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Philip Rivers’ performance on the football field at age 44 for the Indianapolis Colts has at least one NFL legend feeling like he could get back out there and throw the pill.
Steve Young said in an interview Monday before the San Francisco 49ers took on the Colts that at age 64, he believed he could still do something in the NFL and be successful. Young first joked earlier this month that he was “insulted” when the Colts didn’t call him a shot.
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Steve Young attends the game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs at Allegiant Stadium on January 7, 2023. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)
But in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, Young seemed confident he could go out and do the little things for an NFL team.
“I feel absolutely confident that I could take the snap, run the screen play, throw the ball in the flat, maybe throw a slant,” he told the paper. “… It’s not like, ‘Put on the pads and play.’ Still, if it was ‘Hunger Games’? If they said do this or die? Yeah, you could get something out of it.
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young (8) in action against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Tampa Stadium on November 14, 1993. (Manny Rubio/USA TODAY Sports)
“It allows all of us to kind of say even more, ‘Can I go out there for five plays? Can I go out there and run the screen play?’ Because you have to remember that we were all the best in the world at something. And then we were out, and we’re not the best at anything else. So you want to keep doing what you were the best in the world at.”
It’s not like Rivers is pulling back his arm and throwing the ball downfield. Rivers’ passing seems to be more of a hook-shot style than anything else – and that was evident in the team’s loss to the 49ers later in the night.
If Young ever took the field again, it would be nothing short of remarkable. The Hall of Famer finished his career with three Super Bowl titles, seven Pro Bowls and three First Team All-Pro nods. He last took a snap for the 49ers in 1999.
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