{"id":1164360,"date":"2026-02-23T17:43:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1164360"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:43:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:43:03","slug":"colts-reportedly-have-begun-multi-year-contract-extension-conversations-with-qb-daniel-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/colts-reportedly-have-begun-multi-year-contract-extension-conversations-with-qb-daniel-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts reportedly have begun multi-year contract extension conversations with QB Daniel Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Indianapolis Colts have had discussions about a multiyear extension for quarterback Daniel Jones, according to NFL Network&#8217;s Tom Pelissero. Jones signed a one-year, $14 million deal with Indy last season and is set to hit free agency unless the team can get a deal done or tag him.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to franchise tag a player is March 3. The franchise tag for quarterbacks is set at $47,321,000 and the transition tag is $40,799,000, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/franchise-transition-and-rfa-tenders\"> Overthecap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jones beat out former first-round pick Anthony Richardson to be the Colts&#8217; starting quarterback. Jones threw for 3,101 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions before tearing his Achilles tendon.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s a big week for Maxx Crosby and the Raiders, who continue to discuss his future, as well as Daniel Jones and the Colts, who have eight days to strike a deal or potentially tag him. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gmfb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gmfb<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nflnetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nflnetwork<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EfztRoorlh\">pic.twitter.com\/EfztRoorlh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/2025932771986686391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/breaking-news\/article\/colts-reportedly-have-begun-multi-year-contract-extension-conversations-with-qb-daniel-jones-174303881.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/breaking-news\/article\/colts-reportedly-have-begun-multi-year-contract-extension-conversations-with-qb-daniel-jones-174303881.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indianapolis Colts have had discussions about a multiyear extension for quarterback Daniel Jones, according to NFL Network&#8217;s Tom Pelissero. Jones signed a one-year, $14&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1164360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}