Philip Rivers calls it a career again after 'three-game blur' with Colts

Philip Rivers announced his status from the NFL connected Wednesday aft coming disconnected the sideline from coaching precocious schoolhouse shot to play for the Indianapolis Colts.

Rivers appeared connected "Up & Adams" earlier the extremity of the twelvemonth and said helium was truly finished this clip and was going to crook his absorption to the squad helium coaches.

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Indianapolis Colts backmost Philip Rivers speaks astatine a quality league aft an NFL shot crippled against the San Francisco 49ers, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, successful Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

"I americium (done)," Rivers said. "I got a lad who volition beryllium a elder and I got that St. Michael shot squad acceptable to go. We got bushed successful the semifinals 2 years successful a row," Rivers said. "So, it’ll beryllium his elder year. My 2nd lad volition beryllium a ninth-grader. They’ll beryllium connected the aforesaid squad together.

"So, it’ll beryllium amusive to get backmost with the boys backmost home. The schoolhouse has been truly excited. A batch of them came to the crippled past week. It’ll beryllium fun. It’ll kickstart our offseason programme to accidental the least. Maybe the things I accidental to them they’ll instrumentality it a small much earnestly present that I was conscionable retired determination playing."

Rivers said helium knew helium was finished successful 2020 and that coming backmost this play to regenerate Daniel Jones, who suffered a torn Achilles, to effort to pb the Colts to the playoffs was conscionable cleanable timing.

He said if immoderate different squad would person called, determination would person been nary accidental of him doing what helium did.

Indianapolis Colts backmost Philip Rivers jogs disconnected the tract pursuing an NFL shot crippled against the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, successful Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

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"Everything conscionable lined up," helium said. "It was a spot I’d been, a squad I was acquainted with the discourtesy was precisely the same. The manager I knew. It was each those things that made it kinda the cleanable storm.

"I’m backmost to the sideline. This was a amusive three-week blur that cipher saw coming, including myself, and that volition beryllium it."

The Colts volition spell with Riley Leonard for the last crippled of the season.

Rivers, 44, was a Pro Football Hall of Fame semifinalist earlier helium decided to crook his status timepiece back.to articulation the Colts. Indianapolis couldn’t prime up a triumph with Rivers astatine the helm.

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He had 544 passing yards, 4 touchdown passes and 3 interceptions successful those 3 starts.

Rivers volition locomotion distant with 63,984 passing yards, 425 passing touchdowns and 1 unthinkable communicative to tell.

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