Shane Steichen: We didn’t bring Philip Rivers here to sit on the bench

The Colts have a healthy young quarterback, a quarterback who is coming back from an injury sustained in an unfortunate pregame accident, and a 44-year-old grandfather who just started his first game since the 2020 postseason. As we know, between Riley Leonard, Anthony Richardson, and Philip Rivers, it's Rivers who is set to start the Week 16 matchup against the 49ers on Monday Night Football. Richardson has been cleared for football activities, but in a Monday press conference, head coach Shane Steichen did not definitively say one way or another whether or not Richardson would have his 21-day practice window opened this week. While Leonard could be an option, Steichen was fairly blunt when asked why the team would go with Rivers instead of potentially giving the rookie a shot. "Obviously, we wanted to see how Philip did on Sunday, and I thought he did some really good things. To bring in a guy of his age and where he's at in his career â?? we didn't bring him in here to sit on the bench. I'll say that," Steichen said, via transcript from the team. "So, he's excited for this challenge. We obviously got to take it one week at a time, and then we go from...