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"Nice bump. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47251067/sources-colts-work-retired-qb-phillip-rivers"

Damn, that would be quite the comeback.

I was trying to find if there was any precedent for that. Deion Sanders is the closest one I see right off. Retired in summer after '00 season, returned for the '04 season. But he was only 37 when he came out of retirement. He also didn't try to do it in the middle of a season. He also just happens to be one of the all-around greatest athletes ever known to walk the earth. So, uh, good luck Rivers.

[Edited on December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM. Reason : quoted for new page]

12/8/2025 10:05:25 PM

ITS HAPPENING

12/9/2025 1:04:22 PM

This gives me hope that i could still make an NFL roster as i am a good bit younger than Rivers

12/9/2025 1:23:49 PM

He's got a lot of private Catholic school and college and weddings to pay for.

12/9/2025 1:25:01 PM

^^exactly my thoughts

12/9/2025 1:46:58 PM

https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore/_/gameId/401220393

This is the last game he played. JT is averaging 0.5 more YPC this season vs. the 2020 season!!

12/9/2025 1:57:46 PM

12/9/2025 11:38:45 PM

What Philip Rivers will be [saying] tonight:



[Edited on December 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM. Reason : Nobody beats him!]

12/10/2025 10:13:08 AM

I hope grandpa doesn't get hurt or tarnish his legacy

12/10/2025 11:44:26 AM

did not know he was a legit grandpa until this week

12/10/2025 11:53:17 AM

Stats:

Forcible rape:
Roethlisberger: 1+
Rivers: 0

12/10/2025 12:02:59 PM

Does this reset his HoF eligibility?

12/10/2025 12:05:28 PM

Yes

[Edited on December 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM. Reason : Well, practice squad might not. But active roster does]

12/10/2025 12:19:18 PM

surprised they didnt try to pick up Russell Wilson

12/10/2025 12:59:16 PM

Russell Wilson is not a free agent. And it's way past the trade deadline.

12/10/2025 1:00:32 PM

Are we going to see this on Sunday?!:

12/10/2025 8:37:36 PM

I wish i had the full broadcast of that game. Weren't there multiple different animations?

12/10/2025 8:43:35 PM

Yes! They all played back-to-back. There was one for "Pocket Poise". There was one where he ducked guys from the defense traveling parallel to the ground.

The last page of this thread used archive.org to resurrect that Vision GIF.

I'm going to look through my media stash in a few.

12/10/2025 8:58:05 PM

^And, that was in fact the same segment ("Pocket Poise" and flying defenders).

The animations were for
- Pocket Poise
- Vision
- Quick Release
in that order.

From the Florida State game on November 15, 2003.

Oh hells yeah, me!:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sFVrFVopuEU&t=3923s

I have the clip of just the animations saved on my computer as "Robot Rivers (2003).mov"

The file was dated 11/15/2003, so very timely. I could just barely see the score and the down in the last frame, which helped me find it pretty quickly on the YouTubes. Too bad we lost the game!

12/10/2025 9:34:13 PM

^^^ I’ve got it on VHS in storage somewhere

[Edited on December 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM. Reason : .]

12/10/2025 9:34:39 PM

^Too slow!

12/10/2025 9:37:29 PM

we are so back

12/11/2025 7:49:42 AM