Philip Rivers knew about the criticism from his struggles at times during his final season with the Los Angeles Chargers.

The new Indianapolis Colts quarterback didn't go seek out everything that was said about him because he knows negativity comes with the job at times.

"At times what may have aggravated me a little bit last year was [critics saying] that I couldn't play anymore," Rivers said.

"When you heard that, it bothered me because I wanted to go, 'Shoot, let's go turn on the tape and watch all the good things.' There were some bad plays. Certainly some throws I want back and certainly some very costly mistakes. I own up to all those. There was so much good and I had some throws last year that were probably as good as I've had my whole career. I knew. So I didn't feel like I had to sell that to anyone. But at the same time, it did aggravate you little bit. I think it's OK to be aware. I'm one of those guys that likes to be aware."

Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard held an unscripted, impromptu and passionate virtual call on Thursday in which he emphasized that there has to be an end to social injustice and racial inequality.

"This is not a black problem," Ballard said. "This is a white problem. This is an issue that we have to talk about, and we can't sugarcoat it. We can't sugarcoat our way out of this. We can't go back into our bubble, because that's what we've always done. We've always gone right back into our bubble, and we've never really listened. I haven't listened."

Ballard said a couple times during the call that he was not there to talk about football and that his sole purpose for the unscheduled meeting with the media was to talk about what's going on in the country after the death of George Floyd.