The Indianapolis Colts shocked the world by signing and starting a 44-year-old Phillip Rivers at quarterback following Daniel Jones’ brutal Achilles injury that ended his season. Rivers made his season debut on Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks, and while he threw a touchdown pass, the Colts ultimately came up short in an 18-16 loss.
Rivers talked about his experience after the game.
“I’m grateful that I was out there, and it was a blast,” Rivers said, according to ESPN. “But, obviously, the emotions now are disappointment. This isn’t about me. We’ve got a team that was scrapping like crazy to try to stay alive and get in the postseason, so obviously, we’re all disappointed.
“We came up just short.”
However, Rivers still feels there’s time to get the franchise, which at one point had an argument for being the best team in the league, back on track despite a demoralizing last few weeks.
“If I can stay healthy, I feel good, and it is going to get better as we go,” he said. “But the catch is that we’ve got to win. It doesn’t really matter if it’s getting better as we go if we don’t win because it’s going to be over in three weeks.
“So that’s the catch there. But it’s going to continue to get better. I mean, this is obviously the first one [and] we’re talking about three days of practice.”
It’ll be interesting to see how the Colts finish the season. As things stand, Indy is the first team on the outside looking in of the AFC playoff picture, and will finish its season against three teams currently in the playoff field.
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Qwame Skinner has loved both writing and sports his entire life. In addition to his sports coverage at Comeback Media, Qwame writes novels, and his debut; The First Casualty, an adult fantasy, is out now.