The Indy Project: Daniel Jones and Other Preseason QB Thoughts

The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.8 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Preseason Week 2 is here, and the quarterback battles are stealing the spotlight. On this episode of The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny, Mina is joined by Ben Solak to break down all the major storylines. They dive into the Colts naming Daniel Jones their starting quarterback, the Giants sorting out their QB situation, the Saints’ ongoing competition, and the Browns handing the job to Joe Flacco — with plenty of questions about QB2. Then, it’s time for Stock Up, Stock Down. Mina and Ben look at Caleb Williams, the Bengals’ offense and defense, and the state of the Commanders, Seahawks, Jets, Raiders, and Patriots offenses — who’s trending in the right direction, and who’s not. It’s smart analysis, great conversation, and of course… a little help from Lenny. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Minicaym Show featuring Lenny.
0:07.2	I'm back at home.
0:08.2	I'm no longer in a random ESPN cafeteria with dubious internet.
0:12.6	I am once again joined by my friend Ben Solek, fresh off his training camp tour, looking
0:18.8	tan, looking rested, looking ready to talk about
0:22.1	Daniel Jones being named the Colts week one starter I will I am not but emotionally
0:27.3	hopefully I get there over the course of the pod I will say I forgot like doing a post game
0:33.2	pod a post weekend pod even if it was preseason I was I was like, it was fun, I was watching film.
0:37.6	I was jacked up. I had some takes. It was nice to be back on the saddle. I was like, you got to watch Tyler Shuck. We need to talk about it. We're going to talk about the quarterback battles, all of which except for Shuck have been decided or the Saints one. So that might happen. we'll see what happens. I'll put that at the end. And then we're going to talk about some offenses.
0:57.5	We got a glimpse of quite a or the Saints one. So that might happen. We'll see what happens. I'll put that at the end. And then we're going to talk about some offenses.
0:57.4	We got a glimpse of quite a few starting offenses this week, Bears, Seahawks, Patriots.
1:04.7	So we're going to play stock up, stock down with NFL offenses around the league.
1:08.9	But first we have to talk about these quarterback competitions because the news just broke right before taping, very fortuitous, that Daniel
1:16.9	Jones is going to be the Colts week one starter. All right. I have trouble getting like worked
1:27.4	up about this for Anthony Richardson because he did not go out and win the job.
1:34.6	Obviously you had the disastrous injury week one.
1:38.8	We can talk about what happened in week two.
1:42.4	And I understand that he has not obviously played up to his draft status
1:46.4	or even played to what a lot of people believe to be starting caliber quarterback playing
1:50.3	thus far in league. However, I also failed to see how this decision helps anyone other than
1:59.6	Shane Steichen. Can we, I think this call was made to lift to, and this is their belief, we can
2:07.6	talk about whether that's true, lift the fore of this offense to make it functional.
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