Philip Rivers interviewing for Bills coaching job after brief NFL return: report

It does not look similar Philip Rivers wants to enactment distant from nonrecreational football.

Just arsenic helium became a Hall of Fame semifinalist, Rivers pushed backmost his eligibility for Canton to instrumentality to the NFL aft astir 5 years away, playing 3 games for the Indianapolis Colts this past season.

But now, successful his 2nd status stint, Rivers is reportedly interviewing for the vacant Buffalo Bills coaching job.

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Indianapolis Colts backmost Philip Rivers stands connected the sidelines during the archetypal fractional against the Houston Texans astatine NRG Stadium.  (Troy Taormina/Imagn Images)

The Bills fired Sean McDermott connected Monday, 2 days aft a arguable nonaccomplishment to the Denver Broncos successful the AFC divisional round. Owner Terry Pegula said the nonaccomplishment resulted successful McDermott's firing.

Rivers is presently the caput manager astatine St. Michael Catholic High School successful Fairhope, Alabama. He announced his authoritative status conscionable earlier the caller year.

"I americium (done)," Rivers said astatine the time. "I got a lad who volition beryllium a senior, and I got that St. Michael shot squad acceptable to go. We got bushed successful the semifinals 2 years successful a row," helium added. "So, it’ll beryllium his elder year. My 2nd lad volition beryllium a ninth grader. They’ll beryllium connected the aforesaid squad together.

"So, it’ll beryllium amusive to get backmost with the boys backmost home. The schoolhouse has been truly excited. A batch of them came to the crippled past week. It’ll beryllium fun. It’ll kick-start our offseason program, to accidental the least. Maybe the things I accidental to them they’ll instrumentality it a small much earnestly present that I was conscionable retired determination playing."

Indianapolis Colts backmost Philip Rivers (17) passes against the San Francisco 49ers during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot game, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, successful Indianapolis.  (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

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Rivers returned amid an wounded to Daniel Jones, portion Anthony Richardson was besides not healthy. 

"Everything conscionable lined up," helium said. "It was a spot I’d been, a squad I was acquainted with the discourtesy was precisely the same. The manager I knew. It was each those things that made it kinda the cleanable storm.

"I’m backmost to the sideline. This was a amusive three-week blur that cipher saw coming, including myself, and that volition beryllium it."

He definite is backmost to the sideline, but possibly it volition beryllium an NFL one.

Rivers had 544 passing yards, 4 touchdown passes and 3 interceptions successful those 3 starts. He co his NFL playing vocation with 63,984 passing yards and 425 passing touchdowns.

Indianapolis Colts backmost Philip Rivers throws during the archetypal fractional of an NFL crippled against the Jacksonville Jaguars successful Indianapolis, Indiana, connected Dec. 28, 2025. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)

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The Bills' decision marked different crushing stroke to McDermott’s tenure arsenic the Bills’ caput coach. McDermott took the occupation earlier the commencement of the 2017 season, and Buffalo finished nether .500 lone erstwhile since then. He helped usher the Bills to the playoffs successful 8 of his 9 seasons. The squad made the league rubric crippled doubly but ne'er got backmost to the Super Bowl.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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