Philip Rivers reveals texting Daniel Jones for no. 17 jersey after QB's season ending achilles injury

Philip Rivers reveals texting Daniel Jones for no. 17 jersey after QB
Philip Rivers reveals texting Daniel Jones for no. 17 jersey after QB's season ending achilles injury

On Monday, the Indianapolis Colts announced that veteran quarterback Philip Rivers is coming out of retirement amid the plethora of injuries in their quarterback room. However, one question that was looming was whether he would be wearing the No.17 jersey, since it became Daniel Jones' number.

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However, during Wednesday's press conference, Philip Rivers revealed how he texted Jones for his jersey number. He ended up getting

"I talked or texted with Daniel about him being so gracious about 17, you know," Rivers said. "That was certainly meaningful to me, you know, and obviously didn't want it to be like this again and didn't ever think of anything like all this happened so fast. But him being gracious and saying shoot heck yeah, you know, go for it."
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Daniel Jones suffered a season-ending Achilles injury during last week's 36-19 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. In 13 games, he tallied 3,101 yards and 19 TDs passing while leading the Colts to an 8-5 record.

Philip Rivers had retired back in 2021. During his 17-season stint, he recorded 63,440 yards and 421 TDs passing. The veteran spent one season with the Colts during the 2020 season. He helped the team to the playoffs, where they lost to the Bills in the Wild Card round. He tallied 4,169 yards and 24 TDs passing.

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Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce shares his honest thoughts on Philip Rivers coming out of retirement

On Wednesday's episode of the "New Heights" podcast, Chiefs TE Travis Kelce talked about how Philip Rivers came out of retirement to play for the Colts amid their injury concerns in the quarterback room.

The three-time Super Bowl champion highlighted the quarterback's age while drawing a comparison with 23-year-old tight end Tyler Warren.

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"He just got assigned to their practice squad. He hasn't played in the NFL since 2020 but is getting recruited with Shane Steichen, who was on the Chargers' staff and interim offensive coordinator in 2019.
"Philip is potentially the first grandfather to play in the NFL. That's crazy. His oldest kid is older than their star tight end, Tyler Warren, which is a pretty staggering fact. He is older than his head coach, Steichen, and his offensive coordinator, again Philip is 44."

The Colts (8-5) are scheduled to face the Seattle Seahawks (10-3) on Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET.

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