Michael Pittman
I Was Shocked We Signed Philip Rivers
… However He Nonetheless Seems Good!
Revealed
TMZSports.com
The NFL world was surprised when the Colts signed 44-year-old QB Philip Rivers to exchange an injured Daniel Jones … and that features the workforce’s high extensive receiver, Michael Pittman, who informed TMZ Sports activities he was “shocked!”
Whereas that was his first emotion, Pittman informed us there was additionally pleasure in regards to 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 really taught me everything that I learned about being a pro and about routine and everything,” Pittman informed Babcock.
“So I feel like there is a lot of love there. I’m excited for him. He’s just like, he’s fired up. He still feels like the same young guy that he was in 2020 and we’ll see what transpires.”
Though the circumstances round his return aren’t splendid — in spite of everything, DJ tore his Achilles — Pittman remains to be assured his workforce, presently 11-5, could make a push to the playoffs, and past.
“We still have a really talented team, we have a really good defense, we have really good offensive weapons, so we’re not going to give up,” he mentioned.
“We’ll look back after these four games, and maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t, but we’re going to give our best effort.”
The query on everybody’s thoughts, nevertheless, is how does the previous man’s arm look?
Based on Pittman, not a lot has modified because the final time they shared the sphere.
“Philip looks like, to me, he looks like the same guy in 2020,” he mentioned.
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 positive, 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.
