Over the offseason, Daniel Jones confronted failure and the big-picture questions that accompany it. The New York Giants had benched and then released him midseason, the latest brusque breakup between an NFL franchise and the quarterback it once envisioned as its cornerstone.
Jones blamed no one. Instead, his longtime personal coach David Morris said, he launched “an internal search” to determine his next step. He asked himself whether he needed to transform his approach. He studied film. He reviewed the way he trained. The more he looked, the fewer regrets he had. He had opened himself to wholesale change. And he decided his path forward would be to change nothing.
“But that doesn’t take away the hurt and frustration,” Morris said. “When you have success and you stick to the plan — I’m so proud of him because he didn’t waver and didn’t let that shake him. He’s doubled down on his processes.”
Jones resurrected his career by maintaining faith in himself and finding a coach who had faith in him. He signed with the Indianapolis Colts, a one-year contract that promised nothing more than the chance to compete against Anthony Richardson. Through one month, Jones not only has been one of the surprise stories of the season. He has been one of the NFL’s best players.
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