The Seahawks activated tight end Eric Saubert from injured reserve on Saturday and they also secured his return for the 2026 season.
Saubert has signed a one-year extension with the team. No other terms of the deal were announced. Saubert missed the last six games with a calf injury and had one catch for 12 yards in seven games before his injury.
The Seahawks also activated offensive lineman Jalen Sundell and defensive lineman Rylie Mills. Sundell was the team’s center before injuring his knee in Week 10 and can also play guard. Mills was a fifth-round pick this year and has not played in any games this season.
Tight end Elijah Arroyo was placed on injured reserve while running back Velus Jones has been elevated from the practice squad for the third straight game.
Philip Rivers is back on the active roster in Indianapolis.
The Colts announced that they have signed Rivers to their 53-man roster on Saturday. Rivers came out of retirement earlier this week and signed to the team’s practice squad. Saturday’s move clears the way for Rivers to start at quarterback against the Seahawks on Sunday in what will be his first NFL appearance since the 2020 season.
Rivers’ return to active duty restarts the clock on his Hall of Fame eligibility. Rivers became eligible this year, but will now have to wait another five years to become eligible for election again.
Riley Leonard and Brett Rypien are also on the team’s depth chart. Having all three players on the active roster will allow them to have one of them serve as the team’s emergency third quarterback on Sunday.
The Colts placed right tackle Braden Smith on injured reserve. He was ruled out for Sunday due to a concussion and a neck injury.
Wide receiver Coleman Owen and defensive tackle Chris Wormley were elevated from the practice squad to round out the day’s moves.
Philip Rivers’ made an unexpected return to the NFL this week and he is set to be in the starting lineup for the Colts for Sunday’s game against the Seahawks.
According to multiple reports, Rivers will be activated from the practice squad so he can quarterback the Colts in a game they need to win to improve their chances of making the playoffs. Rivers signed with the Colts after a Monday workout that was arranged in the wake of Daniel Jones’ season-ending torn Achilles last Sunday.
Rivers last appeared in an NFL game for the Colts in the wild card round of the 2020 playoffs. His return to active duty means that he will no longer be eligible to be voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year and will have to wait another five years after his final appearance in order to become eligible again.
The Colts opened the season 7-1, but they’ve lost four of their last five to slip out of playoff position in the AFC. If Rivers is able to guide them back into the playoffs, it will make for one of the more improbable twists to an NFL season in quite some time.
One week ago, the possibility of quarterback Philip Rivers playing NFL football this weekend was on no one’s radar screen. Now, he’s a day away from a potential return.
He’d be the sixth 44-year-old to play quarterback in NFL history.
The others were Tom Brady, Vinny Testaverde, Warren Moon, Steve DeBerg, and George Blanda.
Blanda and Moon are in the Hall of Fame. Brady will be. Testaverde, when we interviewed him on PFT Live at the Super Bowl several years ago, looked like he could still play.
The Rivers return draws one specific parallel to DeBerg, the unofficial grandmaster of the play-action fake. Like Rivers (if he plays), DeBerg also had four seasons of not playing before returning to the NFL to cap his career.
DeBerg initially retired after the 1993 season. In 1998, he returned to play for the Falcons, appearing in eight games with one start.
DeBerg has another distinction. In 1980, a larynx injury required him to use a microphone and a loudspeaker to be heard by teammates. With the speaker attached to his shoulder pads.
Rivers, who has never had an issue with others hearing him, may strain his own vocal cords in Seattle on Sunday, if/when he officially returns.
It remains to be seen whether Colts rookie Riley Leonard will make his first career start, but he is good to go for Sunday.
The quarterback does not have an injury designation.
Leonard, who has a PCL sprain, had full practices all week.
But Colts coach Shane Steichen, in his Friday media availability, would not name a starter for Sunday’s game against the Seahawks.
The Colts signed veteran Philip Rivers to the practice squad after Daniel Jones’ season-ending Achilles injury.
The Colts ruled out defensive tackle DeForest Buckner (neck), cornerback Sauce Gardner (calf), offensive tackle Braden Smith (concussion/neck) and wide receiver Anthony Gould (foot).
They list defensive end Tyquan Lewis (ankle) as questionable.
