Locked On Colts - Daily Podcast On The Indianapolis Colts - Indianapolis Colts BOLD PREDICTIONS: Daniel Jones Breaks Playoff Drought

Episode Date: July 15, 2025

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The Indianapolis Colts kick off training camp in exactly one week. So prior training camp, let's dive into some bold predictions. And Jake and I have some vastly different predictions when it comes to the Colts quarterback room. Let's get to it. You are locked on Colts, your daily Indianapolis Colts podcast part of the locked on podcast network your team every day. Thank you all for tuning in and making us your first listen of the day this daily podcast covering your Indianapolis Colts part of the locked on podcast network your team every

day today's episode is brought to you by Game Time. Download the Game Time app, create an account and use code locked on NFL for $20 off of your first purchase. Hello everyone, my name is Zach Hicks, your resident film nerd of HorseshoeHuddle.com and I'm joined as always by my partner in crime, Jake Arthur, our credentialed boots on the ground for the site. So those boots are going to get worn out a little bit next week, Jake, as training kicks off. So again, prior to kicking off training camp, guys, we're gonna give you some bold predictions. We like to do these before every single season. We like to put ourselves out there,

be optimistic in some ways, negative in other ways. We typically are way off with these, but it's a fun fun exercise to compare our expectations versus what actually happens when the season kicks off. So Jake has three bold predictions. I have three bold predictions. We kind of have them like thematically themed, I guess, in this in this episode.

But we'll we'll dive into it here in a second. We'll start off with the quarterback room. Jake and I have very, very opposite bowl predictions with the Colts quarterback room. But because Jake is the optimist on this show and he's very positive compared to mine, we're going to let Jake kick it off with his with his bold prediction scenario. All right. Mine's like a whole situation. Okay. Picture this. You're writing a fanfic. Is that what you're doing with this one? Essentially, yeah. Okay, so we're going to start out, Daniel Jones wins the Colts quarterback competition as QB1. Not necessarily just by default because Anthony's hurt or anything, but he shows enough in camp

to impress the coaches and he looks like the right guy for the job. So he wins the job. He does well enough to get the Colts into the playoffs, because, again, they've been knocking on the door again the last few weeks each season. And is he going to give you anything worse than Gardner Mintch, who did a couple years ago? I would argue this roster is better now than it was at that point.

So Daniel is going to play just well enough to tip the scales and get the Colts into the playoffs. And because that breaks a four-year drought, and because it's so drastically different from what we've seen from him for the last couple of years, that's going to propel him to come back player of the year as well. Because remember, two years ago, he was hurt.

Last year, he was so bad that he got benched and then asked for his release and was graciously given it. And then he was on a practice squad for a different team. So I think all those things together, he's gonna get the Colts playoffs, he's gonna win comeback player of the year. The Colts are also the comeback player

of the year franchise for quarterbacks as well. Andrew Luck, Joe Flacco, it could just as easily be Anthony if we're going bold here. So yeah, I know you share this enthusiasm for Daniel Jones, but no, I don't, he's not gonna have like some prolific year where he throws for like 4,500 yards and 30 touchdowns or anything, but I think he's going to be, I think he's gonna be like exactly what Shane Stikin wants to operate the offense. He's got enough mobility to keep the playbook wide open, I think, and it's gonna work. It's just gonna work. Um, he is going to magically turn

a page where he's a little more aggressive. And it won't completely shun Alec Pierce out of the offense. So we're going bold here. I was told this is America and I could be bold. So I feel like that's a slogan for like a beer commercial or something right there. But exactly. What do you got? You had me until you said he's going to be more aggressive. We haven't seen that in like half his NFL career at this point.

