It is great to have a 44 year old vocal leader on your team, but his role should not be as your starting QB. Yesterday, Rivers made the entire team feel like they had a chance to win as a 13.5 point underdog. The rest of the team maintained that feeling, even after watching dying quails, stumbles, and a 15 yard max on the ball flight of their QB. The feeling was “We are going to win this dag-gon thing”, which should be how a team feels each and every week. A QB can be and often is the guy...

According to CBS Sports Matt Zenitz, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson has been medically cleared to practice after recovering the past several weeks from surgery for his fractured orbital bone:

Zenitz’s report was later confirmed by CBS4/FOX59’s Mike Chappell.

However, Chappell indicated that, “There’s no indication he’ll return for one of the Indianapolis Colts’ final three games.”

Richardson has been out since Week 6 (October 12th), when he fractured his eye socket during his pre-game training routine, when his medical band somehow snapped, suffering a freak accident for the already oft-injured young quarterback.

He had been eligible to return...

8-6, four losses in a row, and the playoffs look further and further away each week, but gaddumit this one was fun. I cannot bring myself to be mad about this one. Yes it would have been amazing to win it, especially after being so close, but everyone gave their uttermost effort yesterday, and the coaching was elite, against such a tough and formidable opponent. It was also Philip Rivers’ first game back, and to my surprise he actually looked somewhat decent, which gives me a bit of hope for the end.

MVP of the Game: Blake Grupe...

The Indianapolis Colts nearly sprung an upset of the Seattle Seahawks in Week 15, but even with the loss, they still have a shot at a playoff berth. Indy has shot at both the AFC South title and a wild card berth, but they’ll need some help after Week 15’s results.

The schedule does not get any easier for the Colts moving forward. They host the San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football next week, host the Jacksonville Jaguars the following Sunday, and close out the season on the road against the Texans.

AFC South standings

The Jaguars and...

The Indianapolis Colts are coming off one of the strangest games you will ever witness. It was one they had no business competing in yet they had a chance to win with less than a minute remaining. On the road, against an NFC heavyweight and trotting out a quarterback who has been retired for five years seemed like a recipe for disaster. It didn’t work out in the end, but the Colts have a chance against the San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football to show that they may have found something that could work. FanDuel Sportsbook isn’t quite convinced,...

With 47 seconds left and replacement kicker Blake Grupe drilling a 60 yard field goal in the chilled Pacific Northwest air, it looked like the Indianapolis Colts were about to do seemingly the impossible—shocking the world in the process.

Go into Seattle and beat the 10-3 Seahawks, who deploy one of the league’s best defenses (and offenses), and starting (out of desperation) a 44-year-old since unretired veteran quarterback, Philip Rivers, who re-signed with the team earlier this week and hadn’t played a snap in nearly five years (and who was playing behind two backup offensive tackles for a lot of...

The Indianapolis Colts dropped a fourth straight game in Sunday’s tough 18-16 road loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

Five days wasn’t enough time for any other outsider to learn the call sheet, so the Colts relied on 44-year-old grandfather Philip Rivers to come out of retirement and steer the ship into Seattle to face one of the NFL’s best defensive units. Pressed into duty and thrown into the line of fire on short notice, Rivers not only survived, he gave the Colts a chance to win with under one minute left to play.

The opening script went according to plan...

Entering the game, the Seattle Seahawks were the NFL’s second-highest scoring offense, averaging 29.8 points per game. Against the Indianapolis Colts defense, however, Sam Darnold and Co. were tested.

The Seattle Seahawks are known as a second-half team, as they often take a beat to warm up; therefore, a one-score deficit (6-13) entering halftime was by no means a concern for Mike Macdonald‘s 12-man offense. Despite the odds stacking in Seattle’s favor, Colts defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo had other ideas.

The Colts’ first-half dominance was in large part due to their defensive effort. They limited Seattle’s offense to just six...

The NFL world was understandably caught up in the Philip Rivers returns saga this past week. Coming out of retirement after five years away warrants being the storyline of the week — or in this case, the remainder of the season — and all of the hype surrounding it was valid.

While he undoubtedly had to dust off some cobwebs, Philip Rivers largely remained the same player we saw walk off the field ’for good’ following the Colts’ Wild Card playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills in 2020-21.

In his first half back versus the Seattle Seahawks, aka the NFL’s...

The Indianapolis Colts are on the road to take on the Seattle Seahawks in week 15 of the 2025 season, kickoff is at 4:25 p.m. EST.

Seven days ago might as well have been a lifetime. Last Sunday if I had told you that the Colts week 15 starting quarterback would be Philip Rivers, there might have been internal talk at SB Nation about removing me from the site. But alas, that’s exactly what I’m telling you today.

There’s no reason to rehash the events of the last week. Even if you were in a coma you were likely aware...

The Indianapolis Colts announced their Week 15 inactives for this Sunday’s road game (4:25 PM EST) against the Seattle Seahawks—with maybe one minor surprise:

Interesting enough, Colts linebacker Jaylon Carlies, who was reinstated from injured reserve last week—and did appear in the game down in Jacksonville, is a healthy scratch—having not appeared on this week’s injury report with an injured ankle anymore.

Instead, it looks as though veteran safety George Odum will be available for special teams work again. The former 2x NFL All-Pro special teams gunner was a healthy scratch last weekend in Jacksonville.

Meanwhile, running back D.J. Giddens,...

The Indianapolis Colts (8-5) travel to the Pacific Northwest to take on the Seattle Seahawks (10-3)(-13.5) to try to keep their late season playoff hopes alive. This Sunday’s late afternoon game kicks off at 4:25 PM EST.

Of course, for the Colts, all eyes will be on longtime veteran quarterback Philip Rivers, who shockingly unretired earlier this week to re-sign with Indianapolis, and will be starting his first game in nearly five years. It will be rookie quarterback Riley Leonard backing him up, with Brett Rypien will be the QB3 (inactive).

The Colts come in scoring the 5th most points...