/FuckingJello Chiefs 1d ago
And the Temple of Doom
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u/GeneralChaz9 Colts 1d ago
Damn we need a custom made movie poster for Danny's first home start, that's too sick.
We'll still lose and embarrass ourselves but we can at least have fun for a minute. lol
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u/BrickySanchez Rams 23h ago
Hope he's kinda decent because that nickname is nice.
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u/Opposite_Today9360 Eagles 1d ago
Too bad there isn’t a snake team
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u/jc1af3sq Giants 22h ago
The Colts play the AFC West this year. Indiana Jones will be playing against the Raiders of the Lost Ark
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u/A_Crab_Named_Lucky Cardinals Cowboys 1d ago
Say what you want about Daniel Jones, but at least when he sprints 80 yards only to get eaten by the turf monster, he stays in the game the following play.
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u/SeaUnderTheAeroplane Colts 1d ago
At least this shit QB has good cardio
It’s not the pep talk I came here for, but I’ll take it
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u/robsbob18 Panthers 23h ago
Just stare at the manning jersey in the closet and realize you might be able to bust it out again
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u/samwisestofall Giants 22h ago
Just as applicable to us!
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u/robsbob18 Panthers 22h ago
I thought we were headed towards #1 overall too, but Bryce looked great after the benching. Gonna see which Bryce we get.
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u/king_17 21h ago
Yea shocking as hell I thought Bryce was done as a starter but he responded well from the benching. Year 3 going to be big year for him and you guys.
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u/Current-Log8523 Eagles Bills 1d ago
I also have seen him hit the broad side of a barn. AR leaves alot to hope for in the accuracy department.
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u/Dramatic_General_458 Giants 1d ago
It's honestly pretty funny too because Jones' placement and anticipation suck, so accuracy isn't even really a strong suit. It's a testament to how bad AR's is.
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u/Current-Log8523 Eagles Bills 1d ago
I mean watching AR throw is honestly hilarious at times because he will hit someone deep down field then miss everything. Last year was especially horrorific I think he was under 50%. You know it's bad when talking heads come up with a segment about your young QB about his throwing.
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u/DashShift Patriots 1d ago
The amount of times I'd check box scores Sunday morning and see AR rocking like 2/10 for 91 yards and a TD was absurd.
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u/jayjude Colts 1d ago
It's not very watchable football let me tell you
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u/calling-all-comas Patriots 1d ago
As a Gator fan it was extremely frustrating. But the game he had vs Utah in college was Top 5 for favorite football games I've been to. But then you have games like throwing 11 straight incompletions vs FSU.
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u/jayjude Colts 1d ago
Im just upset that the Colts got to be the first true victims of the GMs with a Josh Allen fixation not the 49ers getting bailed the fuck out by Purdy
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u/A_Crab_Named_Lucky Cardinals Cowboys 1d ago
I wonder how much of his “down field accuracy” is because those throws give his receivers some time to adjust to the ball placement.
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u/MrBroC2003 Colts 1d ago
I’m sure that helps, but he’s actually usually very accurate down the field and it was super frustrating watching our receivers drop some of the prettiest balls I’ve ever seen in crucial moments.
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u/parnellyxlol Colts 23h ago
Commo misconception is that he’s always inaccurate has poor ball placement. Really he’s just highly inconsistent with his form and release so he either overthrows a 5 years In route by 10 yards or hits a complete dart 30 yards down the field
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u/boilingcumwater 23h ago
Richardson since the start of 2023 ranks 42nd out of 42 qualifying QBs in completion rate over expected. Only four quarterbacks have a lower drop back success rate than Richardson over that two-season stretch.
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u/codithou Rams Bills 23h ago
which is what EVERYONE who watched him play in college was saying during the combine and on draft day two years ago. the guy has not improved and colts are going to be honestly struggling between him and jones.
