One other beautiful NFL return may very well be in retailer for Philip Rivers.
This time as a head coach.
Rivers was set to interview Friday for the Buffalo Payments’ head teaching job, in line with studies.
The previous quarterback, 44, has been the pinnacle soccer coach at St. Michael Catholic Excessive in Fairhope, Ala., since 2021, however he’s by no means been a part of an NFL teaching workers.
But the shut relationship between Payments star quarterback Josh Allen and Rivers has helped make the latter a authentic candidate, in line with NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport.
“Buffalo has been on the lookout for a pacesetter. Arduous to think about a greater one,” Rapoport wrote on social media. “We will see. However that is fairly actual.”
The interview comes lower than two months after Rivers got here out of retirement to begin three video games for the injury-riddled Indianapolis Colts.
Showing in his first video games since 2020, Rivers accomplished 63% of his passes for 544 yards and 4 touchdowns with three interceptions, however the Colts went 0-3.
“The one factor that I’ve simply liked since I used to be nonetheless previous, enjoying this recreation and being now the coach, is I’ve been capable of have some affect on the rating,” Rivers stated this month on FanDuel’s “Up & Adams” present.
“That’s why I really like teaching. Yeah, I’m not enjoying the sport — it’s in regards to the boys — however you have an effect on the rating. You’re concerned within the recreation.”
Buffalo fired head coach Sean McDermott this week after being eradicated by the Denver Broncos within the Divisional Spherical of the playoffs — an additional time loss that featured a number of controversial calls by the officers.
The Payments made the playoffs in eight of McDermott’s 9 seasons within the function however by no means superior to a Tremendous Bowl.
“I felt like we hit the proverbial playoff wall yr after yr,” proprietor Terry Peguila stated at a press convention this week.
“I simply sensed in that locker room, like, the place can we go from right here with what we’ve got? And that was the idea for my determination.”
Among the many different candidates to exchange McDermott is Brian Daboll, who interviewed with the Payments on Thursday.
Daboll was the Payments’ offensive coordinator from 2018-21 — Allen’s first 4 seasons — and has been credited for his function within the quarterback’s growth.
The Giants fired Daboll in November after almost 4 seasons as their head coach, throughout which he went 20-40-1 with one playoff berth.
Payments offensive coordinator Joe Brady and Colts defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo have additionally interviewed for Buffalo’s head coach opening.
