NFL legend, inspired by Philip Rivers, thinks he could play again at 64

Philip Rivers’ show connected the shot tract astatine property 44 for the Indianapolis Colts has astatine slightest 1 NFL fable feeling similar helium could get backmost retired determination and sling the pill.

Steve Young said successful an interrogation connected Monday earlier the San Francisco 49ers took connected the Colts that, astatine property 64, helium believed helium could inactive bash thing successful the NFL and succeed. Young archetypal joked earlier this period that helium was "offended" the Colts didn’t telephone him for a shot.

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Steve Young attends the crippled betwixt the Las Vegas Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs astatine Allegiant Stadium connected Jan. 7, 2023. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)

But successful an interrogation with the San Francisco Chronicle, Young seemed definite helium could spell retired and bash the tiny things for an NFL team.

"I perfectly consciousness assured that I could instrumentality the snap, tally the surface game, propulsion the shot successful the flat, possibly propulsion a slant," helium told the paper. "… It’s not like, ‘Put connected the pads and spell play.’ Still, if it was ‘Hunger Games’? If they said, you had to bash this oregon die? Yeah, you could propulsion disconnected something.

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San Francisco 49ers backmost Steve Young (8) successful enactment against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers astatine Tampa Stadium connected Nov. 14, 1993. (Manny Rubio/USA TODAY Sports)

"It allows each of america to benignant of accidental adjacent more, ‘Could I spell retired determination for 5 plays? Could I spell retired determination and tally the surface game?’ Because you got to remember, each of us, we were the champion successful the satellite astatine something. And past we were out, and we’re not the champion astatine thing else. So you benignant of privation to support doing what you were champion successful the satellite at."

It’s not arsenic if Rivers is cocking his limb backmost and throwing the shot down the field. Rivers’ passes look to beryllium much hook-shot benignant than thing other – and that was evident successful the team’s nonaccomplishment to the 49ers aboriginal that night.

If Young ever took the tract again, it would beryllium thing abbreviated of remarkable. The Hall of Famer finished his vocation with 3 Super Bowl titles, 7 Pro Bowls and 3 First Team All-Pro nods. He past took a drawback for the 49ers successful 1999.

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The oldest subordinate to ever look successful an NFL crippled was George Blanda. He played 14 games for the Oakland Raiders successful 1975 – it was his property 48 season.

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