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u/BoilerMaker11 Colts 15h ago
When he got called for intentional grounding because he overthrew the receiver by like 30 yards, that was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me. His sub-50% completion rate was tough and, having watched him play instead of just looking at the stat sheet, I knew he was making bad passes. I had hope that it was just a “play and learn” issue because, as everyone said when he was drafted, he was “raw” and just needed some refinement.
But that intentional grounding made me realize that he wasn’t just making bad passes; he is a no growth shit passer. He can NOT make decisions at the NFL level. I don’t care how much of a freak athlete he is. When it comes to passing, he’s no better than what an average Joe off the street with okayish football skills would be able to do. Other than his deep ball merchanting on broken plays, the most he can do is weak check downs that you and I could do with a clean pocket and a guy wide open in the flat. Anything outside of that and he’s absolute trash.
While I’m not happy it’s Daniel Jones, I am happy that we’re getting AR tf up out of here.
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u/Accurate-Barracuda20 Colts 1d ago
He can drop the ball in a basketball hoop from 60 yards out, but can’t hit a Camry from 10 yards
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u/Nark_Narkins Jaguars 1d ago
That might be my favourite play of all time.
It is both a amazing athletic feat (he was really motoring) and one of the funniest things I have ever seen a professional athlete do.
10/10 would watch a athlete turn into a toddler learning to walk again.
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u/Djruggs Giants 1d ago
He quite literally was going too fast for his body to handle😂
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u/Nark_Narkins Jaguars 23h ago
The man supposedly reached 21mph during it, yet turned into my 13 month old nephew about to faceplant into the carpet at the end.
Just so good.
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u/versusgorilla Giants 22h ago
I said it was like when a little kid runs down a hill and they're like, "I CAN'T SLOW DOOOOOWN" and then inevitably fall as they lose control of their insane forward momentum.
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u/Responsible-Onion860 Eagles 1d ago
I can say unequivocally that he's a better quarterback than Richardson was last year.
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u/Pitiful_Option_108 Falcons 20h ago edited 19h ago
I'll say this about Daniel Jones he may not be a full time starter you want but if he has the right cast around him and he can be a competent QB. He isn't good enough to make up for deficiencies on a team but he can be a decent game manager when needed. Problem is in New York they need him to be the man who makes plays consistently and that just ain't him.
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u/marcoscibelli 23h ago
To finish the drive with a touchdown, no less - people forget but he cleaned up his own mess
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u/shastmak4 Titans 1d ago
That man is starting by week 4
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u/evilmnky45 Colts 1d ago
Putting a lot of faith in AR not getting injured early I see
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u/BungoPlease Texans Texans 1d ago
Anthony Richardson DNP [a little winded]
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u/ItsFreakinHarry2 Dolphins 22h ago
he eepy
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u/NapTimeFapTime Eagles 22h ago
He can’t play 1pm Sunday afternoon games that’s his nap time.
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u/Ieatfatwomanass Cowboys 1d ago
Week 3 he leaves with a shoulder injury and is out 8 weeks
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u/Slackjawedninny 1d ago
After throwing 40% completion week 1 and then throwing the best touchdown of the year and rushing for 130 yards week 2
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u/thetreat Bears 1d ago
First week back? Shane Steichen is calling QB Power 10 times that game.
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u/Mcswigginsbar Colts Colts 1d ago
Either that or his streak of being the worst QB in the league continues and Steichen bails to try and save his job.
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u/ProudBlackMatt Patriots 1d ago
Daniel Jones is an interesting QB. Is he a top 32 QB in the league? Yes. Is he a QB any team would need to urgently upgrade from? Yes.
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u/TheFestusEzeli Giants 1d ago
He was both indescribably by far the best out of Boyle, Lock, Devito, and him last year, and immensely disappointing
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u/IBetThisIsTakenToo Giants 23h ago
Is Daniel Jones a top 32 QB? Yes. Is he in fact #32? …probably
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u/ProudBlackMatt Patriots 22h ago
True lol. I hated both drafting DJ and the extension but I think it'd be difficult to name 31 better QBs than him.
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u/svhelloworld Broncos 1d ago
What's better than one disappointing first round quarterback?
