Shannon Sharpe suggests the Colts should get rid of Daniel Jones and get 28-year-old QB instead
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Shannon Sharpe has suggested that the Indianapolis Colts should be looking to move on from Daniel Jones.
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Jones has 1,722 passing yards in the 2026/27 NFL season so far, which ranks him 19th in the league.
His completion rate is also pretty low (60.3%), which puts him 27th in the NFL ahead of the weekend’s games.
Now, speaking on the Nightcap podcast, Sharpe has asked ‘realistically and honestly’ if Jones is the man to lead the Colts where they want to go.
He said: “Look, for me, I understand that Daniel Jones is still on that big contract. I think this will be the second year of the big contract. And I know you want to be reluctant to get off it, for the simple fact of the dead cap space that it would create.
“But at the end of the day, what are we trying to do here? Are we scared of the cap space, or are we trying to win games? Because do you believe, realistically and honestly, that Daniel Jones can lead you to where you want to go?”
On a potential replacement, he floated the idea that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Mac Jones ‘might be available’.
He continued: “But Mac Jones might be available. He’s only on a one-year contract. A guy that’s been a starter, a guy that’s won in this league, a guy that’s taken a team to the playoffs in this league.
“Now, the question is, who comes in as the GM, and how does he want to build this team?”
Jones is not starting games for the 49ers this season, with Brock Purdy well ahead of him in the pecking order. But his numbers from the 2025 season were pretty solid.
Last year, he managed 2,151 passing yards, had a 69.6% completion rate and had 13 touchdowns across 11 games.
The 28-year-old has also had good numbers for the New England Patriots in the past, including in 2021 when he managed 3,801 passing yards.
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