I don't I don't know about that. Can I use this time just to complain about the comeback player of the year award and why that's such a dumb award coming back from being bad at football like coming back from? Yeah, it should be called like bounce back. Yeah. Or like Redemption Story or something like that. Like, come on. Like, why is that a comeback? He's just like bounce back. Yeah, or like Redemption story or something like that. Like come on like why is that a comeback? He's just bad

Coming back, but I digress. I don't want to go into a whole ramble about that. I will say I could totally see Daniel Jones being good enough to get this Colts roster over the finish line I do think we're underestimating a little bit with the Colts age at some positions that like the injury factor here and they don't have the greatest depth. But I do think on paper like the starting unit on both sides of the ball for the Colts is the best it's been in maybe four or five years at this point. I think they have a lot of talent and again, we saw the last couple of years they've been on the doorstep of making the playoffs with just awful quarterback

play. So we're not even asking the quarterback here to be good. We're not even asking them to be average, be like below average and you might get this team into the playoffs. So it, Daniel Jones, I can fully buy into Daniel Jones being below average at best. Totally can buy in there. That's the most you're going to get out of me there, though, Jake. You're not going to get any more than that from me here. Sorry to interrupt, but doesn't that tell you how underrated Shane Steichen has perhaps been? Like with how bad the quarterback play has been? Shouldn't they have been a dumpster fire for the last couple of years? Like they've been good enough to tread water. They've had some dumpster fire moments, but like, it's not been like 2022. So let's let's give let's give Shane a quarterback that could

just at least do what he wants. So yeah, I'm not going to take up all the time. Go ahead and let's hear your your bold PB takes. Right. So here's my bold quarterback prediction taken. I've actually said this one on the podcast a couple of times. I want to put this like in stone. I'm going to start the engraving process here in a few minutes. So just putting it in stone for me. But Riley Leonard, everyone, starts more than one game for the Colts this upcoming season. And it has nothing to do with the play on the field of the other two quarterbacks. When we look at Daniel Jones and Anthony Richardson, these are two guys who have been volatile in their NFL careers, who have had up and down moments. And but the one thing we know for a fact, the consistency with these two

quarterbacks is their injury history. Daniel Jones in his NFL career, two ankle injuries, two hamstring injuries, a concussion, two very significant neck injuries that have caused him to miss nine games in the NFL and a torn ACL. So he's missed 22 games in his career, over 20% of his career NFL games that he has missed in his career at this point. Anthony Richardson, I don't even know, I don't even have to put all these out here. You guys know his injury history quite well. Concussion, shoulder sprain, hip sprain, back injury, 17 games missed in his NFL career with 53% of his career games 17 games missed in his NFL career with 53% of his career games missed for him through two seasons. These two quarterbacks have not stayed healthy in their career and they're coming here,

they're in with the Colts, you know, Richardson's been with the Colts and Jones is coming here with an offensive coach that wants to run the quarterback position. We keep saying that, oh, Daniel Jones can bring that rushing element that the Colts like in Anthony Richardson. The more you run him, the more likely he's going to take hits. And he has not handled hits well in his NFL career at this point. Again, especially with the neck injuries. That's very concerning, I think, for a guy that you want to run, missing 10 games in his NFL career due to neck injuries.

So I think we see Riley Leonard play a decent amount this year just because I have no confidence in both these guys staying healthy, especially if the Colts keep the QB run game going and especially if we see moments like with Richardson and Jones where they hold the ball too long like they have in their NFL career and take those big hits in the pocket. So yeah, I mean I'm the complete opposite of you Jake here like Regardless to who wins the QB battle, I think at some point we see all three of these quarterbacks start games for the Colts just because it's the nature of the position in India, the nature of who these guys have been in their NFL careers.

You know, I said it hasn't been like a dumpster fire, but that would indicate to me a dumpster fire. But like you said, the dumpster fire issues back then were a lot of personnel decisions rather than injuries. And you're saying this is mostly injuries. So I could see that. I mean, other than the total just litany of injuries you listed, these guys have been the picture of health.

So aside from what's the what's the aside from that, Miss Lincoln the how was the play? That's basically what it is with these guys. But yeah, it's just been like, I think that's one thing we're not talking about enough with this quarterback room as well is like, I mean, obviously, we talked about with Richardson enough, but just with the QB room in general, like, yes, these guys had had their struggles with their play, but their durability has also been a big issue. Like, it's not like Joe Flacco when Joe Flacco came in there last year, no matter what hit he took, that man can't get hurt.

