{"id":806459,"date":"2026-03-11T13:37:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/806459\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T13:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:37:29","slug":"daniel-jones-finalizing-colts-deal-as-former-giants-qb-set-to-cash-in-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/806459\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Jones finalizing Colts deal as former Giants QB set to cash in again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Danny Dimes is cashing in again, with another team ready to back up the Brinks truck with a hefty payday.<\/p>\n<p>Colts quarterback Daniel Jones is expected to agree to a new massive contract Wednesday, according to multiple reports, with the expectation that he will receive a two-year deal to remain in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Jones had been seeking $50 million per year, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/09\/sports\/colts-made-a-massive-daniel-jones-contact-offer-heres-why-he-turned-it-down\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colts reportedly initially offered<\/a> three years and $100.5 million, leaving significant ground to make up in a new deal for the former Giants quarterback.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38742286\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773236246_584_daniel-jones.jpg\" alt=\"Indianapolis Colts quarterback Gardner Minshew looks up, holding his helmet in his hands.\" class=\"wp-image-38742286\"  \/>Daniel Jones is getting a massive two-year extension from the Colts.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>If Jones does indeed land $50 million per season, he would be the league\u2019s 12th-highest-paid quarterback in terms of average annual value.<\/p>\n<p>The Colts are <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/09\/sports\/alec-pierce-stays-with-colts-on-116-million-contract-in-nfl-free-agency\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">set to re-signwide receiver Alec Pierce to a massive contract extension<\/a> after a strong season last year, with reports also indicating that Jones\u2019 presence in Indianapolis significantly influenced Pierce\u2019s free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Indianapolis started last season 8-1 with Jones leading the way after he won a preseason QB competition with Anthony Richardson. <\/p>\n<p>Jones threw for 3,101 yards in 13 games, throwing 19 touchdowns and eight interceptions while also rushing for 164 yards and five rushing scores.<\/p>\n<p>His season was cut short due to a torn Achilles tendon during Week 14 against the Jaguars when he went down in a non-contact injury. <\/p>\n<p>The initial recovery prognosis was six to eight months, which will affect his availability for training camp and potentially the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38742309\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/daniel-jones-contract.jpg\" alt=\"Indianapolis Colts quarterback Gardner Minshew looking to throw the football.\" class=\"wp-image-38742309\"  \/>Jones has enjoyed throwing the deep ball to Alec Pierce.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Jones has career earnings of $122.8 million, according to Spotrac, most of which were paid by the Giants.<\/p>\n<p>Big Blue drafted Jones in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft and extended him with a four-year $160 million contract after making the playoffs in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Jones was cut by the Giants near the end of the 2024 season, and the then signed with the Vikings and was mostly a practice squad third-stringer in Minnesota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Danny Dimes is cashing in again, with another team ready to back up the Brinks truck with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[2005,2772,7,2004,392,2381,6,89225,2592,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-806459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-colts","9":"tag-daniel-jones","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-indianapolis","12":"tag-indianapolis-colts","13":"tag-indianapoliscolts","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-nfl-free-agency-2026","16":"tag-nfl-free-agency","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116210817727765681","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806459","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=806459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}