We aren’t. Last week, Simms was 8-6 straight up. I was 7-7.

The NFL world was stunned when the Indianapolis Colts, desperate for quarterback options, lured 44-year-old Philip Rivers out of retirement.

Even so, the notion of Rivers, who spent the past five years in Fairhope, Alabama, coaching St. Michael Catholic High School’s football team, returning to NFL game competition after so many years away...