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Colts QB Daniel Jones could have gone home to rehab after his season ending injury, but stuck around the team to learn everything he could alongside HC Shane Steichen. For now, it seems as though Indianapolis could at least be considering running it back with Jones under center.
“He’s in every meeting,” Steichen said, via ESPN’s Stephen Holder. “He comes to every practice. He’s always around. Still in the QB meetings. Off days, he’s in the QB room, studying the tape, preparing, even though he’s not playing. Still going through everything. So, he’s still fully engaged.”
“It’s not like I’d be doing anything else.” Jones joked. “I learned a lot, I think, just being around these coaches, being in the system, learning from Shane, learning from everybody here. Very, very grateful and appreciative of everyone and the experience here. Obviously, there’s a business side to it, and I understand that. I think, obviously, it’s a long process in recovery, and there’s a time frame to it. You’ve got to check a lot of boxes along the way, but I expect to be ready to go by training camp. So, we’ll attack the process and make sure I’m ready to go.”
Colts GM Chris Ballard said he thinks Jones will be back to his regular self after rehabbing from his injury.
“I do feel confident that he will make it back. Will he be the version you saw right away? Maybe not, but he’s still going to be really good. I think as he goes along and plays, he’ll be fine. I think Daniel Jones has got a really bright future here in Indianapolis.”
Texans QB C.J. Stroud threw four interceptions in the first half, and his lackluster performance has many around the league wondering if his stellar rookie season was just a fluke after a second straight year of struggles.
“I look back and I just feel like I let people down, and I’m not happy with that,” Stroud said, via Pro Football Talk. “It hurts, and I’m not naïve to it. I didn’t play my best this year, but I’m going to respond. I’m going to keep my chest up, my chin up high, and I’m going to just keep battling forward.”
“No, I mean, everybody is entitled to their own opinion,” Stroud added. *“I know that I’m still getting better, and I’ve still got a lot of things to figure out. Year three for me. It will be year four next year, and I’m still learning every day. Had a new system this year and new guys and it’s something I’m still getting adjusted to. That’s no excuses, just I’ve got to learn from that. I don’t try to — I try my best to forget successes and failures. Regardless of what it is in that specific season, I’m going to learn from this, and I’m going to move on, I’ll be better, and I’m going to be back. I’m going to learn from...