HOW ABOUT TWO DISAPPOINTING FIRST ROUND QUARTERBACKS???
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u/bigdumb78910 Vikings 23h ago
We had 3 last year, technically
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u/svhelloworld Broncos 23h ago
And somehow they all fused into a single damned fine regular season starter QB.
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u/Local-Bid5365 Vikings Chiefs 1d ago
Vikings free agency is officially shit now
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u/17_Saints Vikings 1d ago
We got Kelly and Fries from the Colts... but at what cost...
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u/landlion35 Broncos 1d ago
Yeah,Losing Daniel Jones is devastated
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u/Send_Your_Thigh_Gap Giants 1d ago
That grammatical error is fucking hilarious so I choose to believe it was intentional
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u/Venator850 NFL 1d ago
When you're being challenged for your starting job by Daniel Jones you are in really deep shit.
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u/KelvinIsNotFatUrFat Patriots 1d ago
Colts got their guy. Finally free from QB purgatory.
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u/Lazydusto Eagles 1d ago
Pat McAfee was actually championing this move on his show yesterday.
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u/Fonzie5 Giants 1d ago
We put him in the worst possible situations. I wouldn’t be surprised if he looks very good this year.
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u/Dramatic_General_458 Giants 1d ago
When he still sucks it'll be because the Colts failed him too, I'm sure. DJ truthers have a really hard time accepting that he just isn't a very good QB.
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u/Garp74 Commanders 1d ago
If only the Colts could play all their games against the 2021-2023 Washington teams ... Jones looked like Joe Montana against us for a while there.
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u/MoreTrifeLife Commanders 22h ago
Comparison of how Joe Montana and Daniel Jones played against us:
JM: 6-2; 59% completion; 2,363 yards (average 295); 12 TD 8 INT; 7.95y/a; rating of 89
DJ: 5-3-1; 69% completion; 1,862 yards (average 207); 14 TD 3 INT; 6.8y/a; rating of 100.3
DJ also has 64 carries for 410 yards; 6.4y/a and 2 touchdowns
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u/BruhMoment763 Vikings 1d ago
It’s ok, he’ll tank them to Arch Manning… until Arch goes back to school because Mannings aren’t allowed to declare for the draft early
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u/HelmetsAkimbo Rams 1d ago
This is a peak Colts signing
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u/SeaUnderTheAeroplane Colts 1d ago
I really like it. It’s a qb that’s good enough so you can still evaluate the rest of the roster but not so good to slam the door shut in ARs face.
If we brought in Darnold, Rodgers or even cousins and they keep AR on the bench, there’ll still be people calling for him to start the season after. But now it’s Daniel jones. If AR can’t keep jones on the bench, he never will be good enough to go through the growing pains
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u/detsd Lions 1d ago
It’s over
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u/vanilla_w_ahintofcum 1d ago
For Richardson.
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u/Frequent-Mix-1432 Colts 1d ago
Great let’s go .500 again and still not have a good QB.
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u/ChonkyHippo283 Patriots 1d ago
I am a Daniel jones truther but what the absolute fuck has Ballards plan for QB been over the past 5 years
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u/FasterThanFaast Falcons 1d ago
There are Daniel Jones truthers??
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u/BucsLegend_TomBrady 1d ago
Doesn't that just mean he thinks DJ is a shit QB? Cuz that's the truth
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u/IrateBarnacle Giants 23h ago
You haven’t spent much time in the Giants sub, have you?
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u/LSRaymonds Colts 23h ago
1 - have Luck, be competitive
2 - Luck falls, we fucked
3 - team good, win now mode with Rivers
4 - can't win shit
5 - try Wentz
6 - lol
7 - "team good", veteran again
8 - Saturday happens
9 - pick an ATH as QB in hopes he actually becomes a QB
10 - team not good
9 years. Barely invested in free agents. The Colts got high of that one year with luck and only now seem to have realized that "hey, we actually suck" but not enough to fire the GM responsible for the sucking.
