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Dave Dameshek

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
6463 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

One.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

Fun.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

Two, funny, especially after you see how fat he is now.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

Three, is good, not bad for his Hall of Fame candidacy.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

Coming out of retirement now allows him to avoid his contemporaries, Big Ben and Eli, both of whom are more likely to get a gold jacket before he does.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

And it also allows him to avoid guys like Matthew Stafford, who presumably are going to stick around for a little bit longer.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

And if he takes the Colts to the playoffs, this just about guarantees him.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

What a cherry on top of a borderline Hall of Fame career.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

Next, it's overstated how his age is going to impact him physically.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

You know, I know Stephen A is worried about age.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

the imminent danger and all of that.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

But keep in mind, it's very much like Frank Gore.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

The Frank Gore paradox is he was never reliant on high end speed or athleticism.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

Phil Rivers never ran away from a pass rush.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

He would stand in the pocket and take the hit.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

And that's how Phil Rivers used to play and I assume is going to still be playing even after five years away.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

Next, NFC State Wolfpack icon might not do well here, but it can't go as badly as another Carolina ACC school embarrassed itself this year.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

I'm talking about the old man named Bill Belichick.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

And lastly, is bad for all the other QBs who are in their prime right now.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

Imagine if Gramps comes off the sidelines after a decade and a half and is better than you.