NFL Network’s Judy Battista reports Daniel Jones would “certainly [draw] interest from other teams” in free agency and could get franchise tagged “to buy time.”

17 February 2026

The complicating factor of a tag for Jones, as Battista writes, is that Alec Pierce is also a worthy franchise tag candidate for the Colts. Time flows like a river, and Daniel Jones finds himself in an enviable bargaining position once again. The Colts were expected to open extension talks with Jones “soon” at the Super Bowl and it wouldn’t be a surprise if the Colts and Jones started hammering some terms out at the NFL Combine.