On Sunday afternoon, the Indianapolis Colts will hit the road to take on the Seattle Seahawks in what will be a mighty tough task for the team. The big news for this game is the fact that the Colts are expected to start 44 year-old quarterback Philip Rivers, per Stephen Holder of ESPN, after sigining him to their practice squad earlier this week.
Many fans were shocked when it was announced that Rivers would be joining the team this week, five years after his retirement, and now, more is being revealed about how exactly that initial workout came to be.
“When Rivers learned he had to work out for Indy, he needed cleats. So he reached into his trophy case (literally) and grabbed his old Reeboks from more than 10 years ago,” reported NFL insider Ian Rapoport on NFL.com.
The Colts were in dire need of a quarterback last week when it was announced that starting quarterback Daniel Jones would be out for the season due to a torn Achilles injury he suffered last Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Meanwhile, backup Riley Leonard was also dealing with an injury of his own, and former first round pick Anthony Richardson had already been ruled out for the season, so it was no surprise that the Colts took desperate measures to make sure they had someone on the field for Sunday's game against Seattle.
Still, even then, few could have seen a Rivers comeback on the horizon, five years after he placed his last game, also for the Colts, during the 2020-21 season.
The Seahawks' defense doesn't exactly present a welcoming opportunity for Rivers to reintroduce himself on the NFL stage, but it will certainly be interesting, if nothing else, to see how it goes.
The Colts and Seahawks are slated to kick things off on Sunday at 4:25 pm ET.
