One long-time NFL analyst seems quite confident in who will end up winning the Colts’ QB competition between Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones.
“Daniel Jones will be the starter for them.”
“Jones is athletic as far as running out of the pocket. But one thing Jones has never done well, and I think it’s really hurt him, is he’s not very good at movement within the pocket.”@GregCosell on the Colts Quarterback: pic.twitter.com/HoMfzW0Aj1
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Long-time NFL analyst and film guru Greg Cosell seems to be very confident in who the Indianapolis Colts’ starting quarterback will be this season.
On a recent appearance on the Ross Tucker Football Podcast, Cosell was pretty direct when discussing the Colts‘ quarterback situation.
“Daniel Jones will be the starter for them,” said Cosell.
The Colts brought in Jones to compete with Anthony Richardson for the starting job in what is supposed to be an open competition, with both players splitting first-team reps.
Unfortunately, Richardson would miss most of OTAs and all of minicamp with a shoulder injury. This left Jones to take all of the valuable first-team reps. As head coach Shane Steichen said, he was “very pleased” with what he saw from Jones.
“This is a really good opportunity for him,” said Cosell of Jones. “Because Jones needs a really good O-line. He did not have one with the Giants. Jones is athletic as far as running out of the pocket. But one thing Jones has never done well, and I think it’s really hurt him, is he’s not very good at movement within the pocket, and those are two different things.”
Given the additional reps that Jones got and the ones that Richardson missed out on this offseason, Jones may enter training camp with the upper hand, but the competition is far from decided.
Richardson is optimistic that he will be available for the start of training camp, and once he does return, the Colts will jump right back into the quarterback competition.
Ultimately, as Steichen has said, he’s looking for the most consistent player.
Whoever ends up starting at quarterback for the Colts has a really strong roster around him, from the offensive line to Jonathan Taylor in the backfield, and the rest of the skill position players.
“It’ll be really interesting because they can run the ball,” Cosell said of the Colts. “I don’t know of how many people were aware of what Jonathan Taylor did over the last eight or nine games last year. He’s a terrific back and their O-line is really solid and they’re really good at running the football. And you know what, they got good skill players too.”