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Daniel Jones Declared Ready as Colts’ Starting Quarterback After Rapid Achilles Rehab

Colts coaches are treating him as a full-time starter with receiver depth and the defensive front still unresolved.

Overview

  • Daniel Jones is participating fully in training camp and has taken every first-team snap in early August with no visible practice limitations.
  • Jones completed an accelerated, movement-focused rehab after tearing his right Achilles in early December and says he feels good and can do everything on the field.
  • He tailored rehab work to restore under-center pushes, play-action timing and scrambling so he could resume the specific movements required in live play.
  • Head coach Shane Steichen has praised Jones’ on-field play without dwelling on the injury and former coach Chuck Pagano publicly said Jones looks like he was not injured.
  • With the quarterback question largely settled the Colts now must address roster holes — Alec Pierce on the PUP list, DeForest Buckner pitch-count limits, thin wide receiver depth and unsettled spots in the defense — before the Sept. 13 opener.