Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. As franchise tags and free agent rumors swirl around as the new NFL year approaches on March 15, here’s another one: Philip Rivers might want out of retirement.
Rich Eisen just returned from the NFL Scouting Combine, and put together a list of the top five rumors he heard from multiple sources in Indianapolis, and his No.
5 on the list was that Rivers actually contacted two NFL teams prior to the playoffs starting to see if his services were needed.
Rivers, 41, was never signed. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers (17) throwing a pass during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Buffalo Bills, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File) "We all know two teams that were quarterback-needy at the end of the season," Eisen began. "Starting third-stringers and had a chance to go to the playoffs and maybe make a deep run in the playoffs, referring to the Miami Dolphins, and of course, the San Francisco 49ers.