Philip Rivers' former teammate expresses one concern he has with 44-year-old's return to Colts

There is a good chance Philip Rivers sees various action on Sunday when the Indianapolis Colts take on the Seattle Seahawks in a must-win encounter for the AFC South band Rivers joined the Colts earlier this week as the crew deals with a quarterback problem The feasible Hall of Famer hasn t played since the season but when the Colts needed him the the majority he answered the call and dove into a playbook to get battle ready But what can any NFL fan think Rivers is going to provide for the Colts at He s changed so much since the season as his opponents on the field The Seahawks also have one of the best defenses in the league CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMShawne Merriman Rivers former teammate advised Fox News Digital that he expected him to play well but was concerned about one thing It s a tough week for him to get back But I ll tell you this Phil s upside was never his athleticism It was invariably his competitiveness he noted He s the the greater part competitive sportsman I ve ever played with that s one And two it was his preparation and his mental and his knowledge of the contest of football Those two things would invariably got Philip to be that elite quarterback It was that So it s not gonna be that much different as far as him moving around the pocket The concern I do have is you can t replicate football without playing it So you can have a coach out there I m sure he was throwing the football around with his high school kids I m sure that he was working out but you can t replicate football So I think he s gonna go out there and look good I think he s gonna go out there and genuinely look like he did five years ago When the rumors started that Rivers was potentially going to come to Indianapolis for a workout Merriman explained he wasn t surprised COLIN KAEPERNICK BELIEFS WAR APPEARS TO HAVE DIED OUT AS COLTS AND OTHERS FIND QB SOLUTIONS WITHOUT UPROARThe former San Diego Chargers star revealed when he spoke to Rivers during Antonio Gates Hall of Fame induction ceremony it didn t feel like the quarterback was thoroughly finished with the match I wasn t shocked And this is why a couple of years ago I put on Twitter that Phil was still ready to play and this was I think in he commented And everybody s like What Well yeah right He s been gone out of the competition I think three years at that point and then literally a week later or two it pops up that the San Francisco ers their quarterback situation with all their injuries that they were thinking about bringing in Philip And I explained I notified you I had a conversation with Philip and he didn t say Oh I m coming back to play but when you talked to him it sounded like he was ready It sounded like he was talking about the contest in the present moment Merriman stated he got together with Rivers and Drew Brees during Antonio Gates Hall of Fame induction ceremony and it didn t like Rivers was exactly finished with football So I m not surprised at all and it s the right decision by the Indianapolis Colts Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter