When Daniel Jones went down for the season with a torn Achilles, the 49ers probably figured their upcoming game against the Colts would be an easy win.

Rivers returned to the game at age 44 and looked... well, not good, but also much better than he had any right.

As of last week, and without even being on the Colts' 53-man roster, quarterback Philip Rivers had 15-1 odds to win the NFL's comeback player of the year award.

Well, it wasn’t quite Rocky vs Apollo, but the heavyweight (sorry, that was mean) battle between the Seattle Seahawks’ much maligned kicker and Rivers doing his best Dennis Quaid “The Rookie” impression was some of the best bad football I can remember.

NFL legend Ben Roethlisberger, a part of the Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor class of 2025, made it perfectly clear on Monday — he isn't interested in a Philip Rivers-esque comeback. Roethlisberger told reporters that he isn't interested in returning to the NFL, concerned with how his body would hold up in the violent game we all know and love.

Patrick Daugherty and Denny Carter share their takeaways from Philip Rivers first start since 2020, pointing out that it 'wasn't a complete catastrophe' but the limitations on the Colts are clear and obvious.