NFL: Grandpa’s Cleats – Football & Family

We couldn’t blame him, after 17 years in the NFL and with the ailments that come with it. But no. This guy decided that retirement was no longer for him, and like Michael Jordan or Dominique Michel before him, here he wants to attempt a comeback.

At 44, it’s of course hit or miss. Tom Brady threw footballs until he was 45, and George Blanda played until he was 48, but American football, it should be remembered, is not about finesse, and maybe Rivers will find it less funny when a 300-pound guy falls on him.

If we’re here, gossiping about a grandfather in cleats, it’s because the Colts are somewhat desperate.

After a great start, and after collecting a 7-1 record at the end of the first eight games of the season, the Indianapolis club got off to a poor start. Starting quarterback Daniel Jones is injured, nothing is going well, and the club’s management believes that the best solution is to think about giving the ball to a guy who hasn’t played a single game since 2020.

It’s not the idea of ​​the century, and then very often, there are things that deserve to remain in the past, like measles or Kid Rock. But with an 8-5 record, a three-game losing streak and a leaky boat, the Colts have to try something, and who knows? Maybe coach Shane Steichen, who once worked with Rivers on the Chargers, can still get something out of his old soldier.

Rivers decided he had nothing left to lose, and after having 10 children and, incidentally, amassing more than 63,000 yards during his great career, he was missing only one thing: a Super Bowl ring.

It would still be quite a story…

The Eagles have just lost three in a row, they needed a culprit, and they found one: Cal Adomitis, the long throw specialist, was fired this week.

It’s a very ham decision, doesn’t it, and it’s reminiscent of the time the Canadian threw an assistant coach out two hours before a match, thinking that it would resolve things (disclosure: it didn’t resolve anything at all).

But it is a decision that says a lot about this wave of panic which is slowly rising in Philadelphia. Quarterback Jalen Hurts is increasingly criticized, and he found a way to commit two turnovers on the same play last game, which is still remarkable.

Meanwhile, and without any surprise, the New York Jets will miss the playoffs for a 15^e year in a row. The most experienced coaches will tell you: if there’s something that matters above all, it’s consistency, and no one loses better than the Jets.

Obviously the email box is overflowing, and this week, Yves Gagné raises a good point: “The Steelers, it’s not a surprise; not much ammunition in attack and the defense no longer has anything of an iron curtain. The Ravens, well, their last game was anything but reassuring. With these two inept teams, who knows if the Bengals won’t finish first? Joe Burrow is surely the best quarterback in this division. »

That’s not wrong, Yves, and if Burrow could stay injury-free for at least 48 hours, the Bengals wouldn’t be here.

Then, directly from Laval, here is Guy Boucher: “Although I greatly appreciate your philosophical references in your columns, I would like to bring you back to an important consideration: given the state of the players’ jerseys at the end of a match, soiled by so much contact with the grass, would you be so kind as to tell us what soap the teams use to make these jerseys become whiter than white again? »

That’s a good question, and since it’s about washing, did you know that rumor has it that someone at the Bell Center already tried to put Youppi! in the dryer? Just the suit, not the guy in it.

We will investigate.

Okay, so are the Patriots really serious? We can’t wait to see it on Sunday, 1 p.m., when they host the Buffalo Bills. At 4:25 p.m., the Packers will travel to Denver for a big match between contenders, and in the evening, the Cowboys will host the Vikings in an attempt to collect a victory necessary for their survival.

Other than that, we’re all sick of Mariah Carey, right?