Daniel Jones Is A Heavy Favorite To Start Over Anthony Richardson?

Daniel Jones Is A Heavy Favorite To Start Over Anthony Richardson?

Feel free to take minicamp reports with a grain of salt. However, some are maybe worth paying attention to over others. Right now, the rumor on the street is that Daniel Jones is going to start for the Colts to open the 2025-26 NFL Season.

Anthony Richardson is hurt right now, and Jones seems to have a stranglehold on the job. Beat reporters are suggesting it would be a big surprise if Jones wasn’t the Week 1 starter.

VIA Jake Arthur at Sports Illustrated:

“Nothing definitive has been done about the quarterback competition to this point. It’s still open.”

“However, let’s say that Anthony Richardson is back at the start of training camp, or early into it. The Colts have already said that they’re not going to throw a full workload onto his plate right away. That would mean that Daniel Jones had two weeks in the spring (OTAs and minicamp) where he was the sole QB1, getting all the reps, and would be getting much of the work in training camp until Richardson’s arm was done with the pitch count. In a 50-50 battle, Richardson would clearly be behind in the competition.”

“At that point, Richardson would either have to look outstanding in camp (especially in joint practices and the preseason) to get the job, or Jones would have to totally lose control of the lead. Jones has looked pretty solid so far from what the media has seen, so it’s hard for me to imagine that he’s not the favorite right now.”

The Colts Are Treating Anthony Richardson Like A Minor League Baseball Player

Jones, 28, signed with Indianapolis this offseason and seems to have made a positive impression early on.

Arthur continued his mailbag post on SI by claiming Richardson is going to have to blow the doors off to even have a shot to open the season as the starter. Not necessarily a surprise for a guy who can’t complete a high school pass. Just a reminder of how bad things are with Richardson that he can’t even compete with… DANIEL JONES.

“If Daniel Jones is starting Week 1, which do you think is the most likely reason: 1. AR didn’t have enough time to win the job in training camp after being out. 2. AR wasn’t healthy enough to win the job. 3. Daniel Jones was the best QB the whole time?” — Philip Schatz, Twitter

“I think it’s a mix of all three. It’s hard to prove yourself in a 50-50 battle when you’re not on the field the whole time. It makes Richardson have to be nearly flawless in a limited sample size.”

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