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
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.
Everybody in this room can be a team guy as much as he wants to, but there comes a point when it's: 'What is best for me, for my career? For my career, it's best that I start playing.
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.
Anybody who has watched me play knows I'm not one of the fastest guys, but I understand what's going on around me and what to look for. I know what the defense is doing.
There is a sense of urgency. I think you can only say 'We're close' and 'We're building' for so long. At some point we're built, let's go. It's time now to be one of those teams that are battling through January.
(Rivers) won't ever hurt you by running with the ball. ...
I watch it every year. It's something growing up as a kid you watched, never dreaming you'd actually have a chance at it.ÊJust to be there, to haveÊJason White and LarryÊFitzgerald sitting next to you and think, 'Wow, what great company I'm in' --Êeven if IÊdidn't win --Êthat would be a great accomplishment.
I thought he was the best. I really did.
I say that confidently. I'm not by any means going to play the perfect game, but I feel like I can go in there and make the plays and get the things done that can win us a game,
When it's all over -- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, mid-January -- then I can just play out every scenario in my head.
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.
I'm excited either way. I know I'm going to get a chance to run this offense.
I love it here. But I want to play. I would rather play and be a starter somewhere else if I can't do it here.