{"id":762545,"date":"2026-02-19T14:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/762545\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:28:15","slug":"colts-preparing-to-move-forward-with-ex-giant-daniel-jones-as-franchise-qb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/762545\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts preparing to move forward with ex-Giant Daniel Jones as franchise QB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Indianapolis Colts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> reportedly remain committed to ex-New York Giant Daniel Jones as their starting quarterback moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>The Colts signed Jones to a one-year, $14 million contract last March. The 28-year-old started all 13 games he appeared in for Indianapolis during the 2025 season. He completed a career-high 68% of his passes for 3,101 yards, with a 19-8 touchdown-to-interception ratio. His passing yards marked the second-highest total of his career in any single season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Jones displayed a level of polish absent from his final years with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Giants;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Giants<\/a>, where turnovers plagued him (evidenced by his 10-13 TD-INT ratio across 2023-24).<\/p>\n<p>Multiple ESPN insiders report that the Colts are prepared to proceed with Jones as their starting QB, supported by a clear organizational hierarchy.<\/p>\n<p>Jones&#8217; breakout 2025 performance earned him the majority of starts over Anthony Richardson, who is expected to be traded.<\/p>\n<p>The Colts placed Richardson on injured reserve (IR) in Week 6 due to an orbital bone fracture sustained before their matchup against the Arizona Cardinals. Richardson&#8217;s only appearances came in Weeks 3 and 5, with Jones starting over the Florida native in both contests.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Richardson had started 11 games for Indianapolis in 2024, completing a career-low 47.7% of his passes for 1,814 yards. He has yet to achieve a completion percentage of 60% or higher in his three-year career.<\/p>\n<p>Riley Leonard will serve as Jones&#8217; full-time backup. The South Carolina native completed 58.2% of his passes as a rookie in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/giantswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/giants\/2026\/02\/19\/colts-preparing-move-forward-ex-new-york-giants-daniel-jones-franchise-qb\/88739453007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colts preparing to move forward with ex-Giant Daniel Jones as franchise QB;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Colts preparing to move forward with ex-Giant Daniel Jones as franchise QB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indianapolis Colts reportedly remain committed to ex-New York Giant Daniel Jones as their starting quarterback moving forward.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2059],"tags":[1504,390,2005,2772,7,2004,392,2381,6,747],"class_list":{"0":"post-762545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-anthony-richardson","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-colts","11":"tag-daniel-jones","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-indianapolis","14":"tag-indianapolis-colts","15":"tag-indianapoliscolts","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-riley-leonard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116097771668294135","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}