Old man Phil
 

Colts are bringing in Rivers for a workout, I honestly don’t know how I feel about this

I'm not calling you a liar. There's a lot of stuff flying around out there right now, and I've seen the tweet and the reddit stuff, but I'm gonna go ahead and call bullshit on that.

It’s legit, 44 and hasn’t played in 5 years

They were talking about it on ESPN tonight

It's happening per NBC Sports. Been out of the league for 5 years, so don't think we can expect much. Although guessing he's a better option than Rypien.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profoo...lts-on-tuesday

Has he been drinking HGH and stem cell shakes for the past five years?

We can only hope so.

Probably frolicking in the hay making even more babies

I bet he is probably just considered to have a veteran backup in the building. Someone to take the pressure off Jones to mentor Riley until the end of the season. I doubt he would see the field unless Riley gets hurt bad.

On a side note, I have seen on some facebook pages that Cam Newton is available.

Okay, I stand corrected. THAT is embarrassing. Now I want some firings to happen. I don't care who.

Wonder who else they will bring in for a workout?

Might as well bring in Jason Bean. Since being cut by the Colts, he has worked out with several teams this season (Lions, Titans, Steelers, etc) so he is probably still in decent shape.

Ahahahahahaaa….

That’s almost as embarrassing as the Jeff Saturday debacle.

This has been the craziest season of my lifetime, bar none.

I had actually forgotten about him.

Desmond Ridder is also a free agent. He sucks but he has started games in this league. He’d be a reliable veteran option.

One would think a better option than Grandpa Rivers.

Line when from 10 this morning to 13 since Rivers name was dropped. lol

It has to be a smokescreen. Just has to. "We turned over every leaf. Looked at every possible opportunity to help with this issue" type of thing. It's just too ridiculous and embarrassing, even for them.

Hey, now there's a thought. Has he beat his perc addiction?

Heh. What's RG3 doing these days?

Id rather poach Ehlinger off Denvers practice squad that sign any qb over 40, and esp one who hasnt played in 5 years. If Ballard signs Rivers he should be fired.

There’s gotta be a better option out there there just has to be

Now now, let’s not get crazy. Rivers is almost certainly useless but we KNOW noodle armed Ehlinger is.

How that dude has lasted this long in the league is a mystery.

Hahahahahahaha, fuck it, why not. Add some comedy to this depressing ass season.

I read somewhere earlier that Ehlinger refused.

This has got to be the thinking. There’s no way they think they can put old man Rivers back out there.

Bring him in and let him coach up Leonard and earn some money doing it.

Not saying you’re wrong but that would be pretty amazing if true. I mean, it’s a good chance at playing time. In fact, he likely WOULD play.

Why on earth would someone like Ehlinger turn that down?

I've read so much crap in so many places today that I couldn't find it if I tried. But I remember someone saying that he'd been contacted and refused and thinking it was odd. Not as odd as contacting Philip Rivers, but odd.

Dont we already have coaches? Why do we need to use a roster spot for a qb coach?

We don’t have any coaches with the experience of Philip Rivers at playing quarterback and playing it very well.

I’m not saying that’s the reason, but nothing else really makes any sense at all. There’s no way the think he can actually play.

Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefter
Workout already happened; talks ongoing.


Jeremy Fowler
@JFowlerESPN
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2h
The Philip Rivers workout with the Colts took place Monday night, per source. Threw the ball well. Will see what’s next.

https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/19...879086764?s=20

Rivers is eligible for the HOF this year. I heard something interesting on Dan Patrick this morning. If he plays even a little for the Colts this year, the clock starts again and he has to wait another 5 years to be eligible for the HOF. However, he is very, very familiar with Steichens' methods and if he was on the practice squad and not playing, he would retain his this year eligibility. On the practice squad, he could work with Leonard on a daily basis.

Albert Breer
@AlbertBreer
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2h
The Colts worked Philip Rivers out last night—Rivers showed clearly he can still throw the ball (which you'd expect). Rivers has stayed in fighting shape the last few years coaching high school, and working with NFL and college quarterbacks.

Indy's mulling things over.

Philip Rivers IS A COLT again. Reported by Pat Mcafee on his show I'll post when he posts the tweet

Ian Rapoport
@RapSheet
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15m
He’s back: The #Colts are signing QB Philip Rivers to their practice squad, per The Insiders.

The Hall of Fame semifinalist, age 44, rejoins the Indy QB room to support Riley Leonard and serve as a potential option down the road. A dramatic return.

this will for sure be terrible


but............I want to see it

Yeah, it’ll be entertaining anyway.

It’s a reason to watch Sunday. Also the guy AR should have sat behind and learned from to begin with. A pro that enjoys teaching

Flacco and Minshew were not the guy for the job. Too bad Rivers was long gone when we got AR.

Kerry Collins asked me to tell you all hello.

This shows me that the Indianapolis Colts are no longer a serious football organization. They're an "entertainment" organization. Views/clicks/trends/memes etc mean more than winning or losing.
Disgusting