The Athletic’s James Boyd believes Daniel Jones “has already taken a significant lead” in the Colts’ QB competition.

23 June 2025

Jones and Anthony Richardson are supposed to compete for the QB1 job in camp. While Richardson recently said he expects to be ready to go by camp, an offseason shoulder surgery has slowed his progress for the upcoming season, and opened the door for Jones to work almost exclusively with the first team offense. Whether or not Richardson can participate in camp will obviously weigh heavily in how this competition unfolds, but if he can outperform Jones is another question entirely. Jones has struggled to look like the player who was taken No. 6 overall by the Giants in 2019, but Richardson’s underwhelming performance in 2024 (1,813-8-12) that was headlined by a 47.7 completion percentage was far worse than any single season of Jones’ six-year career. The Colts will string this competition along for as long as they can, but any idea of a “camp battle” sounds more like a formality at this point.