Philip Rivers
Philip Rivers
Philip Michael Riversis an American football quarterback for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He played college football at North Carolina State University, and was drafted in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft with the fourth overall pick by the New York Giants, who traded him to the Chargers for their first overall pick, quarterback Eli Manning. Rivers' career passer rating of 95.7 is fourth-best all-time among NFL quarterbacks with at least 1,500 passing attempts...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth8 December 1981
CityDecatur, AL
I'm sure there will be a different report every day for the next six months, and I'm not going to get caught up in them. I'm a Charger.
It's neat now. We're both on the same team, he's a great guy and we've had a lot of fun together.
I'm not sitting here all fired up like I've achieved something, ... I'm pleased that I've made some progress, obviously, and shown them such, that they feel that I'm ready to be in that position.
That's not all on my shoulders, but I certainly feel like I can get in there and manage it and handle the situation.
That's good. You have to play those (top) teams eventually anyway.
Drew, when he said something, it was important. But he was more of a quiet leader that led by the way he worked. And that's a heck of a way to do it. I'm a little bit more vocal and excited and emotional type of leader. And that way works too.
Drew was a heck of a teammate and a heck of a player. He's a guy I had a lot of fun being around and supporting.
Drew was a heck of a teammate, a heck of a player, a guy I had a lot of fun being around and supporting. I wish him the best on the recovery of the injury, which is the one thing I hated to see happen.
Drew has solidified that he's the guy. He's had two solid years.
I've tried not to get too far ahead of myself or get caught up in what is being said.
A lot of it is timing. You've got Drew, who had the great year last year, and then I'm here and Cleo's here. We're all young (Rivers is 23, Brees 26).
This is not a setback. I haven't played a ton, that's true. But I've had the two years, and I know the abilities I do have.
He proved it in college when people thought he was too small. He might not be an inside-the-tackles runner, but we've got the best in the game for that. He can give us a changeup.
For the most part, the feedback I've got is that they're not going to mess with the motion. I think there needs to be a problem before it needs to be fixed, and I don't think there is right now. If there becomes one, I'm going to do be open to do all I can do to get better and make it work.