{"id":347850,"date":"2025-12-14T07:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T07:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/347850\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T07:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T07:45:09","slug":"nfl-fans-react-as-troy-aikman-gives-fitness-check-amid-philip-rivers-unretirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/347850\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL fans react as Troy Aikman gives fitness check amid Philip Rivers\u2019 unretirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Troy Aikman seems to have been inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/philip-rivers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Philip Rivers<\/a>&#8216; decision to return to play at age 44. On Thursday, Aikman posted a video of himself working out and included a playful message for teams looking for a quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Saw this core exercise and had to give it a try. Just in case any other teams are looking for a retired QB.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"subscribe-img\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nThanks for the submission!\n<\/p>\n<p> \u2022 <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"march-madness-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/march-madness-logo.png\" height=\"42\" width=\"99\" alt=\"march madness logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>There was a lot of humor in the comments section.<\/p>\n<p>Looking to predict NFL playoff Scenarios? Try our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/nfl-playoff-predictor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\" class=\"bottom_tagline_link\" data-tab=\"top\">NFL Playoff Predictor<\/a> for real-time simulations and stay ahead of the game!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Colts reached out to the wrong QB,&#8221; one fan wrote.<br \/>\n&#8220;Dak [Prescott] in trouble now,&#8221; another commented.<br \/>\n<img class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1200\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/12\/3c983-17656679282716-1920.jpg\"  alt=\"Fans react to Troy Aikman's workout\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/12\/3c983-17656679282716-1920.jpg?w=640\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201500%201200%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/>Fans react to Troy Aikman&#8217;s workout<\/p>\n<p>Rivers last played in the NFL in 2021. He was signed by the Colts to their practice squad after the team was struck by a series of injuries. Daniel Jones is out for the season after suffering an Achilles injury, while Anthony Richardson is recovering from a broken orbital bone. <\/p>\n<p>During his media availability on Wednesday, Rivers commented on how his children would react to his return to the field:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think my younger children are excited because they don\u2019t remember dad playing. My older girls are really excited. Now all of a sudden they\u2019re grown adults and married and they remember being 16 years old going to the ballgames.\u201d                            <\/p>\n<p>Troy Aikman thinks Cowboys are better than Eagles entering Week 15<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/troy-aikman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Troy Aikman<\/a>, who played his entire career with the Dallas Cowboys, has hope for the franchise after a mini-resurgence.<\/p>\n<p>After a 3-5-1 start, the Cowboys went on a three-game win streak after the bye, including a comeback from 21-0 down against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/philadelphia-eagles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> and a 31-28 decision against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>. It marked the first time both teams in the previous season&#8217;s Super Bowl had lost to the same team within a week.<\/p>\n<p>Their momentum, however, ended with a 44-30 loss at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/detroit-lions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Detroit Lions<\/a> in Week 14. Nevertheless, Aikman thinks they are still better than the Eagles. On Sportsradio 96.7\/FM 1310 The Ticket&#8217;s &#8220;The Musers&#8221;, he said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really don\u2019t think it\u2019s close, quite honestly. As far as how they are playing relative to [the Eagles]. And not just the way they\u2019re playing, but also the vibe or the energy you get from the team relative to what\u2019s happening in Philadelphia.&#8221;                            <\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, he was not getting carried away by the Cowboys&#8217; recent resurgence:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anything can happen. But right now, as you know, it\u2019s a long shot for Dallas to get in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys will look to rebound against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/minnesota-vikings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> on Sunday. Kickoff is at 7:20 pm CT on NBC.<\/p>\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p>\nCancel<br \/>\nSubmit\n<\/p>\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<p>\nEdited by Andre Castillo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Troy Aikman seems to have been inspired by Philip Rivers&#8216; decision to return to play at age 44.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-347850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}