My general sentiment on Jones is that he was never as talented as Darnold or Mayfield. Could he be Geno Smith? Sure, but I'd rather AR be faster, more athletic Josh Allen.

The issue I have with Jones is the same I had with Fields - it’s likely that at this point in their careers they are marginally better than AR. So what does that give you? It seems extremely shortsighted and says you MAJORLY fucked up the #4 pick or have zero plan on development if a slightly better Jones is your answer at QB now. AR needed a true professional mentor. Someone who knows their value is in helping develop him. QB is the one place on the roster that a competition is IMO bad for the team. If AR needs competition to put in the work then he isn’t the guy.

I really wouldn't include Mayfield in the discussion since he had some pretty good years in CLE and his regression was mostly due to an injury before the Browns pulled a Browns and ran him out of town.

Obviously QBs turning around their careers can and does happen, but that's more the exception and not the rule. Also, it should be pointed out that all 3 of those guys had multiple stops and in Darnold's and Smith's cases several years before they took their big steps forward.

I'm not saying that Jones will definitely not turns things around, but history isn't on his side.

Jones had some good years as well along with a playoff win. A constant coaching carousel and losing Barkley didn’t help him at all.

His college coach who also coached both Mannings had very high praise for his intelligence and toughness.

Got the contract in New York and was put in an impossible situation as far as expectations. He can still play and will make the easy completion look routine

Okay, my best comp to Daniel Jones is Alex Smith.

No, Jones didn't have good years in NYG. He had 1 ok year in 2022. He also had Saquan in 2019, and 2021-2023, and he had Nabors and Tyron Tracy Jr. who's a good receiving back in 2024.

Of course his college coach is going to say good things about him. Unless a player was a complete shitbag his former college coach will always say good things about him.

It wasn't just expectations. Jones completely shit the bed in 2023 coming off that big payday. I know he got hurt, but his play prior to that was just plain god awful.

While being able to make easy completions will be refreshing to see after watching AR in 2024, almost all QBs in the NFL (starters and backups alike) are capable of doing this.

That's actually a pretty fair comparison since Smith sucked too before Harbaugh helped him start turning things around. Hopefully you're right in that Jones turns his career around like Smith, but I'm not going to hold me breath.

Jones and Alex Smith may have had similar situations, but Jones is way more athletic than Smith. He has rushed for 2200 yards with 15 TD's with an average of 5.5 yards per carry. That's with an offensive line that has been poor throughout his career in NY.

Is Jones on a level with, Mahomes, Hurts, Allen Jackson or Burrow, no of course he isn't. He also isn't a passer in the class of Herbert, Stafford, Love, Daniels, Stroud or Tagovailoa but i do think given the correct tools around him, he is on a par with the likes of Goff, Mayfield, Lawrence, Geno Smith, Wilson, Purdy, Darnold, Murray, Young or Carr for developing as a franchise QB going forward. Caleb Williams is someone who could end up lighting up the field this year, with an improved offensive line and could join the elite guys listed at the beginning.

Richardson is the outlier as he has the raw ability to be better than anyone in the second or third group, but hasn't shown that he belongs here yet.

You seriously listed Tyrone Tracy as a weapon?

His offensive line was shit the entire time he was there, and had to play 4 games a year vs 2 of the best dlines in the NFL (eagles and cowboys)

Cutcliffe isn’t just gonna compliment him just because he played for him. Even Giants teammates compliment the guys work ethic and toughness, that’s more than we can say for Richardson.

The Alex Smith comp is pretty good

Believe me I wasn’t happy about signing the guy I wanted a cheaper option like Ridder, but after diving into it more he was the best option and he still has some good football in him.

I’m more confident that he’ll have a bounce back and revitalize his career like Baker or Darnold than I’m confident Richardson will magically work with some QB coach and turn into Josh Allen overnight

Why wouldn't I? In 12 starts this year he had over 1,100 combined yards as a rookie, which included 38 catches for 284 yds. He's obviously no Saquan, but he proved that he is a good receiver out of the backfield (for comparison Saquan had 41 catches for 280 yds his final year at NYG).

Yet when given the chance guys like Tyrod Taylor and Tommy DeVito outplayed Jones w/ the same talent around them.

Jones was a good player for Cutcliffe in college and seems to be a decent guy, so of course Cutcliffe is going to have good things to say about him. Fair point on his teammates although that really doesn't mean anything if Jones doesn't start producing.

Fair points. Although I do believe that AR working w/ Allen's QB coach should lead to improvement. And while I've been critical of the signing I do realize that this isn't that bad of a deal since if Jones doesn't turn things around then we just let him walk w/ no long term harm done. I just don't understand all of the love he's getting on here.

I hope I’m dead wrong

But this dude has been hurt at every level, never completed a season anywhere or anytime.

Biggest strength is his running ability yet he can’t take a hit and flat out refuses to play smart.

He made some highlight reel throws and could only beat teams that weren’t worth a shit last year.

I have no idea how anyone can have faith in him.

All Colts fans are in the same boat… we want a QB so bad we’re looking for any reason to cling on to some kinda hope.

I’ll go with the tougher guy that plays no matter what even if his athleticism isn’t as good or he can’t throw it as far. Give me the guy that shows up and clocks in every day, takes the hits and keeps coming, I’ll cheer for that guy no matter what