INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts love approximately 99.99% of Philip Rivers’ fiery competitiveness. The 0.01% of the time they probably don’t absolutely adore it comes in instances like Sunday when their 38-year-old quarterback injured his right toe throwing a block on a 275-pound defensive lineman as the Colts (7-3) ran a reverse.
In those instances, they’d probably rather him just get out of the way.
“Philip definitely did not follow instructions on that play,” Reich said with a chuckle a day after his team won a 34-31 overtime thriller against the Green Bay Packers. “There was never any design where he was supposed to be putting his shoulder into the chest of a defensive lineman.