Nix, Maye weigh in on NFL Draft prep mentor
By Nick Kosmider, The Athletic
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Eighteen months before embarking on an improbable NFL comeback, Philip Rivers was back home in Mobile, Ala., helping a trio of young quarterbacks prepare for the NFL Draft.
Now, there’s a chance that Rivers, the 44-year-old who practiced with the Indianapolis Colts for the first time Wednesday, could face one of those quarterbacks in the playoffs.
“Kind of like everybody else,” Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix said Wednesday, “I’m eager to see what comes of it.”
Nix spent time with Rivers before the 2024 draft, learning about the game “from one of the smarter quarterbacks to play.” So did New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye. The group also included Carter Bradley, a prospect out of South Alabama who went undrafted but has since spent time with the Las Vegas Raiders, San Francisco 49ers and, currently, the Jacksonville Jaguars. The quarterbacks connected with Rivers through David Morris’s QB Country, the training and development program for passers headquartered in Alabama, and have worked with Rivers’ son.