NFL News OT: Colts sign Phillip Rivers

[PatsWickedPissah]

The above is why it pays to really suck at hoops when playing, less drop-off. I played pickup hoops until 58. As the fast guy I kept pulling my groin trying to sprint at that age. I was D O N E.

 

[Vindicate]

ha, what was "interesting" was how slow all my reflexes and thinking was. Turn around ... look at basket ... should I dribble ... should I shot. Ball is stolen. All the stuff you used to just do automatically doesn't work anymore. Maybe 5 years out, it's still there, but I suspect Philip is going to get killed if he gets on the field.

Even if he has processing speed, man... It takes preparation to take a hit in the NFL. Your muscles haven't taken a hit in so long.

It could be not disastrous, who knows - but it is wild to me to even risk it as a franchise lol.

 

[Vindicate]

Back when I played basketball, I was the typical "quick guard". My speed was my best asset. I went to work after college and started playing regularly in a pick up league. I was still in my early twenties, so I still had the quickness and I played fairly well. Then a few years went by and the new hires got younger and younger. I wasn't even 30 when I realized I couldn't cut it anymore. I kept getting stripped, my shots were all getting blocked and I was getting beat to every loose ball out there. It wasn't until I tore up the ligaments in my thumb trying to block a pass that I admitted I was getting too old for it. I switched to volleyball and played that for another 25 years. These days, all I play are records & CDs. I get my exercise on an elliptical.

I'm merely in my early 30s and I swear, as soon as I hit 31, I noticed a drop off in my cuts, my knee inflames if I'm running down a hill, and many other small things. I still feel great, but that burst comes with a cost now lol. Wild to me how players keep it up for so long, but I assume a lot of them transition out of those burst moves in their 30s. I mainly stick to running, hiking, and working out now lol. Oh, and a Wiffleball league

 

[jdlboot14]

I actually really hope Rivers has a fairytale run. I think he is sorta the forgotten guy in that generation of Ben, Rogers, Brees, Eli, Ryan - because all of those guys at least played in a SB or won 1 or 2. Rivers teams were always snake-bit by coaching, injury or clutch-less-ness. It'd be a miracle if he even starts the last 4 games and survives, let alone win a game or two. But, a playoff run seems impossible. If he does make it, and they even win 1 wildcard game - it will certainly be made into a movie. I'll be rooting for him.

 

[patfanken]

I read somewhere that Rivers is close to the Colts HC. He spoke to him weekly and ran his offense with his HS team. He KNOWS the different progressions and what Schticken wants. So, I understand why it's worth it to at least give it a try. Supposedly, he is in better shape than he was during his year with the Colts. The question they will need to answer is whether he will be able to protect himself out on the field. If I were the Colts, I'd allow my defense to bump him a bit just to make sure he's had SOME contact before he actually steps on the field.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Richardson is injured. But he was a bust from the start. They reached on him big time.

Maybe the Patriots can try and develop him for a backup role next season. But he needs to know he has zero chance of competing for the starting position. Or, maybe he goes elsewhere to start.

He doesn't understand football. It was a horrible pick. They might as well have brought a basketball player in.

 

[rochrist]

This really shows how bad Anthony Richardson really is..

Richardson is on injured reserve.

 

[PP2]

Sign all his kids, too and they can field an entire offense, RackN Demo Inquiry, and special teams unit.

That would result in a too many men on the field penalty.

 

[patfanken]

My "old man athlete" story comes on the lacrosse field. I had never heard of lacrosse before college. Back in the mid 60's only one public HS in the state played lacrosse. I think most do now. There was no spring football at Tufts and an older Frat brother who was one of the mid-fielders in the country suggested I try it. I think he got me when he said I can hit anyone within 3 yds of the ball.... and we give you a stick too. I was sold and played and started 3 years on the Varsity, though never a skilled stick handler. I could cover the other teams' best attackman. I was good at chasing the other teams' guys around.

At any rate, after I was done with football I started getting antsy for contact. I got some during coaching football, but not enough. (It's a LB thing) I was about 25 when I was reintroduced to Club Lacrosse which was pretty big around Boston. I played at the highest levels for a few years, and then as I got into my 30's I started to play for lesser clubs and that gradual slide continued until I was 52. By then I was a pretty good stick, but my legs were gone and I was probably only on the field half a game. But at the end I tore a hamstring that took me almost a year to recover from and decided at that point my 2 competitive activities would be golf and poker, and now it's pretty much poker. '

 

[NormZauchin]

I wonder if playing til 42-44 will become more common? Not saying a majority of quarterbacks will but we’ll get more and more players trying it

Running quarterbacks, who constitute a greater share of NFL quarterbacks every year, will not be playing into their 40s unless they transition to be primarily pocket passers. I doubt that many can pull that off.

 

[Uptown]

 

[Bill Lee]

Taking a break from procreating?

Reminds me of a (mythical?) response by a general when asked about avoiding casualties.

He said soldiers are made by a very willing work force but it still takes 18 years till they are of use so he tried to avoid casualties.

 

[Bill Lee]

Goodness there must be hope for me yet

Sorry but you are too old for Philip to adopt you...

 

[Bill Lee]

For a second, it was pretty kinky then your bro showed up.

Or it got even kinkier...

 

[Bill Lee]

10 kids...wonder if he makes them wear nametags.

Better to do that than end up guessing like Antonio Cromartie...

 

[Wozzy]

The Colts could have had Jaxson Dart... but that's probably too much to expect from a team that wasted a #4 overall on draft bust Anthony Richardson.

In my next life I want to come back as an NFL GM....

 

[Real fan 02]

Richardson is on injured reserve.

Yes I know.. it's still laughable that they couldn't turn to any other QB available not on IR.. but rather a retired QB in his 40s..

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

Bronko Nagurski retired in 1936 (?37) after a contract dispute and came back to play in 1943 when player ranks were thinned by everyone serving in the military during WW2. Oh and his ypc was higher then than ever before!!
Bronko Nagurski Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College | Pro-Football-Reference.com

 

[Clonamery]

Bronko Nagurski retired in 1936 (?37) after a contract dispute and came back to play in 1943 when player ranks were thinned by everyone serving in the military during WW@. Oh and his ypc was higher then than ever before!!
Bronko Nagurski Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College | Pro-Football-Reference.com

NFL players used to play semi-pro ball in place of the NFL or combined with the NFL at times because the pay was crap in the 40's and early 50s.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Apparently Cam Newton is pissed that the Colts didn’t call him…
Cam Newton: "A slap in my face" that the Colts didn't call