What other FA QBs did the Colts pass on to sign Philip Rivers?
Yahoo Sports host Andrew Siciliano and senior NFL writers Frank Schwab and Charles Robinson discuss what free agent QBs were also available when they signed Philip Rivers . Check out the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen.
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I pulled up some of the names, and Charles, you make a great point.
So, Frank, would you rather have Philip Rivers or Nate Sudfeld?
Philip Rivers or Taylor Heinicke, Philip Rivers or Clayton Tune, Philip Rivers or Dorian Thompson-Robinson?
By the way, All these guys have made plays in the league.
It's not as if they're total nobodies here.
Philip Rivers or Tim Boyle; Philip Rivers or Bryce Perkins.
Who is just the MVP of a Spring League, that guy can play.
Philip Rivers or Logan Woodside, Philip Rivers or former 3rd-round pick of recent vintage, Desmond Ritter.
So, I mean, that's what you're looking at.
Boy, Desmond Ritter had, remember hey, when Arthur Blake was like, We dont, we dont need Lamar Jackson.
We got, we got Desmond Ritter.
We're fine.
Why would we sign Lamar Jackson?
There's no collusion going on, anyway.
The one thing about Philip Rivers I must say is, Philip Rivers, To me, the trademark of his whole career, other than maybe Ben Roethlisberger or so.
I don't remember, other than those guys, he was the one who would stand in and take a hit More than anybody else I can remember.
He would sit there, look down the rush, and just be like, I'm gonna get smashed on this play, but I'll deliver the ball.
And he did as well as anybody.
Again, Ben was in there.
Like a couple of other guys who took a lot of punishment.
Can he play that way right now?
Does he want to play that way now?
We saw a lot of guys happen to Favre in his last year.
I think it's happened to Rodgers a bit this year, where they just throw short because they Just wanna get the ball up, they don't want to get hit.
And I don't blame them.
As LeBron kind of famously said a couple of Weeks ago, when you're this age, you just wake up, and stuff hurts.
Like, you don't need to get it, it's kind of my point to open the show, Right?
Like Philip Rivers is not going to feel good Monday, lets put it that way.