Joe Flacco could be 70 on the field and he won't, and he won't stay down. Daniel Jones is not Joe Flacco in that regard, you know, like he has missed a lot of games in his NFL career. And yeah, I think that kind of was another reason why they went with Riley Leonard. They wanted a more high-profile third string quarterback And it's why they were also sniffing around guys like Tyler Shuck and other quarterbacks in that round three to four range Because they wanted a more high-profile third quarterback for this inevitable thing that could happen with the Colts

Well, if smiley Riley Leonard gets on the field Then I would at least appreciate if he is used how we would assume so. Because like Sam Ellinger got out there, that's two guys who were used somewhat similarly in college. You know, they're not uber athletic, but they were used on the ground a lot, especially Riley Leonard. And when Sam Ellinger got on the field, he wasn't used like he was in college like at

all. You wouldn't even know he wasn't used like he was in college like at all. You wouldn't even know he ran as much as he did in college. If Leonard gets out there, at least run him. Like the dude literally puked in the national championship because he ran so much. So like he wants to do it. So like just let him do it. I will at least say really quick about Ellinger.

Ellinger was pretty slow by NFL standards as a moving court. Like he's not, he didn't really have NFL speed at quarterback, so it is tougher to run him. Riley Leonard does have NFL speed like he's a good runner. So, yes, Leonard, if you get him in the field on the field at all, you've got to run him a good bit using like a Tyler Huntley type quarterback. Like how Huntley was used in Baltimore as a backup.

I think that's the only way that he can have really any success if he's out there for the Colts. Like just a modicum of success for Riley Leonard. Yeah, well, that's the quarterback takes. I mean, obviously let us know what you think. They're coming up next. These guys got to pass the ball somewhere and we've got some hot takes involving pass catchers as well. We've all been there logging on early and waiting forever for concert tickets to go on sale, only to lose your spot for a show that you have been dying to see. Live music should be about making memories and not dealing with the stress of ticket shopping. You should not dread the process of getting

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Yes, that is right. I did have the whole first segment saying these quarterbacks aren't going to stay healthy. But if we do get a full healthy season out of Daniel Jones, or he at least starts most of the games, I fully believe that Josh Downs will hit the 1000 yard mark for sure. I feel really good about that one. And I think he's a chance at a hundred catches. Honestly, that's going to be the really bold bold one there a thousand yards is pretty bold too But the hundred catches is very bold considering only six receivers and football did it last year

And I think the year before that it was like only nine So not many receivers are hitting that hundred catch threshold But when we look at Josh Downs in his career with the Colts thus far He's averaged four point five catches per game for 50.7 yards per game. For him to hit that 100 for 1000 threshold that I'm predicting here, he just needs to average 5.8 catches per game for 58.8 yards per game. So only a slight uptick. And when we look at how receivers in the slot have performed with Daniel Jones in his career, go back to 2022, Richie James led the team, led the Giants in receptions

and targets per game from the slot. And that's not some world beating player at the slot position there. We all love Richie James, but he's just not a Josh Downs level player. We even look at last season before Daniel Jones was benched. Wondell Robinson led the Giants in targets and receptions in Jones's starts. And another thing too too, with Jones, is his average depth of target has been among the lowest of all starting quarterbacks the last three seasons. He does not throw the ball down the field. And I think it will entice him even more to throw the ball short when you have a guy like Josh Downs who is always open, always open underneath.

So we could really see Josh Downs hit over 100 catches this season because there will be some games with the culture trailing late and Daniel Jones just force feeding that underneath and Jones will earn uh Josh Downs will finish the game with like eight catches for like 65 yards so I think Josh Downs is going to have a breakout season if he hits all 17 games this year healthy that has been a concern through two seasons for him is just playing all 17 games. But if we get 17 games out of him and Jones starts majority of those games, like I expect, I think we'll see Josh Downs hit that thousand yard

and potentially hit that hundred catch threshold. He is a very, very good football player. I think he's certainly a tier above a player like a Wondell Robinson, who I love. I think Wondell Robinson's great. But I think Downs is a tier above that. And we've seen Wanda Robinson have huge success with Daniel Jones in that poor Giants offense.

So, yeah, I think Josh Downs is in for a big season. He's just the guy who makes the most sense in that, like meshing with Daniel Jones, if Jones gets majority of the starts this season. And even if Anthony Richardson is a starter, we have seen that Richardson and Downs have connected for several deep shots in Downs and Richardson's like short time on the field together. So that might be the couple of games where Downs gets his yards per catch way up. And it makes it look more like a normal type of receiver than a slot wide receiver.

