2026 Draft thread

[Kray007]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

Jones won’t replicate what he did last season, if for no other reason than he’s coming off of a career altering injury. Most guys have a subpar season their first one back from something like that.

I also think he played out of his mind that first half and would have came back to earth somewhat even without the injury.

I’m not real optimistic about next season, in case it isn’t obvious.

A whole lot needs to fall in place for the Colts to be successful.

I agree about Jones, and I disagree.

I can’t help but wonder about the consequences of the injury, and how long it takes for him to return to form.

On the other hand, I’m not sure that he “ comes back to earth.” That’s simply because he wasn’t playing out of this world to begin with. He wasn’t doing extraordinary things. There was nothing about his performance you’d look at and ask yourself how did he do that. There were no Patrick Mahomes moments, no series of heroic, come from behind performances.

He simply took the snap, dropped back, waited for a receiver to come free, and delivered the ball. He wasn’t completing 70% on his passes or anything outrageous like that.

When he wasn’t throwing the ball, he was handing it off to Jonathan Taylor.

Don’t get me wrong, the quality of opponents was getting better. Houston and Jacksonville were pretty good. But, even without Jones, with quarterback play best described as marginal, they weren’t getting blown out. They might not have finished 6-1, but they didn’t have to.