NFL legend, inspired by Philip Rivers, thinks he could play again at 64

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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 sling the pill.

Steve Young said in an interview on 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 succeed. Young first joked earlier this month that he was "offended" the Colts didn’t call him for 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 Jan. 7, 2023. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)

But in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, Young seemed sure he could go out and do the small things for an NFL team.

"I absolutely feel confident that I could take the snap, run the screen game, throw the ball in the flat, maybe throw a slant," he told the paper. "… It’s not like, ‘Put on the pads and go play.’ Still, if it was ‘Hunger Games’? If they said, you had to do this or die? Yeah, you could pull off something.

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young (8) in action against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Tampa Stadium on Nov. 14, 1993. (Manny Rubio/USA TODAY Sports)

"It allows all of us to kind of say even more, ‘Could I go out there for five plays? Could I go out there and run the screen game?’ Because you got to remember, all of us, we were the best in the world at something. And then we