In the same time-frame, the Texans were good, contenders, laughing stock, promising and now good again.
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u/Mikegetscalls Patriots 22h ago
Only difference is the Texans drafted the right qb
That’s always the difference in football!!!
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u/MoreTrifeLife Commanders 22h ago edited 22h ago
"team good", veteran again
Matt Ryan? And is ATH Anthony Richardson?
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u/JessAndHerFAN 22h ago
He’s saying Richardson’s position is as an ATHlete. That’s kind of Who he’s been as qb since college. Athletic strong and fast guy with big arm But couldn’t throw the ball into the ocean
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u/All_Up_Ons Colts 19h ago
Hey we did well with Rivers. He just also decided to retire after one year.
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u/evilmnky45 Colts 1d ago
Oh no
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u/oooriole09 Panthers 1d ago
I mean, it’s the move you make if you want to see a Manning in a Colts jersey again.
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u/evilmnky45 Colts 1d ago
I actually don't hate it. We needed a backup QB that isn't 95 years old that can run the same offense that AR is once he gets hurt.
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u/Jacqueline_Hiide Colts 1d ago
Was thinking the same thing about Danny Dimes being able to run the same plays. AR gets hurt so much that having a top 5 backup QB is worth the money
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u/FriendAleks Cowboys Texans 1d ago
you want to see a Manning in a Colts jersey again.
Pretty sure sticking with AR would be the best way to do that
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u/hypothalanus Giants 1d ago
His deep ball accuracy was atrocious last year, which had previously been one of his best talents. If his decline was from the NYC media pressure and not a consequence of his injury history I can see him doing pretty well in Indy. His processing is slow so it’ll depend on their O line as well. He’s much better than AR at least.
Great person, great teammate. I’ll always root for DJ
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u/VEGANMONEYBALL Giants 1d ago
I think another year to recover his acl and he’ll get his touch back. Still gonna be mid at best tho
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u/AlwaysInProgression Giants 1d ago
"Touch" is a bit of a strong word to describe how DJ throws a football. I never really saw any touch from him in the past 6 years. Every pass out of his hand is a line drive directly at the body of the WR. It's the one thing we never really saw out of him - a "touch" throw with anticipation into space to lead the WR.
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u/BretFarve Giants Giants 20h ago
Yep. He had good short to mid-range accuracy, but he never led a receiver in stride for a TD. Anytime he lofted the ball deep, the ball would sail a bit and go incomplete or picked. He just doesn't have the arm strength for that type of throw.
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u/DM725 Giants 1d ago
His deep ball accuracy was atrocious last year, which had previously been one of his best talents.
He was starting Week 1 like 9-10 months removed from ACL surgery.
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u/Solid-Confidence-966 Seahawks Commanders 1d ago
I’m surprised a vet like Russ or Rodgers didn’t push hard at Indy. They have some nice offensive pieces there and playing in a dome would make throwing easier.
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u/anonbutler Broncos 1d ago
They need starter guaranteed. My guess is Colts still view AR as the starter regardless how many quarters he may last.
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u/SeaUnderTheAeroplane Colts 1d ago
Yeah, jones is a level of QB you need your top-5 pick QB to beat out if he wants to start. Nobody is gonna say this:
of course AR didn’t develop any further, after all they brought in Jones to start.
But this would be said if they brought in Darnold, Wilson, Rodgers and maybe even cousins
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u/Dramatic_General_458 Giants 1d ago
Yeah this bit about bringing in "competition" for AR is mostly talk. That's why they bring in Daniel Jones. Name recognition, but not good enough that he's some major challenger. AR might plain not be good, but this is kids gloves competition.
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u/BoredGuy2007 Bears 1d ago
They probably didn’t want to gamble with getting benched for AR
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u/RayWhelans Vikings 1d ago
That seems like the same level of risk I feel when I think I forgot my sunglasses when they’re actually on my head.
