Colts QB Daniel Jones snaps back at doubters after win over Chargers

Jones made those comments after completing 23-of-34 passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns against the Chargers. 

Jones has every right to enjoy what's unfolding in a season most had every reason to doubt would be possible. He is not even a full season removed from being dumped by the New York Giants, who drafted him with the No. 6 overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft. 

There was reason to doubt Daniel Jones 

In six seasons with the Giants, Jones only exceeded 3,000 passing yards twice and never came close to approaching his single-season high of 24 touchdown passes again after his rookie year. The Giants' best record in any season with Jones under center was 9-6-1 in 2022. 

Despite New York's financial investment, Jones was benched and then subsequently granted his release in the middle of his final season with the Giants in 2024. He then had to fight to make the Minnesota Vikings' active roster in last November. 

Daniel Jones may have found his true NFL home in Indianapolis 

Fortunately for Jones, the Colts were in search of a veteran quarterback to push Anthony Richardson. The idea was for Jones to help mentor Richardson, with few expecting him to win the job, let alone lead the Colts to a winning season. 

However, Jones' play and his team's success has made it so there's now a possibility that he could still become a franchise quarterback in the NFL, even if he had to leave the team that drafted him to make that happen. 

So far though seven games, Jones has completed exactly 71% of his passes and thrown for 1,790 yards with 10 touchdowns. Most importantly, he has taken care of the football and only thrown three interceptions. 

Can Jones continue to shift the narrative by keeping this up throughout the entire season? Only time will tell, but there's no reason to doubt that he can pull it off anymore.