The Return of Old Man Rivers: Savior or Season Ender?

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

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🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Old Man Phillip Rivers returns to football. But is he really ready to save the Colts season? The Eagles struggle and ditch the positivity rabbit. But will losing the good luck charm curse them? Mike Fuentes explores the unanswerable questions and conspiracy theories about the NFL. Plus, Dean "Mojo" Muhtadi stops by to help pick the Five Most Consequential NFL Games of Week 15. Sit back and crack open a Miller Lite because Dave Dameshek and Football America! has what you need to plan your weekend right. (Photo by Jeffrey T. Barnes/AP) Timestamps: (00:00) Dave on Phillip Rivers (00:00) Jeremy Taché and Mike Fuentes address the unansnwerable (00:00) Five Most Consequential NFL Games of Week 15 with Dean "Mojo" Muhtadi AUDIO Football America! is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/football-america/id1831757512 Follow us: Dave Dameshek: https://x.com/dameshek Dean Muhtadi: https://x.com/MojoMuhtadi Jeremy Taché: https://bsky.app/profile/jeremytache.bsky.social Host: Dave Dameshek Guests: Dean Muhtadi, Jeremy Taché Team: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes, Bradley Campbell Director: Danny Benitez Senior Producers: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes Executive Producer: Bradley Campbell Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans, Washington Commanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Quick story. When I was doing corporate sales in my 20s, they used to do all these team
0:05.5	building exercises. And one time they gave us a piece of paper and on the top of it, it said,
0:10.2	I am dot, dot, dot. And then you had to fill out like five answers for it and then get up
0:14.6	in front of everybody and read them. So I got up there and I said, I am a little teapot
0:20.2	short and stout and everybody in their
0:23.1	suits and especially the bosses were not amused at all by it.
0:27.1	Anywho, I bring this story up because now I want to do that with Phil Rivers signing with
0:32.2	the Colts is dot, dot, dot, one, fun, two, funny, especially after you see how fatty is now.
0:40.2	Three, is good, not bad for his Hall of Fame candidacy.
0:44.3	Coming out of retirement now allows him to avoid his contemporaries, Big Ben and Eli, both
0:49.4	of whom are more likely to get a gold jacket before he does.
0:52.8	And it also allows him to avoid guys like Matthew
0:54.9	Stafford, who presumably are going to stick around for a little bit longer. And if he takes the
0:59.4	Colts to the playoffs, this just about guarantees him. What a cherry on top of a borderline Hall of
1:05.8	Fame career. Next, it's overstated how his age is going to impact him physically.
1:11.9	You know, I know Stephen A is worried about the imminent danger and all of that.
1:16.0	But keep in mind, it's very much like Frank Gore.
1:18.8	The Frank Gore paradox is he was never reliant on high-end speed or athleticism.
1:25.6	Phil Rivers never ran away from a pass rush.
1:29.1	He would stand in the pocket and take the hit, and that's how Phil Rivers used to play,
1:34.0	and I assume is going to still be playing even after five years away.
1:38.2	Next, NFC State Wolfpack icon might not do well here,
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