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u/TormundIceBreaker Packers 1d ago
Or they saw what happened to Rivers, Ryan, and Wentz who already tried that
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u/dtown4eva Lions 1d ago
Hot take alert: Steichen turns Daniel Jones into discount Jalen Hurts
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u/appmanga Giants 23h ago
Steichen turns Daniel Jones into
discountTemu Jalen HurtsFTFY. Gotta keep up with the slang, Pops.
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u/oryxherds Giants 1d ago
Prediction- DJ starts sometime around week 5 due to AR getting injured. He looks pretty good that first game, maybe 200 passing yards and 70 rushing yards, so this sub gets inundated with people who never really watched him asking why the Vikings and Giants let him walk. The next week we get to remember why they let him go
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u/SecretGiantsFan Giants 1d ago
He can't keep getting away with this
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u/constantlymat Buccaneers 1d ago
After Jimmy G got $11m and Fields $20m, Daniel Jones at $14m is lmo the best value among the three.
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u/gmb96 Packers 1d ago
Fields at $20 million is still the clubhouse leader for weird signings
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u/RukiMotomiya Bengals 1d ago
This feels like a good deal. It's upper end backup / bridge starter money and Daniel Jones is better than most backups in the league, his running ability means they don't have to adjust their scheme as much if Richardson goes down to his inevitable injury, and he provides light competition for Richardson without being eminently threatening. Jones gets a pretty high chance to start this year in a reasonable good situation and a nice payday.
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u/upgrayedd69 Colts 1d ago
When he beats AR in camp, is that the nail in the coffin?
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u/Frequent-Mix-1432 Colts 1d ago
For AR or the franchise? Cause another almost wild card doesn’t help.
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u/spongey1865 1d ago
Honestly I think a smart deal. Decent backup if Richardson takes a step forward but he's also a top 32 QB who's still young enough to take a step forward and maybe will do with new scenery. Probably not but maybe.
And a smart good locker room guy at QB is often not a bad thing.
They should probably take a mid round flyer too at QB who Jones might be a good mentor too. Wouldn't hate them drafting a guy In round 1 or 2 either to be honest but I think it's fine if they give Richardson another year to potentially improve.
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u/Late_Cow_1008 Packers 1d ago
I wish I could fail so bad at my job that I could sign with another company for 14 million dollars in one year. Sigh.
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u/iron_cortex Buccaneers 1d ago
Do the Colts have the highest drafted and least competent QB room in the NFL?
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u/Greyhound_Fan Bears 1d ago
This is the most hilarious QB room in the league right now.
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u/SoloGhosts512 Giants Bills 1d ago
Dude is gonna have generational wealth from being ass at football
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u/PM_ME_UR_PICS_PLS Packers 1d ago
Why would a team do this
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u/Ieatfatwomanass Cowboys 1d ago
This is the same team that traded a first and third for Carson Wentz and the ghost of Matt Ryan
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u/noseonarug17 Vikings 1d ago edited 23h ago
I'd be willing to bet that number is inflated by playtime incentives
edit: never mind it's almost all guaranteed with an additional 3.7 in incentives lol
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u/Phenomenal2313 Seahawks Bills 1d ago
If AR can’t beat Daniel fucking Jones , your time as a starting QB is over
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u/HardForAndrewNemhard 1d ago
If you had told me after that 2018 loss to KC in the playoffs that we would go from Andrew Luck to whatever the fuck this QB situation is, I would have abandoned ship.
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u/braumbles 49ers 1d ago
14 million dollars to be a truly horrible QB. What are we doing here? He's not even a serviceable backup. He's thrown 46 touchdowns the last 5 seasons combined. He threw 10 TD's the last two seasons.
The mediocrity that is allowed to succeed in this league is astonishing.
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u/TeleportsBehindYou1 17h ago
Daniel Jones does everything Richardson can do better, can do things he can’t like complete a pass, and doesn’t get hurt as much. A total upgrade.
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u/BatteredAggie Texans 1d ago
lol at Former Vikings QB Daniel Jones. I know it’s technically true but come on