Jones signed on to compete with Anthony Richardson, and on Tuesday, he was named the Colts starter for the team's opener. Colts head coach Shane Steichen quickly confirmed Jones as the starter for the season and indicated it was not viewed as a short-term solution.

The Colts’ Daniel Jones decision isn’t going over well with Anthony Richardson’s camp. The young quarterback’s agent, Deiric Jackson, spoke to ESPN on Tuesday after Jones was named the team’s starting signal-caller, and he didn’t sound happy, to say the least. “We have a lot to discuss,” Jackson told the outlet.

Both Daniel Jones, a former first-round pick of the New York Giants, and Anthony Richardson, the No. 4 overall pick in the 2023 draft, had been splitting reps and alternating starts, and on Tuesday Steichen announced that Jones had won the competition.