44-year-old quarterback Philip Rivers hadn’t performed in an NFL sport because the 2020 season, and he had spent a portion of his retirement working as a head coach at the highschool degree earlier than he shockingly joined the Indianapolis Colts’ follow squad final week.
Rivers then practically helped Indianapolis earn an upset win on the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday afternoon, however his Colts finally suffered an 18-16 loss after Jason Myers kicked a late 56-yard subject aim. After the Colts fell to 8-6, Rivers addressed how his physique responded to being hit in a sport for the primary time since January 2021.
Philip Rivers’ spouse is aware of he is “not regular”
“I’ve by no means minded that a part of it,” Rivers defined, per Stephen Holder of ESPN. “My spouse at all times tells me I am loopy as a result of there’s been occasions within the final three or 4 years I stated, ‘I want I might simply throw one and get hit arduous.’ She’s like, ‘That is not regular.'”
In whole, Rivers accomplished 18-of-27 passes for 120 yards with a touchdown and an interception in his return. That decide occurred when he was trying to provide a miracle with lower than 10 seconds remaining in regulation.
“I am grateful that I used to be on the market, and it was a blast,” Rivers stated. “However, clearly, the feelings now are disappointment. This is not about me. We have got a workforce that was scrapping like loopy to attempt to keep alive and get within the postseason, so clearly, we’re all dissatisfied. We got here up simply quick.”
The Colts trail the 9-5 Houston Texans and the 10-4 Jacksonville Jaguars within the AFC South standings. Houston started Monday holding the AFC’s remaining wild-card postseason berth. As of Monday morning, the ESPN Football Power Index gave the Colts an 11.8 p.c probability to make the playoffs
Philip Rivers sends message to highschool soccer workforce
Rivers’ Colts got here up quick at Seattle’s Lumen Discipline, however he however hopes his highschool soccer workforce will take positives from watching him resume his enjoying profession.
“Perhaps it’ll encourage or educate them to not run or be terrified of what might or might not occur,” Rivers stated whereas talking about the highschool gamers, per Joel A. Erickson of the Indianapolis Star. “Hopefully, definitely, I consider my sons and people ballplayers that I’m in control of on the faculty, that they’ll see, ‘Crap, Coach wasn’t scared.’ There may be doubt, and it’s actual, and once more, the assured protected wager is to not go for it. The opposite one is ‘Shoot, let’s see what occurs.'”
The Colts subsequent host the 10-4 San Francisco 49ers for a “Monday Night time Soccer” sport on Dec. 22. As of Monday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook had Indianapolis as a 5.5-point residence underdog for that contest.
