Anthony Walker Jr. was sitting at home Monday night when he saw a message from Jacoby Brissett light up his phone.

The linebacker and the quarterback spoke regularly, close friends thanks to the four years they spent together with the Colts from 2017-2020, so this wasn't out of the ordinary by any means.

What was out of the ordinary – and in fact, completely unexpected – was what Brissett's message contained: the news that their former teammate from 2020, Philip Rivers, would be trying out for the Colts practice squad.

Brissett followed it up by asking, "What y'all got going on there?!"

It was a perfectly valid question. Walker's response was just as valid.

"Uncle Phil!"

That's kind of the only response you can have when you find out a 44-year-old quarterback is coming back to the NF

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