When the news broke that the Colts will give a workout to a quarterback who last played in the team’s most recent playoff game in January 2021, I thought it was a joke.

The joke may ultimately be on the Colts.

Maybe 44-year-old Philip Rivers has something more than fumes in the lawnmower tank after more than four and a half seasons of retirement. Maybe he’ll do enough to stop the 1-4 slide that has followed a 7-1 start.

But they’re bringing in Rivers because there aren’t many other options. That’s because, in part, the trade deadline came and went five weeks ago.

Primary backup (and former starter) Anthony Richardson suffered an orbital fracture before the team’s Week 6 game. The Colts had 22 days to make a deal for a veteran to serve as the understudy to Daniel Jones, who has had mult

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