Daniel Jones rushes for 2 touchdowns in dominant Colts debut against Dolphins
Daniel Jones seems to like playing for the Indianapolis Colts as he led them to a blowout domination over the Miami Dolphins - to open the NFL season Jones completed of passes for yards with a touchdown to Michael Pittman Jr He also had two quarterback sneaks into the end zone for his first rushing scores as the club s starting quarterback Heading into this season Jones and Anthony Richardson were competing for the starting role and head coach Shane Steichen eventually named Jones the Week starter Steichen also manifested confidence in Jones by not giving him a short leash CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMJones proved why on Sunday taking advantage of the Colts defense forcing an interception and a fumble on Tua Tagovailoa and the Dolphins offense Both turnovers resulted in touchdowns for Indianapolis Jones threw a strike to Pittman from yards out to make it - then scored his first rushing touchdown on third-and-goal early in the second quarter to break the championship open ANTHONY RICHARDSON'S AGENT NEEDLES COLTS OVER QB DECISION QUESTIONS 'TRUST'The Colts added another field goal to make it - at halftime while Mike McDaniel s offense presented little life to start the challenge It didn t help the Dolphins that Jones and the Colts burned more than nine minutes off the clock to start the fourth quarter using plays before the quarterback powered his way into the end zone again The - lead sent the Lucas Oil Stadium crowd into a frenzy on a day when they honored late owner Jim Irsay Tagovailoa identified De Von Achane for an -yard swing pass to result the squad s first touchdown of the season However it was too late to mount a comeback Jones spread the ball around with Pittman leading the way with six catches for yards Rookie tight end Ty Warren was also effective tallying seven receptions for yards in his NFL debut Jonathan Taylor was his efficient self totaling rushing yards and receiving yards to boost the Colts offense On the other side Tagovailoa went of for yards with one touchdown and two interceptions while being sacked three times Tyreek Hill had four catches for yards to lead the Dolphins Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
