Retired NFL QB Philip Rivers has expressed desire to return to the NFL. He already contacted the #49ers and #Dolphins about coming out of retirement late in the 2022 season, according to @richeisen

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1. I mean if Kyle didn’t bring him out to kick the tires last Dec I’m kinda pissed.

2. Probably wouldn’t come out of retirement if he wasn’t gonna be a starter, so I doubt his talks with the niners last year got very far with Purdy going crazy.

3. I mean, he’s washed but would have been better than Josh Johnson. Dunno if he would have signed with us to backup Brock tho.

4. I heard on the radio that the salary cap is going to be bananas next year.

5. I would take him 10/10 over Josh Johnson.

6. QB’s keep hoping Niners are an option to revive their careers. We didn’t take Brady though.

7. Probably would have been better than Josh Johnson

8. Hmmm, do local schools have the space?

9. No. Let him stay retired

10. What having 12 kids does to a guy

11. no! juat roll who we got.

12. As a backup/coach, I’d be fine with it. I’d feel comfortable if he ever had to step in and play.

    He’s a statue, but he was still relatively solid in Indy, just had no arm strength. Better than Josh Johnson or someone like Sudfeld.

13. if were going to do this, convince rodgers to get raded over here and then get him to agree to a very odd contract to get him paid but still be able to place for a year or 2. he loves kyles and deep in his heart hes still a niner and might be willing to take a cut to finsih his career here.

14. Andrew Luck ;_;

15. Philip gonna be our new boombox guy 😂

16. He doesn’t wanna stay at home with his 20 children? That’s crazy

17. Football is all this man knows

18. All those kids at home must be driving him nuts.

19. Gotta start saving for those weddings…don’t blame him.

20. No

21. No. Just no.

22. To be fair, Rich said that it was a rumour he heard from multiple people at the combine.. he said he didn’t get any of his sources too..

23. I would have taken any experienced QB over Josh Johnson. To not have a viable option behind Purdy in the case that he went down, which he did, was unforgivable. That game was over the second he got injured.

24. I don’t want him. He’s a cancer of a team mate. Plus that face .

25. what if he curses our organization?

26. Lets add him as a players coach. 3rd string QB to help develop brock!!

27. Only QB out of retirement i would like to see is JaMarcus Russell.

28. best offense and defense incoming

    and a playoff choke

29. NINETY

    YARD

    TOUCHDOWN!

30. Goddamn I woulda been cool with Rivers backing up Brock.

31. He would be a great mentor for Purdy

32. Shit, why not? I just hope he can hold the locker room together

33. I’m gonna throw up. We could have had him in the NFCCG

34. Dude spent one year at home with all those kids and decided he’s gotta get back to the office!

35. Dude never missed a start after becoming a starter. I’ll take a player who isn’t going to miss games as the third stringer. Stabilizes the QB room.

36. From how Rich Eisen described it Rivers wanted to come back and play instead of Purdy, not back up Purdy.