Pat McAfee shared his excitement to see Philip Rivers back in the NFL to lead his beloved Indianapolis Colts. The Colts lost Daniel Jones to an Achilles injury during Sunday’s duel against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Riley Leonard took over from Jones, and he was initially expected to start for the remainder of the season. However, the Colts assembled a team to win now, and adding a veteran quarterback was mandatory to keep their hopes alive.

Rivers will come out of retirement five years after his last NFL game. During Tuesday’s edition of his “The Pat McAfee Show,” the former punter offered his thoughts on this move.

“All indications in all reports, last night out of the building when Philip Rivers came up to Indianapolis on his birthday after a call from Chris Ballard, saying, ‘Hey, we need somebody that knows his offense. Can you still spin it?'” McAfee said.

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McAfee added that Rivers was close to getting inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but this return will postpone that potential honor a bit.

“Super Bowl champion still lingering, lurking in the future with this Indianapolis Colts team. Now, is he going to be able to move? No. Was he able to move the last time he played for the Colts? No. Led us to the playoffs. It was the best we had since Andrew Luck retired. Is he 44 years old and a grandfather? Of course, he is. He’s got 10 kids.”

The ESPN analyst predicted that Rivers would probably have more material to trash-talk opponents, more so now that he has kids from different generations.

“Watch him drop a six, seven on one of these young, little blacks and kind of blow their mind. Look for the Indianapolis Colts to make a run here. Okay, for Philip Rivers. Philip Rivers won’t be the one running, but the Colts certainly will.”

Revisiting Philip Rivers’ NFL career

Rivers entered the league in 2004 at 23. He spent the next 16 seasons with the LA Chargers before playing his final campaign with the Colts. In 244 games, Rivers went 5,277 of 8,134 for 63,440 yards and 421 touchdowns with 209 interceptions.

He posted a 134-106 record, including a 9-8 record in his lone season in Lucas Oil Stadium. Rivers retired as an eight-time Pro Bowler and the 2013 Comeback Player of the Year.