The Indianapolis Colts are playing a dangerous game with Daniel Jones. Using the transition tag on him won’t guarantee that he will be back, but they will most likely exhaust all avenues to outbid any other team that might be interested in his services. In the meantime, star WR Alec Pierce will be free to negotiate with every other team in the league.
Colts GM Chris Ballard chose positional value over everything else. That makes sense to a degree, especially given how much the Colts have struggled to find their franchise quarterback since Andrew Luck’s sudden retirement nearly seven years ago.