So all in all, Josh Downs is the receiver on the Colts team. I'm the highest on. I think he's got the highest floor. I think he's got an extremely high ceiling as well. Fantastic route runner, creates after the catch. And I don't think 100 catches for 1,000 yards is too crazy. The only thing that could hold him back is health and quarterback play. Those are the only two things, because talent wise,

he can certainly do it. And I'm going to be bold and say that he will do it this season. I like that one a lot. And I'm glad you mentioned the health, because that was the main point I'm going to be bold and say that he will do it this season. I like that one a lot and I'm glad you mentioned the health because that was the main point I was going to make is you know rookie year he had that knee injury about midway through that really bothered him and there were times where he was really struggling to play and then last year you know Nick cross assassinates him in training camp and he misses the first couple games and you know takes him a little bit to get his feet under him. But if you get like, we have yet to see like a fully healthy Josh Downs for like a full season,

number one, but like an extended period of time. And even despite that, he is on a really high pace. Like I can't, I think he's first in I mentioned this in yesterday. So I think he's first through the first two seasons and receptions, uh, for courts receivers, either first or second. Um, and again, that is with lower body injuries that have bothered him for chunks of time. So you get a full Josh Downs. I could definitely see him using a high volume and those numbers you mentioned

are relatively easy to hit 5.8 catches for 58 yards like yeah that's for a guy who is probably going to be the most highly targeted player in your passing game I agree with that if you do PPR fantasy football draft Josh Downs this year especially if Daniel Jones gets named the starter out of training camp draft Josh Downs in PPR fantasy because there will be some weeks where it'll be 12 catches for 38 yards because because that's just how Daniel Jones plays football and You're gonna see a ton of catches from downs this season as long as he stays healthy. I think yeah, absolutely And if you aren't doing PPR, what are we doing? Come on?

but for for mine in PPR, what are we doing? Come on. But for for mine, I'm gonna go with Tyler Warren is going to be the first Colts player to have 10 plus touchdown since 2018. Eric Ebron did it. I had honestly forgotten about the Eric Ebron of it all. I was assuming it was going to be back to like Reggie Wayne at some point, because Ty.Y. Hilton wasn't really like a prolific receiving touchdown guy just like Pittman isn't either. But yeah, I think Tyler Warren, especially with his usage in the red zone, he is going to be a very heavily targeted player for them down closer to the goal line. I think he's going to get 10 touchdowns. We're going to say the majority of them are going to come in the red zone. I don't think he's like, he's going to get 10 touchdowns. We're going to say the majority of them are going to come in the red zone.

I don't think he's like, it's going to be bombs away to Tyler Warren the whole time. But I just think his role is going to be somewhat specialized, not that it's going to be like real niche and that he's not going to be highly targeted. But I think the Colts have really lacked a player that once you get down to the goal line, they get targeted heavily. Like even though Chris Ballard has always gone after these big bodied guys, when was the last time you had someone who you thought was going to be automatically targeted in the red zone? It just hasn't happened. And so I'm going to say Tyler Warren is now

that guy. And as a result, I don't know that he's going to have like other big gaudy receiving stats. But I do think the touchdowns are going to be really high to the point where he gets double digits. I will disagree with you if you say receiving touchdowns of 10 this season. And I think, yeah, I will say total touchdowns, though. I think we see like a seven and three split where it's like seven receiving and three other touchdowns. I don't know if they're going to be rushing. Right. I don't know if they're going to be rushing. I don't know if they're going to be throwing because Shane Steichen likes to get cute with it. We saw A.D. Mitchell throw a couple of passes last year.

We're not going to talk about the one that happened against Denver, but we'll talk about the other ones that he threw. But I think when you get to like the red zone, especially if Richardson isn't the starting quarterback, we know the Colts don't like to mix in a second quarterback if the starter is somebody else. I think we could see several red zone packages where Jones is coming off the field. Tyler Warren's going in there as a Wildcat quarterback or you're getting some like reverses to him or again, more like a throw that he has to do.

