Philip Rivers has agreed to a deal with the Colts on a deal that will pay him roughly $25MM per year, according to Judy Battista and Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (on Twitter). It’ll be a one-year pact for the Colts and the longtime Bolts star, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com (on Twitter) adds. 
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In February, the Chargers announced that they would not bring Rivers back for another season. Things had been trending in that direction for a while, despite all of the veteran’s accomplishments in San Diego and Los Angeles. He left the Chargers after setting more than 30 franchise records, making 224 consecutive starts, and earning eight Pro Bowl nominations.
Rivers, 38, isn’t coming off of his finest season, but the Colts believe that he’ll be a substantial upgrade over Jacoby Brissett. In 2019, Rivers was picked off 20 times against just 23 touchdowns. Historically, he’s been much much better in the TD/INT department. In 2018, for example, he threw for 32 TDs with 12 picks.
Even as he moves to a new part of the country, Rivers will be greeted by familiar faces. He has close ties to both Colts head coach Frank Reich and offensive coordinator Nick Sirianni, both of whom are former Chargers assistants.
At $25MM per season, Rivers currently falls right around the middle of the pack in starting QB salary. He’ll likely tumble in the rankings by the end of the week, but he’s also earned lots of money over the course of his career. Besides, Rivers isn’t planning on playing until his late 40s like Tom Brady – this offseason, he indicated that he’d like to play for a couple more years. It’s possible he stays on the field for longer, but he did not go into free agency looking for a long committment.
Along the way, teams like the Buccaneers and Redskins have also been linked to Rivers, but the loudest rumblings have been coming from Indianapolis. Now, they’ve got him as their new quarterback with hopes of restoring the offense to its former glory.
That’s a mistake by the Colts. They were better off continuing with Brissett.
agreed
was TB12 not interested ? seems to me the AFC south is a little weak he could have done some damage with Ten/Indy or Jax honestly.
Brissett isn’t good.
Neither is Rivers. To watch him throw is horrifying.
So what does this do for Brissett? Does Bill come calling and try and bring him back to NE?
Nope, Brissett stays in indy
Call me crazy, but I think Cam ends up in NE and a QB is drafted for the future.
25 mill? No wonder Brady wants 30+
wow 25 mil for a noodle arm.
Rivers is a one year stop gap as the Colts hope and pray Andrew Luck decides to come back in 2021.
not so much. if he didn’t come back this year he ain’t coming back
Not a good move, should’ve stayed with Jacoby.
…. did any of you guys watch Brissett last year? He’s atrocious.
Guess you didn’t watch Rivers…
Colts signed rivers to lead them to the number 1 to the number 1 draft pick Trevor Lawrence
There’s no way they get #1 w/ out intentionally losing every game. Rivers is too much of a gamer to do that.
Indianapolis area Obstetricians and Pediatricians are already reaching out to welcome Rivers to the Colts !!
Waste of money!
Hard to argue with that as Rivers has a 1-5 record and passer rating of 73.3 in dome stadiums.
That is $25 million flushed. Guy couldn’t throw a pass 15 yards last year. He was sad to watch and I am a fan of his.
Am I the only one who actually likes this signing? You can say all you want about Rivers’ mechanics, but he has been one of the few quarterbacks who consistently manages the gam and gets his team from point A to point B.
$25 Mil per year……it’ll be a one year contract.? Uhhhh…..
I think is funny how pretty much everyone is hating on this signing. Rivers had a bad year last year playing behind a 29th ranked O-line. The colts O-line ranked 3rd, safe to say that without being pressured Rivers can cut down the interceptions. As a Colts fan I like Brissett under center. Last season he was doing well up until he had an offensive lineman thrown on his leg.