Daniel Jones' Impact and Colts' Early Season Prospects
Joe Raineri and Tom Vecchio discuss Daniel Jones' importance to a successful season, updates on his health, game stats, and an upcoming season outlook.
Video Transcript
I'm very wait and see on the Colts, because until we see Daniel Jones out there actually get hit and get up, I'm gonna, I'll, I'll wait and sit on the sidelines for that one.
I gotta tell you, though, that rep- I read a couple of reports earlier, over the weekend, some of the beat writers following the Colts, and they say he looks fantastic.
He looks in great shape.
He looks- Yeah really, really good.
He hasn't played a full season since 2022 though, Tom, so it makes banking on him being the guy or, you know, longevity, i- is not great.
But don't forget, first 10 games last year, they went 8-2 with a healthy- Mm-hmm Danny Dimes.
Call it crazy, I- we saw flashes of what he could be under, you know, when you actually had a coaching staff and you had guys around him that could actually do something there.
Daboll did a good job early on, and then, you know, they got all those injuries and didn't even have anybody.
But we saw what a good running game, a healthy defense, all of a sudden, Danny Dimes, just don't lose the game, turns out he can make some plays when he needs it.
So to me, if he's healthy, I would take the win total over.
If he's not, Tom, I think then we're back to square one again with the Colts.
It's gonna be really interesting to see how things shake out for them in the early season.
And I, I really think we'll get a, a pretty clear indication of what the Colts are gonna be quickly.
Because if- Yes if Danny Dimes takes, like, if he takes a month, a month and a half to really get his legs under him literally and figuratively, and then to get running, like, yes, the division isn't super tough, but it's not about the division, it's really just about the AFC Wild Card picture overall, because I think we can Most people would say the Bills and the Pats coming out of the AFC East.
The Pats are clearly gonna take a step back.
They had a very easy schedule last year.
We all know this.
But the- Yeah Bills and the Pats pushing towards the playoffs.
The Bengals and the Ravens.
The Steelers will be around 500, as we talked about yesterday.
The Chiefs, the Broncos, the Chargers, granted, we may not be super high on the Chargers, but they'll still be good enough to probably be in the Wild Card mix.
It doesn't leave a really clean path for the Colts.
So my point being is, if they start off slow, they just might be two steps behind the rest of the way, and that might be it for them.
E- exactly.
Health.
A- and if he can stay healthy, if they can keep him healthy, I'm still a little questionable on who's getting to the quarterback on the defensive side of the ball for the Colts.
That remains to be seen, but they got a lot of the other pieces.
Just keep Danny I can't believe- I'm saying it.
Keep him healthy and you got a chance there.
