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It doesn’t seem like Philip Rivers wants to walk away from professional football.
While becoming a Hall of Fame finalist, Rivers postponed his eligibility for Canton to return to the NFL after nearly five years away, playing three games for the Indianapolis Colts this past season.
But now, in his second post-retirement, Rivers is reportedly in talks for the Buffalo Bills coaching job.
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers stands on the sideline during the first half against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium. (Photos by Troy Taormina/Imagn)
The Bills fired Sean McDermott on Monday, two days after losing to the Denver Broncos in the AFC divisional round. Owner Terry Pegula said the loss led to McDermott’s firing.
Rivers is currently the head coach at St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope, Alabama. He announced his official retirement shortly before the new year.
“I’m done,” Rivers said at the time. “I got a son who’s going to be a senior, and I got that St. Michael’s football team ready to go. We got beat in the semifinals two years in a row,” he added. “So, it’s going to be his senior year. My second son is going to be in ninth grade. They’re going to be on the same team together.
“So, it’s going to be fun to be back home with the boys. The school is very excited. A lot of them came to the game last week. It’s going to be fun. It’s going to start our offseason, to say the least. Maybe they’ll take the things I say to them a little bit as I’ve just been playing.”
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers (17) passes against the San Francisco 49ers during the first half of an NFL football game, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP/AJ Mast Photo)
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Rivers is back amid an injury to Daniel Jones, while Anthony Richardson has also been out.
“Everything just lined up,” he said. “It was the place I was going, the team I was used to, the offense was exactly the same. I knew the coach. It was all those things that made it a perfect storm.
“I’m back on the sidelines. This has been a happy three-week blur that no one saw coming, including me, and it will be.”
He’s definitely back on the sidelines, but maybe it’ll be the NFL.
Rivers has 544 passing yards, four touchdown passes and three interceptions in those three starts. He completed his NFL career with 63,984 passing yards and 425 passing touchdowns.
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers throws during the first half of an NFL game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Dec. 28, 2025. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
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The loss to the Bills marked another blow to McDermott’s tenure as the Bills’ head coach. McDermott took the job before the start of the 2017 season, and Buffalo has finished below .500 just once since. He helped guide the Bills to the playoffs in eight of his nine seasons. The team made the conference title game twice but never returned to the Super Bowl.
Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
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