{"id":742224,"date":"2026-02-10T10:43:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/742224\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:43:49","slug":"everyone-said-the-same-thing-about-retired-qb-after-the-patriots-lost-to-the-seahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/742224\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone said the same thing about retired QB after the Patriots lost to the Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/football\/seahawks-super-bowl-turnover-stat\/740306\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Seahawks\u2019 defense was too much to handle<\/a> for the New England Patriots at Super Bowl LX, with Drake Maye struggling to make things happen at Levi\u2019s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Pats\u2019 inability to thwart Seattle\u2019s defense had the internet showing renewed appreciation for the recently retired NFL quarterback Philip Rivers, who gave the Seahawks\u2019 stop unit headaches.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">44 YEAR OLD PHILIP RIVERS OFF THE COUCH PLAYED BETTER AGAINST THIS SEAHAWKS DEFENSE THAN DRAKE &#8220;DRAKE MAYE&#8221; MAYE \ud83d\ude2d\u270c\ufe0f\u270c\ufe0f\u270c\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sMzcj4kZXI\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/sMzcj4kZXI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Guy | \ud83c\udf07 32-19 | \ud83d\udc0f (@OverloadedGFX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OverloadedGFX\/status\/2020680982018539740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 9, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Philip Rivers had a better game against this defense than Drake Maye has had so far<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Logan (@SconnieColt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SconnieColt\/status\/2020681830727614881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 9, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Philip Rivers played better coming off the couch and less than a week of preparation than Drake Maye is with 2 weeks of preparation \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TudsVwQggV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/TudsVwQggV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 csb (@itsCSB__) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsCSB__\/status\/2020683189379887485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 9, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Never forget that 44-year-old Philip Rivers got up off his couch and had the Super Bowl champions on the ropes after literally 3 days of practice <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nowepSsXBe\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/nowepSsXBe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL Memes (@NFLMemes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLMemes\/status\/2020699221293412419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 9, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why the NFL is the best:<\/p>\n<p>With under a minute remaining at home in a December game, the Seahawks trailed the Colts who were starting 44-year-old Philip Rivers at QB in his first game action in 5 years.<\/p>\n<p>That Seahawks team just won the Super Bowl in dominant fashion. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6OVQ5wE1KN\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/6OVQ5wE1KN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Kennedy (@MikeKennedyNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeKennedyNFL\/status\/2020744973440716999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 9, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>With the Indianapolis Colts needing someone under center after Daniel Jones suffered a season-ending torn Achilles tendon, they decided to give the 44-year-old Rivers a shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rivers, who had not played in the NFL since his first retirement in 2020, passed for 120 yards and a touchdown on an 18-of-27 pass completions in an 18-16 loss to the Seahawks at Lumen Field in Seattle, Wash., in Week 15. <\/p>\n<p>His interception late in that contest doomed the Colts\u2019 bid for an upset win, but he definitely performed better than most expected. <\/p>\n<p>Credit should also be given to Indianapolis\u2019 pass protection unit, which allowed just a sack to the Seahawks.<\/p>\n<p>It was a different story for Maye\u2019s offensive line.<\/p>\n<p>Maye threw for 295 passing yards and 2 touchdowns in the Super Bowl, but he was intercepted twice and got sacked six times for a loss of 43 yards, as the Seahawks held New England scoreless in the first three quarters.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Seattle Seahawks\u2019 defense was too much to handle for the New England Patriots at Super Bowl 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