Colts star believes Daniel Jones should come back in 2026: 'I’m on board with it'

Daniel Jones' 2025 NFL play came to a bitter end, arsenic the Indianapolis Colts starting backmost volition person to ticker from the sidelines the remainder of the mode aft an Achilles wounded this past week. 

For the Colts, the wounded is simply a monolithic nonaccomplishment arsenic the squad eyes a playoff spot. For Jones personally, the wounded couldn't person travel astatine a worse clip considering he's a escaped cause successful March. 

Jones signed a prove-it woody with the Colts for this play aft a tumultuous 2024 run that saw the New York Giants, the squad that drafted him sixth wide successful 2019, merchandise him mid-season aft signing him to a semipermanent extension. Not lone did Jones triumph the starting relation implicit Anthony Richardson, the Colts' 4th wide prime successful 2023, but helium shined successful caput manager Shane Steichen's offense. 

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Indianapolis Colts backmost Daniel Jones looks connected successful the 2nd fractional against the Kansas City Chiefs astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium.  (Denny Medley/Imagn Images)

While Jones volition archer you he's wholly focused connected however helium tin assistance the Colts from the sideline, prima receiver Michael Pittman Jr. speaks for galore connected the squad erstwhile helium says he's "on board" with the squad bringing backmost Jones successful 2026. 

"Absolutely," Pittman told Fox News Digital erstwhile asked if Jones should get different declaration from Indianapolis. "I mean, I would emotion to spot him here. The enactment that he’s enactment successful and the assemblage of enactment he’s had, I deliberation they should powerfully see it. 

"I’m connected committee with it and I deliberation that astir of the players are, if not each of them arsenic well."

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Jones was conscionable 104 passing yards distant from his vocation precocious done lone 13 games, tallying 3,101 connected 261 completions (381 attempts). Jones did notch a career-high successful completion percent (68%), portion throwing 19 touchdowns and interceptions. He besides ran successful 5 scores for the Colts.

The seven-year seasoned intelligibly felt comfy with his caller team, and it helps that moving backmost Jonathan Taylor is performing similar an MVP successful the backfield, portion the likes of Pittman, rookie Ty Warren, Alec Pierce and Josh Downs are each contributing for the Colts.

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But Jones’ wounded makes things absorbing now, due to the fact that teams evidently privation to crockery retired millions astatine the backmost presumption to idiosyncratic who’s healthy. Jones had an wounded past beyond the Achilles, too, arsenic helium was already playing with a fractured fibula, which whitethorn person contributed to the Achilles injury.

With the Giants, Jones besides tore his ACL successful 2023, portion dealing with an ailment during his clip successful New York.

But depending connected erstwhile Jones tin instrumentality to the field, possibly his location is successful Indianapolis for years to come.

"I bash consciousness precise fortunate to beryllium here," Jones told Fox News Digital past month. "This clip a twelvemonth agone was evidently precise antithetic for maine and benignant of uncovering what was adjacent and wherever I was going to go. … The accidental to articulation the Colts and play with these guys has been incredible. Been precise fortunate that way, and yeah, I deliberation I’ve learned a batch successful New York and starting my vocation there. Grateful for that, but you effort to larn on the mode and instrumentality vantage of the opportunities you have."

PERFECT CLEAN, PERFECT GAME

Pittman teamed up with Oral-B, which was precocious named the authoritative toothbrush of the NFL, and helium changeable immoderate amusive contented with beloved Colts mascot, Blue.

Michael Pittman Jr., and beloved Colts mascot Blue, partnered with Oral-B, the authoritative toothbrush of the NFL. (Oral-B)

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Pittman and Blue were trying to get their pearly whites cleanable with the caller iO Series Electric Toothbrush, and though Blue is known for his moving belly during games, helium had a elephantine acceptable of teeth to get close earlier the crippled arsenic well.

As idiosyncratic who ne'er strays distant from his gameday routine, it starts with brushing his teeth earlier thing other successful the morning.

"The grin is everything," Pittman said. "Oral-B being the authoritative toothbrush of the NFL, I conscionable felt similar it was a cleanable spouse due to the fact that they springiness you the cleanable cleanable truthful you tin play the cleanable crippled with their IO-series toothbrush they conscionable came retired with. It does each the enactment for you, truthful it couldn’t beryllium easier."

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