Daniel Jones continues to impress Colts teammates,…

Jones earlier this week cautioned he still has boxes to check between now and Week 1 of the 2026 season. This is a guy who sustained a torn Achilles’ just under eight months ago, after all. He still has to get his body used to this sort of movement again, and will go through that process over the next six or so weeks.

But then you see Jones hit a play-action rollout to Tyler Warren on one play, scramble on another and move in a manner that reminds you of the quarterback he was over the first half of the 2025 season.

“He’s been incredible. He’s back like he’s never left,” left guard Quenton Nelson said. “He worked so hard to get here. It’s been awesome to see.”

The only recent comparisons the NFL has for quarterback comebacks from Achilles’ injuries have been Kirk Cousins and Aaron Rodgers, who both returned in 2024 after season-ending injuries in 2023. Neither quarterback moved particularly well after, but there’s important context here: Cousins was 35 and Rodgers was 40 upon sustaining their respective injuries. And both, prior to those injuries, were very much pocket passers.