Even Philip Rivers laughs at the missed tackle

INDIANAPOLIS – After falling and waving his arms and legs in a failed tackle on Sunday, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers is thankful for having had some humility about the embarrassing game.

The teammates gave the motionless 38-year-old quarterback a good-natured needling on the flop. And Rivers couldn’t help but laugh too, although he was ticked off for not stopping Chuck Clark from returning a 65-yard fumble for a touchdown tied in the second quarter of a 24-10 loss. against the Baltimore Ravens at Lucas Oil Stadium. .

Clark was rushing to the sideline with only Rivers to beat. As the quarterback cut towards safety near the 30-yard line, he tripped and fell flat on his back. Clark tried to find his way inside Rivers, but instead jumped on her. Rivers threw up her legs and arms in hopes of getting a lucky stop.

“We had some good laughs,” Rivers said on Monday. “Shoot, I can laugh about it too.”

It immediately became a trending video share on social media, with many dubbing the misfortune, “The worst tackle attempt ever.”

Rivers admitted he could have laughed harder with his teammates if the Colts had won.

“Probably not as much (a lot) if we had won the game it would have been a little funnier I guess,” he said. “It makes the sale a little harder to tell you that 20 years ago I was a heck of free security after watching this clip. That’s for sure.”

While the Colts (5-3) quickly turned to an important game Thursday night on the AFC South Division road against the Tennessee Titans (6-2), the good news is that there is not much time to dwell on the Defeat of the Ravens, or the failed tackle that will certainly be remembered.

At least Rivers, in his 17th season in the NFL, understood and could understand why the game amused his teammates.

“It’s funny, but not funny because I’m still pissed off, I haven’t found a way to knock it down and crack it again,” he said, “but it’s – you can find a way to laugh a little bit about it just because of the lack of athletic display shown in this particular piece. “

(Phillip B. Wilson has covered the Indianapolis Colts for over two decades and is the author of the 2013 book 100 Things Colts Fans Should Know & Do before you die. He’s on Twitter @ pwilson24, on Facebook at @allcoltswithphilb and @ 100thingscoltsfans, and his email is [email protected].)