by: Nick Geddes 3 hours ago NickGeddesNews
Sunday may have very well been the final start in the career of Philip Rivers . The 44-year-old quarterback was under center for the third consecutive game after coming out of retirement earlier this month.
Before the game, a 23-17 Jacksonville Jaguars victory, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network said the Colts were planning to start rookie quarterback Riley Leonard for the regular season finale against the Houston Texans. Head coach Shane Steichen indicated after the game a decision would come Tuesday.
If Sunday was it for Rivers, he’s at peace with it. He felt the same way about the Wild Card Round defeat to the Buffalo Bills in January 2021, his final start before his second NFL stint.
“If it is [over], and again, I’m going to be on board of whatever the organization, Shane, however that decision is gonna come to be,” Rivers said, via WISH-TV News . “I’m sure I’ll have some conversation, and it won’t just be a blind side Tuesday conversation from him. I’m gonna be on board to do what’s best for the guys and if this is the last one, shoot, I told you guys I wouldn’t have any regrets about coming back, and I don’t. Other than us not winning, it’s been an absolute blast for three weeks. If I go back and say, ‘alright, now you know everything that’s gonna happen, what are you gonna do,’ I’d do it all again.
“It’s been absolutely awesome. If it’s the last one, it’s the last one. I thought the last one was walking off the field in Buffalo [in January 2021], walking down the tunnel, and I was fine with that. That one, I had tears those few days after it, and I was at peace with that being the last one. So, certainly, if it is, I got three bonus games that I never saw coming and couldn’t be more thankful that I got the opportunity.”