{"id":355672,"date":"2025-12-18T07:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T07:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/355672\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T07:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T07:44:09","slug":"philip-rivers-to-make-278889-for-colts-final-four-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/355672\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Rivers to make $278,889 for Colts&#8217; final four games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philip Rivers is slated to make a little over a quarter of a million dollars for being a part of the final four games of the Colts\u2019 regular season.<\/p>\n<p>The 44-year-old quarterback inked a one-year deal with Indianapolis this month to come out of retirement for a vet minimum of $1.255 million, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/philip-rivers-gets-the-minimum-278-889-for-four-regular-season-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pro Football Talk reported<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>When prorated over the four games he\u2019ll be a part of the roster, Rivers\u2019 total pay will be $278,889.<\/p>\n<p>One of the more notable aspects of his return, though, is the resetting of his NFL health insurance clock.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37956695\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/indianapolis-colts-quarterback-philip-rivers-117355461.jpg\" alt=\"Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers walks to the locker room.\" class=\"wp-image-37956695\"  \/>Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers (17) walks to the locker room following the second quarter against the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field.  Kevin Ng-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The league-supplied benefit was slated to go away next month \u2014 as it was to expire five years after his last snap in the NFL. However, he\u2019ll now get five more years should he re-retire after this season, a big deal for a man with 10 children.<\/p>\n<p>Before his comeback, Rivers made more than $240 million in NFL contracts alone.<\/p>\n<p>Rivers \u2014 whose Hall of Fame eligibility clock will also reset following this year \u2014 began his NFL career over two decades ago after being selected in the first round of the 2004 draft.<\/p>\n<p>He became a starter in 2006 for the Chargers and went on to play a total of 18 years in the league. Rivers hadn\u2019t played following his one season in Indianapolis in 2020, but he returned to the Colts on Dec. 9 following injuries to quarterbacks Daniel Jones, Anthony Richardson and Riley Leonard.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tmake every NFL game pay off\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36699206\" width=\"158\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UnderdogLogo_Final_stacked-black.png\" alt=\"underdog fantasy logo\" class=\"wp-image-36699206\" style=\"width:158px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:1;display:block\"  \/> Underdog Fantasy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.underdogfantasy.com\/p-new-york-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Underdog<\/a> is where football fans become winners.<\/p>\n<p>Easy player picks<\/p>\n<p>No season-long commitments<\/p>\n<p>Real prizes every single night<\/p>\n<p>Use promo code NYPOST5 to get $50 in site credits when you play $5!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMust be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for some games, 21+ in AZ and MAZ) and present in a state where Underdog operates. Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-GABMLER or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncpgambling.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ncpgambling.org<\/a>. NY: Call the 24\/7 HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369). New York Post receives revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and when you make a purchase. The Underdog promo code might vary by location.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>In his first game back last weekend against the Seahawks, Rivers played so-so, throwing for 120 yards on 18-of-27 passing. He tacked on a touchdown and an interception.<\/p>\n<p>Rivers is expected to be under center yet again next week, when the Colts play on \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d against the 49ers.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philip Rivers is slated to make a little over a quarter of a million dollars for being a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[2356,3686,349,23712,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-355672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-indianapolis-colts","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-philip-rivers","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355672","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=355672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}