I think we really could see that this upcoming season with how Steichen likes to be very creative with his personnel. It's why the Tyler Warren pick made so much sense for Shane Steichen because he's a psycho and Tyler Warren is just as versatile, versatile, just monster on offense. So, yeah, I think he gets 10 total touchdowns as a rookie. Like you said, I don't think it's going to be some gaudy numbers in terms of receiving yards, but I could see like, you know,

four to five hundred total yards and like 10 total touchdowns for him this season. Totally could see that from Tyler Warren. It makes a lot of sense with how this offense is going to be run. But coming up, guys, we have some more hot takes. Me with the kind of roster movie, roster, move, roster, move, bold take coming up. And Jake has one that made me go crazy the other day. That's actually Jake's craziest hot take he's ever had. So we're going to talk about that here in just a second. Alrighty guys, we are back. So Jake, I'm going to throw it to you because this one was crazy. You were predicting something in this bold predictions that you sent me in your text that I've never seen

in my time with the Colts. I've never seen these accomplished. And you have both of them happening in the same season. And the likelihood of that, I think, like I don't I'm not a big Vegas guy, but, you know, the numbers on that have to be crazy because two things that have never happened in almost a decade happening in the same season, that has to be very low. So, Jake, what what what are we doing here? What what's your bold take that I'm referring to?

Hope you believe in curses cuz they are fel and buddy the week one curse is going down the Jacksonville curse is going down I think it's It's 2013 and 2014, but you might have to flip-flop them I think the week one the last time they won week one was 2014. And then the Jacksonville one is 2013. But again, that could be flipped. But regardless- Over 10 years then. It's been almost 10 years I've been here that I haven't seen.

It's been over 10 years for both of these. Yeah, yeah. Regardless, we're talking about a decade now and they're both going down this year. So you got the Dolphins week one at Lucas Oil Stadium. Miami's not a bad team. And I think they do really well indoors and early in the season,

but I don't think they're a juggernaut by any means. I think the Colts can handle that one. It's obviously a different Dolphins team than what the Colts faced last year, but I think the Colts are even in Vegas, their favorite to win that one still. So I think the Colts are gonna be the Dolphins and then they're going down to Trevor Bank Stadium Later in the year against the Jags and they're taking it. Yes. Oh, yes

They're not gonna they're not gonna sweep Jags with the Jags We'll say that Jacksonville gets the game at Lucas oil, but they're gonna trade the curse is done It's got it in some time. I mean there has the but by golly, Daniel Jones is going to be the one that does it. Even if you would have said that only one of those happens this year, Jake, I would have said you're crazy. You saying both in the same season when it could be the last season for Ballard and Stunken and all them. I technically it was three, three streaks because I also said they were going to break their playoff track, which is at four years now.

Yeah, it's all going down. I can't do it, man. I can't. I tried to believe in the past, uh, when I saw them shut out Andrew Luck in 2018, that year where they were like the worst team in football. When I saw them beat uncle Phil in week one, and that was like their only win of the season, uh, that I couldn't do it anymore. Uh, and then again, the week one curse is just brutal as well.

I, I look, I've never seen it before, Jake. I don't even know if. And then again, the week one curse is just brutal as well. Look, I've never seen it before, Jake. I don't even know if it's possible at this point. Like, I don't think the Colts can do it. And I will believe in any other bold take with the Colts before I believe in these two happening this season. You could have them playing a high school team in week one and they would find some way to lose that game. And then at Jacksonville again, we could see them putting a kicker at quarterback in that game, and I think the Colts would still lose in Jacksonville.

I really just wish my only thing with this and again, this is another tangent that I can't go on too long here, but I just wish the NFL would put both those weeks in the same week one, like just put the at Jacksonville game in week one every year. So they try to. They tried to. What was it? Twenty nine. Twenty nineteen was the one. Yeah. No, twenty twenty. Johnny the Taylor was a rookie. Yeah.

Yeah, that was great because the Colts just got the one loss out of it instead of multiple losses. But I will never believe that they can break those two curses. I think you are absolutely insane for predicting that for this season. We're getting bold again. I thought this was America and I could be bold. I always get on you the most about not being bold enough, but I think I pushed you too far.

I drove you crazy, I think is the problem. We'll see. They never land. So maybe now that I'm actually getting bold with them, it just takes me jumping into the deep end without putting the toe in first. That is what is needed to break all these curses. That's what we're going to believe in this year.

