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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles
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If we were talking about a team that was on it's 1st-string or even 2nd-string quarterback, I would agree ....... this team is on its 4th string quarterback ...... and a 4th-string quarterback NEVER cuts it, for ANY team.
If somebody had told any of us before the game that a 4th-string quarterback (or even a 3rd-string quarterback) would throw for 120 yards while not turning the ball over, and settling into a 15-for-19 finish over the final 3 quarters of the game, I don't think that there is an objective football fan in the world that wouldn't take that.
I'm not arguing that Rivers is going to cut it, but that's not the point ...... Daniel Jones and Anthony Richardson were not available, and Riley Leonard has been nursing an injured knee. Today we didn't have anybody available that was going to cut it. We don't have options that are going to cut it at this point. The gamble for today's game and for the final 3 games of the season is going with either an old, immobile, broken-down-but very savvy and experienced Philip Rivers, or a completely untested 3rd-string QB in Riley Leonard ...... and that gamble is about a 50/50 gamble.
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Leonard had no injury designation today. He wasn’t listed on the final injury report.
In other words, he was completely healthy.
He didn’t play because Steichen thought Rivers gave them the best chance to win.
So Rivers wasn’t their 4th string quarterback. He was essentially the third. The guy who had been third was deemed not good enough.