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Giants Flop Daniel Jones Could Steal Starting Job Amid Bad News for Colts' Anthony Richardson
Giants Flop Daniel Jones Could Steal Starting Job Amid Bad News for Colts' Anthony Richardson originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson is chasing medical opinions.
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And that might leave Daniel Jones chasing the starting job.
Richardson, has an AC joint issue in his throwing shoulder and so he is traveling to Los Angeles for a second opinion as he meets with renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache.
A top-five pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, Richardson is among the most physically gifted players on the planet. But a shoulder injury cut his rookie year short, and he didn't improve as a thrower in his second season.
And now he's hurt.
Enter Daniel Jones.
The Colts signed Jones as insurance. ... or maybe something more.
And now that Richardson has been scratched from minicamp. The former New York Giants quarterback Jones could "fall upward'' and win the Colts No. 1 job.
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They did give Jones $14 million for the year, a hefty sum for a backup. And he was once New York's first-round pick and top QB.
Did Daniel Jones flop badly in the Big Apple? That's the view of many critics ... though he was - just that one time - a playoff QB and a playoff winner, too, which is how he earned his one major payday in the NFL.
Can he now plow forward and give the maybe-contending Colts (who play in the awful AFC South) stability at the game's most important position in a way that Richardson has not?
As Indy waits and worries about Richardson's fate? That might be the Jones-related view, too.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 11, 2025, where it first appeared.
