Indianapolis Colts QB Uncertainty: Rivers or Leonard?

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00:00The Indianapolis Colts haven't released who they're going to start at quarterback.

00:03Keep in mind, we didn't think there was even an option.

00:05You sign Phillip Rivers, he's probably going to be the starter,

00:08but we are getting practices here from Riley Leonard this week.

00:11The total sits at 42.5.

00:13The side, Joe, minus 13.5.

00:15Sam Darnold versus, we hope, is number 17.

00:19And that number 17, that ain't Daniel Jones.

00:21It's Phillip Rivers.

00:23No, I mean, the Colts season, we talked,

00:26it's just turned into a total disaster.

00:29And now a sideshow here.

00:31But listen, you know, I appreciate the effort to do anything and everything they can.

00:35But the reality is, you know, their offensive line is a problem, too.

00:40Why, Donnie?

00:41Because whether it's Riley or Phillip Rivers,

00:44they're not going to have their all-pro right tackle Braden Smith here,

00:48who ranks, I believe, Donnie, is one of only a handful of guys

00:53that's given up two or a few sacks all season long.

00:56That's a problem.

00:57The defense, without Buckner, without Sauce Gardner, without Ward now,

01:02that's a problem.

01:03So not good here at all for Indy.

01:07Yeah, it doesn't look like you're going to have to get Phillip Rivers

01:09to get into a shootout with Seattle.

01:10You're probably going to try to keep that ground-and-pound style

01:13there with Jonathan Taylor in the backfield.

01:15Let's hear from Uncle Phil on what he thinks about this weekend.

01:18The easiest way to eliminate all the things that might can go bad

01:20is to stay home.

01:21And the only way to find out, can you still do it, is to go try.

01:26And I really try to keep it that simple.

01:28And so, again, I don't have any concern from the neck up,

01:33and I don't have any concern of, you know, making a throw.

01:37But, again, the game's not routes on air.

01:39But I'm excited.

01:42It feels good to have teammates that I've played with.

01:44I've been in the huddle with JT.

01:45I've been in the huddle with Quentin.

01:46I've been in the huddle with Pitt and Moe and these guys.

01:48I've been in there with them.

01:49And so something about that feels like crap.

01:51Has it been five years?

01:53Like, dang, everything feels the same.

01:55And, again, I'm not naive to the challenge that's ahead at all.

01:59But I really keep saying keep it that simple.

02:02I'm trying to keep it that simple.

02:03You know, and I know that the NFL is a big deal, and it can be whatever it can be.

02:09But, to me, it's like, hey, you get to play football, potentially,

02:12for four more weeks, and maybe then some.

02:14And as long as I can live with the results, both good or bad,

02:19and go back home and move on, then I was willing to go for it.

02:23And I was able to get to that place mentally.

02:27How's he not in, like, his post-career, like,

02:29usually you retire, you go into the broadcast booth.

02:30He would be sensational as the color guy in a broadcast booth here.

02:34Did you see how animated he is?

02:36It's going to be fun.

02:36It could be a disaster, or he could throw for a buck 92 scores,

02:40and they pull out the victory.

02:41We don't know.

02:42I'm leaning more towards it's not going to work out.

02:44But, damn it, this is fun.

02:47It's good to see Roger Clemens playing football, apparently,

02:51because a quick look.

02:53That looked a lot like Roger Clemens going on there.

02:56But, listen, he's coming in with the right attitude.

02:59Doesn't he just say he sounds like what a quarterback is supposed to be,

03:04a leader, a guy that, you know, commands the room.

03:07He's a pro's pro.

03:09So, as long as the guys in that huddle and on the sideline believe he can get it done,

03:14we have seen crazier things in the NFL, in this sport, Donnie.

03:18If your guys believe in you, anything is possible here.

03:23Yeah.

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