One thing that can be learned about the New York Jets is that they, despite their lack of passing (no respect to the rookie Mark Sanchez), have an excellent running attack and one of the better defenses in the National Football League. Not to mention a head coach in Rex Ryan that has his team [...]
As most of the highly seeded teams in both conferences have been doing, the San Diego Chargers gave their starters limited action on the football field, giving way to the reserves. During Sunday’s game between the Chargers and Washington Redskins, some rarely used players saw some appreciable playing time, including Chargers quarterback Billy Volek, running [...]
The Denver Broncos seem to be handicapped at the quarterback position – both figuratively and literally – as normal starter Kyle Orton has a bum ankle while reserve Chris Simms is, for a better choice of words, rusty, due to inactivity. As both teams met Sunday afternoon at Invesco Field at Mile High, the Chargers [...]
The Chargers have made QB Philip Rivers a very rich man, as today the team rewarded him with a whopping six-year deal worth $92 million according to reports. Rivers is coming off his best season, when he set a team record for touchdown passes with a league-high 34. He also led the NFL with [...]
ESPN reports that it a deal for Philip Rivers doesn’t look likely to happen anytime soon:
Philip Rivers is entering the final year of his contract, but no extension is imminent in San Diego and the Chargers haven’t discussed an extension with their quarterback much. Eli Manning, taken within three picks of Rivers in the 2004 [...]
Bill Williamson, the blogger for the AFC West at ESPN.com today answered an interesting question about Philip Rivers and his contract with the Chargers:
Leialoha from San Diego wants to know if Matt Cassel’s contract will impact Philip Rivers’ negotiations with the Chargers.
Bill Williamson: Cassel’s huge contract – he will get paid more than $40 million [...]
Join Matt Loede with this very special edition of Gridiron Gabbin! In this edition, Matt is joined by Chargers starting QB Philip Rivers. Matt and Philip talk about the changes in the AFC West, the situation with L.T., the AFL celebrating their 50th anniversary, and the Chargers outlook for 2009. Join Matt [...]
The word out of San Diego is that the Chargers are still hopeful to get a long-term contract extension finalized with quarterback Philip Rivers before the start of the 2009 season. It’s possible he could receive a contract worth at least $100 million which would be similar to deals Ben Roethlisberger and Eli Manning recently [...]
There seems to be some good reasoning for QB Philip Rivers to skip the Pro Bowl – he wants to be back to being 100 percent. “I’ll feel the best I’ve ever felt on March 30,” the Chargers quarterback said Wednesday, pointing to the tentative date the team’s offseason workouts will begin. That points [...]
Chargers QB Philip Rivers has taken home the AFC Offensive Player of the Week award. This past week he completed 38-of-48 pass attempts for 346 yards and two touchdowns on Sunday vs. the Chiefs. Down 11 entering the fourth quarter, Rivers threw both touchdown passes in the last two minutes of a 22-21 win [...]
