The narrative around the 2025 Colts on Sunday night was bleak: How could this team pull out of a three-game losing skid, one which knocked them down to the AFC No. 8 seed, without its starting quarterback?

Less than 48 hours later, the narrative had completely shifted. The Colts were at the center of the NFL universe. And it was because they were going to figure out if the old guy could still sling it.

Yes, Philip Rivers is here in Indianapolis, donning a helmet and shoulder pads in practice for the first time in nearly five years. Yes, he's 44. Yes, the year is 2025, just to double-check.

Long snapper Luke Rhodes, at 33, was the oldest player on the Colts; he no longer holds that designation because of Rivers, who's over a decade his senior.

But through the press conference yuks, the

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