The Indianapolis Colts are going with expertise over youth.
Former New York Giants draft decide Daniel Jones will start the season because the workforce’s beginning quarterback over Anthony Richardson, Colts head coach Shane Steichen introduced Tuesday.
Jones was signed to a one-year, $14 million deal within the offseason, with the expectation that he would compete in opposition to the 2023 fourth general decide Richardson for the beginning job.
The 23-year-old Richardson has struggled within the NFL, each with accidents and inconsistent play. He performed simply 4 video games as a rookie earlier than a shoulder harm ended his season, then he was benched mid-season final 12 months for Joe Flacco.
Jones, 28, now will get a second probability within the NFL after flaming out with the Giants final season. The previous first-rounder was benched and launched by New York in November, signing with the Minnesota Vikings for the remainder of 2024 earlier than becoming a member of the Colts in March.
Over six seasons with the Giants, Jones posted a 24-44-1 file in 69 begins with 70 landing passes, 47 interceptions and 50 fumbles. He led them to the postseason as soon as in 2022, which earned him a four-year, $160 million contract extension. All the pieces unraveled from there, as he is confronted the identical issues that Richardson has with accidents and inconsistent manufacturing.
Richardson began the opening preseason sport for the Colts earlier than injuring his finger, whereas Jones received the beginning in Week 2. Jones went 7 of 11 for 101 yards in Week 2; Richardson was 6 of 11 for 73 yards.
Jones’ ascension to the beginning job will make him the Colts’ eighth completely different Week 1 beginning quarterback within the final 9 seasons — with Richardson as the one repeat (2023 and 2024). For a franchise that after relied on the soundness of Luck and Peyton Manning, it has been a tumultuous latest run.
The Colts will open the 2025 season at house in opposition to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, Sept. 7.
