{"id":634659,"date":"2026-04-27T19:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/634659\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T19:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:11:10","slug":"philip-rivers-expected-to-be-nfl-medias-top-tv-target-per-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/634659\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Rivers expected to be NFL media\u2019s top TV target, per report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philip Rivers<\/a> is emerging as the NFL media\u2019s top TV target following Mike Tomlin\u2019s signing at NBC, according to Front Office Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rivers came out of retirement at 44 after spending four years coaching his son Gunner\u2019s team at St. Michael Catholic High School in Alabama, signing with the Colts<\/a> in December when injuries wiped out their entire quarterback room.<\/p>\n

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J.J. Watt<\/a> shared on social media<\/a> that he\u2019d learned in a production meeting that Rivers had been running the same offense as the Colts for Gunner\u2019s team all season, talking film and play design with Shane Steichen on a weekly basis, which explained both why Indianapolis<\/a> called him and why he was functional almost immediately. He went 0-3 in three starts, completed 63% of his passes for 544 yards, and threw four touchdowns against three interceptions.<\/p>\n

After he actually played, the question stopped being whether Rivers could still do it and started being what he was going to do next.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the conversation now, with multiple networks \u2014 and streamers \u2014 holding open chairs. As FOS\u2019s Michael McCarthy notes, CBS has a vacancy on The NFL Today<\/a> after Matt Ryan<\/a> moved to the Falcons\u2019 front office. Fox still hasn\u2019t replaced Jimmy Johnson on Fox NFL Sunday. NBC is rebuilding Football Night in America around Mike Tomlin<\/a> with multiple roles still unsettled after Tony Dungy\u2019s exit,<\/a> the likely departures of Rodney Harrison, Jac Collinsworth<\/a>, and Matthew Berry<\/a> \u2014 as Awful Announcing previously reported \u2014 and Chris Simms confirming<\/a> he\u2019s out.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where Rivers would seemingly come in, but it\u2019s not that simple.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Rivers said when Kay Adams pressed him about doing media<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve not ruled it out. But every opportunity that\u2019s been close to coming or has come up just hasn\u2019t felt right. I haven\u2019t completely ruled it out. I do think that I would enjoy that. I just don\u2019t know. The one thing I\u2019ve loved since I was however old playing this game and being now as a coach is I\u2019ve been able to have some impact on the score. And, for me, it\u2019s like you might be good at it, talking about it, but I have nothing to do with the outcome of this game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rivers wants to actually affect what happens on the field. Broadcasting doesn\u2019t offer that. You can break down plays, explain what went wrong, and predict what might happen next, but at the end of the day, you\u2019re just talking about it. The game happens regardless of what you say. For someone who\u2019s spent his entire life either playing or coaching, where his decisions directly impact wins and losses, that\u2019s a tough sell.<\/p>\n

The travel commitment would be another obstacle. Rivers pointed out that as a player, you\u2019re gone for around nine or 10 weeks a year. Broadcasting would essentially double that, with games nearly every weekend for 20 straight weeks. He just spent three weeks living that life again with the Colts. The ask would be to do that permanently for five straight months every year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just like I just got out of that, and now I\u2019m about to double the travel,\u201d Rivers said.<\/p>\n

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A studio role would solve the travel problem. Rivers could coach on Fridays in Alabama, travel on Saturday, and be on set for Sunday. But another factor to consider is that Rivers\u2019 son, Gunner, who recently committed to NC State<\/a>, is playing his senior season of high school football this fall before heading to Raleigh, and Rivers has nine other kids at home. Any commitment he makes now would need to hold up over the long haul, not just bridge one season while his son finishes high school.<\/p>\n

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