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There is a good possibility Felipe Rios see some action on Sunday when the Indianapolis Colts take on the Seattle Seahawks in a must-win game for the AFC South team.
Rivers, 44, joined the foals earlier this week as the team deals with a quarterback crisis. The potential Hall of Famer hasn’t played since the 2020 season, but when the Colts needed him most, he answered the call and dove into a playbook to prepare for the game.
But what can any NFL fan think Rivers will bring to the Colts at age 44? He has changed a lot since the 2020 season, and so have his opponents on the field. The Seahawks also have one of the best defenses in the league.
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Shawne Merriman #56 of the San Diego Chargers walks on the sidelines in the game against the Seattle Seahawks on August 15, 2009 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. (Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
Rivers’ former teammate Shawne Merriman told Pak Gazette Digital that he hoped he would play well but was worried about one thing.
“It’s a tough week for him to come back. But I’ll tell you this, Phil’s advantage was never his athleticism. It was always his competitiveness,” he said. “He’s the most competitive player I’ve ever played with, that’s one. And two, it was his preparation, his mentality and his knowledge of the game of football. Those two things always made Philip that elite quarterback. It was that. So, it won’t be much different as far as his movement around the pocket.
“The concern I have is that you can’t replicate football without playing it. So you can have a coach out there, I’m sure he was throwing the ball with his high school kids. I’m sure he was working out, but you can’t replicate football. So, I think he’ll go out and look good. I think he’ll go out and look like he did five years ago.”
When rumors began that Rivers was potentially coming to Indianapolis to train, Merriman said he wasn’t surprised.
Philip Rivers #17 of the Los Angeles Chargers looks for a wide receiver during the third quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on December 29, 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri. (David Eulitt/Getty Images)
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The former San Diego Chargers star said that when he spoke with Rivers during Antonio Gates’ Hall of Fame induction ceremony, he didn’t feel like the quarterback was completely done with the game.
“I wasn’t surprised. And that’s why a couple of years ago I posted on Twitter that Phil was still ready to play and I think this was in 2023,” he said. “And everyone’s like, ‘What? Well, yeah, right.’ He’s been out of the game, I think, three years at that point and then literally a week or two later it turns out that the San Francisco 49erstheir quarterback situation with all their injuries, that they were thinking about bringing in Philip. And I said, I told you.
“I had a conversation with Philip and he didn’t say, ‘Oh, I’m going to play again,’ but when you talked to him, he seemed like he was ready. He sounded like he was talking about the game in the present moment.”
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Merriman said he met with Rivers and Drew Brees during Antonio Gates’ Hall of Fame induction ceremony and didn’t like that Rivers was exactly done with football.
“So I’m not surprised at all and it’s the right decision by the Indianapolis Colts.”
