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The NFL world was shocked when the Colts signed 44-year-old QB Philip Rivers to switch an injured Daniel Jones … and that features the workforce’s prime large receiver, Michael Pittman, who advised TMZ Sports activities he was “shocked!”
Whereas that was his first emotion, Pittman advised us there was additionally pleasure concerning the transfer, particularly since Rivers was his first quarterback after coming into the league in 2020 (it was PR’s final season, till now, in fact).
“He actually taught me all the pieces that I discovered about being a professional and about routine and all the pieces,” Pittman advised Babcock.
“So I really feel like there may be numerous love there. I am excited for him. He is identical to, he is fired up. He nonetheless looks like the identical younger man that he was in 2020 and we’ll see what transpires.”
Though the circumstances round his return aren’t ideally suited — in any case, DJ tore his Achilles — Pittman remains to be assured his workforce, at the moment 11-5, could make a push to the playoffs, and past.
“We nonetheless have a extremely gifted workforce, we have now a extremely good protection, we have now actually good offensive weapons, so we’re not going to surrender,” he stated.
“We’ll look again after these 4 video games, and perhaps it really works, perhaps it does not, however we will give our greatest effort.”
The query on everybody’s thoughts, nevertheless, is how does the outdated man’s arm look?
In accordance with Pittman, not a lot has modified because the final time they shared the sphere.
“Philip appears to be like like, to me, he appears to be like like the identical man in 2020,” he stated.
That season — which turned out to be his final in an NFL uniform — Rivers threw for 4,169 yards with 24 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
One factor we all know for certain, whether or not Philip is sweet or unhealthy on the sphere, Pittman’s pearly whites will look nice ‘trigger the previous thirty fourth total choose lately teamed up with Oral-B to advertise their new toothbrush.