And now I feel like I'm just the lesser. I always go too crazy with my bold takes. Now, Jake is just one upping me. And now all of mine seem like insignificant this year because my last bold prediction and this one is only really for the true psychos who listen to our podcast. I'm talking to all you guys here, the locked on Colts listeners. We have I have Joe Bochy being the second leading snap getter and linebacker this season for the Colts.

So hear me out. Hear me out. I know there's some of you guys being like, who even is Joe Bochy? Unless you listen to us every day, which we love you guys. Colts, but Joe Bochy coming over here. Ramo from the Cincinnati Bengals, I know how veteran coaches can be when it comes to their veteran players, their older guys that, you know, a lot of fans maybe don't know or whatever. We saw with Brandon Faison, for instance, with Gus Bradley.

I just know how these coaches can be with those types of players. So I'm not saying that Joe Bocci is a better player than Jalen Carlis. By any means. I think Jalen Carlis can be a really good starter. But when you have a young former day three pick that we're all kind of like, is it too early for him? And then you have a veteran linebacker that's coming over with the staff that is notorious for playing veterans over young players, I wouldn't be shocked if Joe Bocci started week one alongside Zaire Franklin and out snapped Jalen Carlis this year. That's my bold prediction is Bocci is that second leading guy. Then honestly, I'm not even factoring the injury aspect of this where Carlis missed

so many games last year as a rookie, it's certainly possible that could happen yet again this year as well. So Bojji being the second leader in snaps at the linebacker position, not the craziest bold prediction, especially after Jake what Jake just did. But that was one I feel pretty good about. I feel good about hitting on this one. I feel good about hitting on this one, Jake. Maybe it's because I took it a little safe, but I think this one has a decent chance. Well, there's always at least one guy that gets out there because of injury and plays

like a massive amount of snaps. And from my understanding, Bocci is a guy that like Anurummo in that group would have always welcomed on to the field. But you know, they had Logan Wilson or Jermaine Pratt. So it's like, you got a guy you kind of like, but you know they had Logan Wilson or Jermaine Pratt so it's like you got a guy you kind of like but you're not going to throw him in over the guys you know you love and who can play ball so I mean I'm not going to be super optimistic about it because it's not like he's won a starting job before and it could be awful I don't know like maybe he's awful against the run or awful against the pass and then you just have him in Zier Franklin and it's basically an EJ Speed Zier Franklin thing again. I don't know. But I have one that involves Jalen Carlis as well. If we're if we're throwing another one in here. Yeah let's get one more in here in any sense with

what I just did. So yeah that makes sense. Yeah I was just saying I want to keep talking linebackers on this one. So let's say Jalen Carlis stays healthy. I have him with a kind of Cato June-esque season because I draw the comparison to those two all the time. 120 plus tackles and he's going to be tied for the team lead with four interceptions. I think Cato June had like five back in 04 or 05 or something, but Jalen Carlis is going to have 120 plus tackles, four picks. He's going to really show that DNA as a former safety turn linebacker. And he is going to be the coverage linebacker they have lacked since Bobby O'Carrakay.

Honestly, with the range that we could expect out of this linebacker room, I wouldn't be shocked with either one of these bold predictions hitting. I like that we're covering our bases here, Jake, though, by having both ends of the spectrum. Me saying Carlize is going to get out snapped by Joe Boccici and you saying Carlize is going to be a fringe pro bowl caliber player. I could really see either end of the spectrum because I believe in Carlize's talent I think he was a really good rookie last year for the team it's just the injuries and just the inexperience that scare me a little bit which lead to my botchy bowl prediction but. If Carlize is able to stay healthy have a good summer and impress his coaching staff and he gets on the field a good chunk this year

I don't think I mean 120 tackles is nothing nowadays really for a linebacker and then four picks I mean if you're just around the ball like just takes a couple of of we call it an hockey puck luck just just the puck luck basically the ball the ball luck coming your way I think that this is certainly feasible for a guy like Jalen Carlisle. So you guys let us know in the comment section below what are some of your bold predictions coming into the season. I know we were a little all over the place in this episode with personnel decisions, curses, with quarterback room, with pass catchers. So let us know in the comment section what you think of our bold predictions and

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