The Colts didn’t check in with Andrew Luck before turning to Philip Rivers. Luck, the retired quarterback, said his former team never gave him a chance to ponder an NFL comeback during a Wednesday appearance on “The Jim Rome Show .” “I had zero chances to say no,” Luck, 36, said.

San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Keion White is taking Monday's matchup against Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers very seriously.

During a 17-year career, that ran from 2004 through 2020, Philip Rivers earned $244,223,210. He’ll be adding a little more to that mountain of cash. Rivers is getting the prorated one-year veteran minimum of $1.255 million. With four of 18 weeks left in the season, it works out to $278,889.

For Tampa Bay, this is about stopping the skid. The Buccaneers have lost five of their last six, including last week’s gut punch against the Atlanta Falcons. Tampa Bay led 28-14 before allowing a fourth-and-14 conversion on the Falcons’ final drive – a sequence that ended with a game-winning field goal.

Danny Parkins, Willie Colon and Greg Jennings break down Patrick Mahomes’ recovery timeline and discuss whether Philip Rivers can keep this strong stretch going with the Indianapolis Colts.

The Colts have a healthy young quarterback, a quarterback who is coming back from an injury sustained in an unfortunate pregame accident, and a 44-year-old grandfather who just started his first game since the 2020 postseason.

Playing his first NFL game in 1,800 days, 44-year-old quarterback Philip Rivers threw a touchdown Sunday for the Indianapolis Colts while nearly upsetting a Super Bowl contender.