QB · Indianapolis Colts · week 6 vs Tennessee Titans · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
Daniel Jones
TYPE Pocket passer
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2019 · R1 P6
EXP 7 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH QB1
99%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 6, Daniel Jones was a QB for IND, age 29.3, 7 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 100% of snaps; his line was 204.2 pass yards a game, 5 rush yards a game and a 61.4% completion rate (Pocket passer by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 85 games (postseason included) over 7 seasons. His injury history held 7 episodes (ankle 2, neck 2, concussion 1), 3 of them reaching OUT, 2 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a fibula injury in 2025 week 14.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
98%98%98%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 12:02 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
98% EXPECTED → 99% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Daniel Jones is a starter at quarterback for IND — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has an ankle injury. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 99%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 78 hours before kickoff.
The reader concurs · grade B
Jones's ankle is a current injury but he was a full participant on both reported days: the club's own Wednesday report lists him as full (P6) and Thursday's club report repeats that he was 'once again' a full participant (P3), corroborated by the beat (P2). PFT frames the only risk as a drop in participation later in the week (P5), and no passage records any such drop or any designation. The absence of a Friday/Saturday line is the only gap, which keeps this at B rather than A, but nothing written contradicts the PLAY call. It would need to know: Friday Oct 16 Colts practice report participation level for Daniel Jones (ankle); Final game-status designation (Questionable/none) for Jones on the Titans game report, issued Fri/Sat Oct 16-17; Any Shane Steichen comment on Jones's ankle or on backup QB first-team reps during the Oct 12-17 week; Whether a backup QB took elevated first-team reps at Thursday/Friday practice
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“Quarterback Daniel Jones (ankle) and tight end Will Mallory (thumb) were both full participants.”
Indianapolis Colts · 2026-10-14
2
“Quarterback Daniel Jones (ankle), wide receiver Darius Slayton (knee) and Will Mallory (thumb) were once again full participants.”
Indianapolis Colts · 2026-10-15
3
“Starting quarterback Daniel Jones remained a full-on practice participant for the second consecutive day, despite popping up on the injury report Wednesday with an ankle injury.”
IndyStar · 2026-10-15
4
“He was listed as a full participant, so it does not appear it will impact his availability for the Titans unless his participation level drops in the coming days.”
Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-14
5
“Quarterback Daniel Jones was listed as a full participant despite a new ankle injury designation.”
IndyStar · 2026-10-14
14versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET · 78 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 98% → 99%, Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET, with no club report in between.
This week's call
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
99% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 96% of the time (96–97%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
No dated practice report for him this week
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
Head start
Our call
Kickoff
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Pass yds / game215 range 143–269
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Rush yds / game9.2 range 2.0–30
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Completion %59.6% range 52–71
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snap share100.0% range 100–100
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
100%wk 1
100%wk 2
100%wk 3
100%wk 4
100%wk 5
100%wk 6
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
1
0
Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2026 · wk 6
ankle
1
—
2025 · wk 12
fibula
3
—
2023 · wk 6
neck
4
Out
2022 · wk 5
ankle
1
—
2021 · wk 13
neck
3
Out
2021 · wk 6
concussion
1
—
2020 · wk 13
hamstring
5
Doubtful
2019 · wk 14
ankle
3
Out
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 8 episodes · 21 weeks on a report · same site more than once: ankle ×3
2019
ankle · 3w
2020
hamstring · 5w
2021
neck · 3wconcussion · 1w
2022
ankle · 1w
2023
neck · 4w
2025
fibula · 3w
2026
ankle · 1w
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
doubtful
listed, and played
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 6PLAY 98% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played
Season on him: 1 of 1 graded call of ours right. Graded by the record: right or a miss against whether he played. A week we did not call, or his club's own word, is not graded.
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Keenan Allen
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
DeForest Buckner
DT
DNP
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Grover Stewart
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Charvarius Ward
CB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Arden Key
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Ashton Dulin
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
D.J. Montgomery
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Darius Slayton
WR
FULL
team's word
—
Sean McKeon
TE
UNK
ours
PLAY
71%
LIKELY
Jonathan Taylor
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Alec Pierce
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Micheal Clemons
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Will Mallory
TE
FULL
team's word
—
Cameron Mitchell
DB
UNK
team's word
—
Josh Downs
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Jaylon Carlies
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Dalton Tucker
G
UNK
team's word
—
Matt Goncalves
G
LTD
ours
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
Tyler Warren
TE
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Jalen Travis
T
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Riley Leonard
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Jaylahn Tuimoloau
DE
LTD
ours
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
Carson Towt
TE
UNK
team's word
—
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
age 29.3 · 7 seasons' experience · drafted round 1
Where the profile comes from
Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.
a starter at quarterback — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chart
first at quarterback
Snaps played
100% a week on average over 6 weeks, 100% at his highest
Build
6 ft 5 in · 230 lb
College
Duke
Drafted
2019, round 1 pick 6, by NYG
Age
29-31 at the season's start
Experience
7 seasons
When this call was made, and when the world knew
WrittenWe first said PLAY.
PublicOur call became public, at kickoff.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET
78 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
54 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
41 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
14 calls this week, and the call never flipped between PLAY and SIT. Each lead time is the one that call actually had when it was written — never recounted from now. A call that changes is the record working: new evidence arrived and we said so, in public, before the game.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
6
FULL
98%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.