This is not a drill.
The Indianapolis Colts are beginning 44-year-old Philip Rivers at quarterback of their Week 15 highway matchup towards the Seattle Seahawks, NFL Media reported on Saturday morning.
The Colts signed Rivers to their observe squad earlier this week within the wake of Daniel Jones struggling a season-ending torn Achilles tendon of their Week 14 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the meantime, quarterback Anthony Richardson Sr. is on injured reserve on account of a fractured orbital bone and rookie quarterback Riley Leonard has by no means made an NFL begin.
Rivers final appeared within the NFL with the Colts within the 2020 season, with the eight-time Professional Bowler main them to the playoffs and successful 11 video games. Within the aforementioned 2020 marketing campaign, Rivers totaled 4,169 passing yards, 24 passing touchdowns, 11 interceptions and a 97.0 passer ranking, whereas finishing 68% of his passes.
Rivers, who spent the primary 16 seasons of his NFL profession with the Chargers (2004-19), is sixth in NFL historical past with 421 passing touchdowns and seventh with 63,440 passing yards. When Rivers takes the sector on Sunday, he’ll develop into the fifth-oldest quarterback to begin a recreation in NFL historical past and the third-oldest if he begins the Colts’ 4 remaining regular-season video games.
Indianapolis has misplaced three consecutive video games, falling to 8-5 and is now the primary crew out of the AFC playoff bracket.
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