PFT PM: Colts make a QB decision; Plus 1-on-1 with Eli Manning
PFT Live with Mike Florio
Mike Florio
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🗓️ 19 August 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Mike Florio breaks down the news that the Colts will ride with Daniel Jones over Anthony Richardson as Week 1 starter. Then, Mike goes 1-on-1 with Eli Manning to discuss his time at Ole Miss, the advice he has for Giants rookie QB Jaxson Dart, the defensive player that gave him fits throughout his career and more.
0:00 - Colts name Daniel Jones starting QB
5:00 - Interview with Eli Manning
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| 0:00.0 | Special edition of PFTPM on the decision of the Indianapolis Colts to go with Daniel Jones over Anthony Richardson as the starting quarterback, not just for week one, but for the entire season, according to |
| 0:21.6 | head coach Shane Steichen. I know this could have waited until Wednesday morning on PFT Live, |
| 0:26.8 | and I know that Chris Sims and I will talk about it then, but this is the kind of thing that |
| 0:31.1 | requires a little bit of an immediate reaction because it's unconventional. When a team uses |
| 0:36.0 | the fourth overall pick in the draft on a quarterback just |
| 0:39.0 | two years ago to sit him down for the full season in favor of a guy who had flamed out in his prior |
| 0:48.3 | stop now daniel jones did do well enough to get to the playoffs win a playoff game at minnesota |
| 0:53.9 | earn a second contract. |
| 0:55.8 | But once it was decided they were going to move on when they had the first opportunity to do so, |
| 1:00.1 | and they benched him for business reasons last year because he had injury guarantees for 2025, |
| 1:05.0 | that's when it became clear that he would no longer be a member of the Giants, spent some time with Minnesota's |
| 1:12.8 | practice squad, was on the active roster for the postseason. The Vikings wanted to keep him as |
| 1:17.3 | a backup, but he saw an opportunity to go to Indy and win the job. And he did. And he did. And I really do |
| 1:25.7 | respect the Colts for being willing to admit that they made a mistake with Anthony |
| 1:30.7 | Richardson. They can say whatever they want. We haven't given up on him. He's still the future, |
| 1:33.8 | whatever. They're admitting they made a mistake. When the guy that you used, the fourth overall |
| 1:38.7 | pick in the draft on in 2023 is not your week one starter for 2025 for reasons other than injury, |
| 1:45.0 | you're admitting you made a mistake. And for the Colts, this is just another spin of the door. Since Andrew Luck |
| 1:51.7 | retired in 2019, they had Jacoby Brissette as the start of that year. They had Philip Rivers. |
| 1:56.1 | They had Carson Wentz. They had Matt Ryan. And they've had Matt, they've had, excuse me, Anthony Richardson the past two years, and now it's Daniel Jones. |
| 2:04.9 | Look, will this help Anthony Richardson be more prepared if Jones gets injured and Richardson has to play? |
| 2:11.7 | As Shane Steichen told Richardson, you're one snap away. |
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