Colts' Daniel Jones could be next quarterback to find home in make-or-break year: 'Really enjoy being here'

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Daniel Jones heads into the bye week with his team sitting at 8-2. The veteran signal caller reflects on that performance as well as his future with the franchise.

No matter if he’s battered, bruised, bloodied or all of the above as he was in Germany this past week, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Daniel Jones is always going to love a victory.

The Colts came away with their eighth win of the season, this time taking down the Atlanta Falcons in overtime thanks to yet another stellar performance by running back Jonathan Taylor, who has been among the MVP frontrunners 10 weeks into the season.

But Jones, the NFL’s leader in passing yards this season after a 255-yard performance with a touchdown pass in the 31-25 win in Berlin, deserves plenty of credit for how good the Colts have been. It’s fair to say no one expected this Indianapolis group to be among the top Super Bowl contenders, but Jones and company have silenced all doubters as they enter the bye week.

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Daniel Jones of the Indianapolis Colts warms up prior to a game between the Atlanta Falcons and Indianapolis Colts at Olympiastadion on Nov. 9, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.  (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

At this time last season, Jones was at rock bottom for a franchise quarterback. The New York Giants — the team that selected him No. 6 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft and handed him a $160 million long-term extension in March 2023 — pulled the plug and released him. He ended up finding a home in Minnesota, where the Vikings signed him to their practice squad.

The truth was Jones, and the rest of the NFL world, didn’t know where exactly he would land. More importantly, his days as a starting