As a die hard Rivers fan, the best way to describe him was he will put up 300 yards, 2 TD’s game after game and never get the same recognition due to his team
Maybe he shouldn’t have tried to hire his brother as DC after he was warned not to attempt hiring his family when he tried to finesse in his son as OC before the 04 season, also do we forget how he choked in 04 playoff? Norv turner took the Chargers deeper
I've been following the team since the very early 80s and it is the organizational culture. We finally have another great coach, so maybe the ownership won't screw things up this time.
Never a Chargers fan but I loved Phil. The Chargers could just never put it all together. Look at the infamous 2010 Chargers season. #1 offense, #1 defense and they were denied the playoffs because of a handful of boneheaded Special Teams plays. They had so many years like that.
Rivers was a gamer. Beginning in 2006 he never missed a start. His 240 consecutive starts is the 4th best ever, highlighted by his performance in the 2007 AFC Championship Game on a torn ACL,. Rivers had the bad luck of playing for the worst ownership in the NFL, the Spanos family..
Rivers will always be known for the chargers qb, Herbert has a lot of potential, and hopefully he reaches high levels but for now it’s not working, teams don’t worry about him being clutch, with Rivers even when you didn’t, having him you thought you had a chance
I always wondered what Rivers career would have looked like- if he had played for a better all around team - and/ or better coaching staff. For example- Rivers the QB at New England .....how many rings would he have ?
He didn’t struggle with anything except some pretty crap rosters and coaches. One of the best for sure, equal to his peers. Reminds me somewhat of Stanford with the Lions. IMO
Nice well made video! He was still very good even though he never played in a super bowl. Even Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees only played in one super bowl each. Phillip kept running into Tom Brady, Peyton Manning in 2013, and Big Ben in the playoffs too.
Great video! The Chargers while great on offense and defense never had a great special teams game. There was a season where most if not all of their losses were by a single possession. They would Charger and lose in the worst ways either with missed field goals or giving up a kick off or punt return. We were fortunate to have Rivers. I still think he's better than Manning and should be a first ballot hall of famer. Eventually his downfall was that he would always try and do to much and would turn the ball over.
THe 49ers did explore signing RIvers out of retirement, because they only had an inexperienced rookie as their playoff QB. But that rookie QB was Brock Purdy, who knew the system and the plays and showed he was up to it. THAT is football: it bounces funny.
Watching him and learning about chargers history. He reminds me of 21th century Dan Floute. He can get you to the playoffs but he was not the guy to take you to the super bowl. Honestly wished he won a Super bowl but facing Prime Tom Brady and 2000s Patriots teams, is hard to beat.
I hope you could add a career stat slide & avgs. Rivers was statistically better than Eli Manning (easily) and Roethlisburger, but he played in the era of Brady, Peyton, and Drew Brees, one of whom was the ONE better than RIvers each season. Add i his character and competitive nature, and he is famous for that, too. And it's not called the Football Hall of Super Bowl Winners.
All im saying if the chargers weree actually good enough to have at least won 2 maybe 3 superbowls while he was qb he would be considred one of the greatest maybe even the best but he still is with or without 1 sad he didnt win 1 😢
Nah. Statistically Rivers was less turnover prone than Roethlisberger. A lot of his INTs were in late game third and long/fourth and long situations where other QBs (Rodgers, Wilson, etc.) would just accept defeat and take a sack to preserve their stat line. Guys like Rivers and Peyton Manning would rather throw a pick if it means giving their team a chance, despite hurting their personal stats. Then people who are simply looking at stats instead of watching games call them “turnover prone” or “choker”.
For me, eli has got the heart payton lacked so much. first of all payton is a choker. eli is average. payton is 11/6 against brady while his brother won 2 superbowls against the goat and the 08 goat team. NOBODY even thought of picking the giants. and you want to know how i know eli prefers chips and not just being famous ? Because payton said : ' If you don't pick me number 1 i will beat you for 15 years' bad ass quote but shows how he only wants the spotlight of the #1 pick. eli who knew he wasn't as great REFUSED to play for the team that picked him and went to the giants' BIG DIFFERENCE. payton would have played for the browns to be #1, his brother refused the team, showed his balls as a draftee and put his balls on brady's chin twice. the fact that before philly ONLY eli had beaten him twice in their golden era is an accomplishment for the ages. peyton won his second despite his awful play. a season of 9tds and 13 ints. and the won the SB. that should tell you everything
That’s because he played to win instead of stat-padding. Guys like Rodgers will take sacks in those late game situations to preserve their stat line, whereas QBs like Rivers, Peyton, and Brady would rather give their team a shot even if it meant throwing a pick. Taking a sack on 4th down doesn’t show up on a QB’s stats.
Marc, Rivers didn't miss those playoff field goals (Nate Kaeding), and those 4th quarter fumbles (Marlon McCree). Rivers didn't give LT a bad knee in the playoffs, and he played on his ruptured ACL in the same game. And Rivers didn't fire HC Marty Shottenheimer after a 14-2 seaso (Spanos, AJ Smith) . PS - "when it really mattered in the playoffs" ? Every game in the playoffs is elimination game, so they all matter.
Bullshit. His playoff passer rating is virtually identical to Roethlisberger and Eli Manning. Difference is, Rivers played for a dogshit organization and his teammates were either injured or making boneheaded mistakes during playoff games.
He was a fiery competitor at everything: hoops, golf, baseball, even ping pong and cards in the locker room. And he was of course a stone cold killer at corn hole.
