1. Consistency won Daniel Jones the Colts' QB1 job. What does that look like in the regular season?

Something head coach Shane Steichen said back at the NFL Owners Meetings this spring stuck out after he named Daniel Jones the Colts' starting quarterback for the 2025 season in August.

"You can't go broke taking a profit," Steichen said.

The Colts in 2024 had the 10th-most plays that went for negative or zero yards on first down (170); they had the seventh-most incompletions on first down (93) despite being 21st in the NFL in first down passing attempts (214).

This had a cascading effect on the Colts' offense. On second and 10+, the Colts averaged a league-low 3.4 yards per play, had a league-high turnover rate of 8.8 percent and were 31st with a first down conversion rate of 16.1 perce

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