The Chargers Have Moved On From Rivers

Interesting that 16 years after the Eli Manning / Rivers draft scandal that both end up staying with the same teams and leaving those teams the same week. 

Sounds like Rivers wants to keep playing. But what I'm curious to find out is what the Saints do with Brees (and Teddy). Like Rivers, Brees has declined, but not quite to the level of Rivers. Brees is also three years older, a precarious age where cliffs can really sneak up on you...

Rivers looks pretty much done at this point, arm strength going down fast. 
 I think Brees will come back for one more, all-in (again) season for the Saints.  As much as I would love for him to retire, he is still playing at a high enough level for one more year. Would be great if he retires tho!  Will be interesting to see what happens with Teddy and Hill (RFA) as well.

Maybe Tampa has kinda got used interceptions and has devised a strategy to make it work for them.  Keep Winston back up with Rivers never miss a beat. ;)   

@"Magnus10" said: Rivers looks pretty much done at this point, arm strength going down fast. 

 I think Brees will come back for one more, all-in (again) season for the Saints.  As much as I would love for him to retire, he is still playing at a high enough level for one more year. Would be great if he retires tho!  Will be interesting to see what happens with Teddy and Hill (RFA) as well.

Speak of the devil...

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/01/27/the-saints-are-in-a-delicate-spot-with-drew-brees/

The Saints are in a delicate spot with Drew Brees

I dont get the fuss about Taysom Hill (thats why I am an not a coach :)). The way he plays, he cant be an every down QB. Gimmick plays only work for so long. This really should be a Brees Vs Teddy question.

@"BarrNone55" said:

PHILIP RIVERSQB, LOS ANGELES CHARGERS

Fox Sports' Jay Glazer reports the Chargers have "moved on from Philip Rivers."The news isn't exactly shocking, as there's been buzz from numerous reporters about Rivers taking his talents elsewhere in 2020. The father of nine also recently moved to Florida, which matches rumors of a potential landing spot in Tampa Bay. It remains to be seen how many franchises will be lining up to land the 38-year-old QB, as Rivers turned the ball over on far too many occasions in 2019 and doesn't seem to have the same arm talent these days to consistently threaten opposing defenses down the field.

SOURCE: Jay Glazer on Fox

I found this interesting: "Rivers was born in Decatur, Alabama, where his father, Steve, was the head coach of Decatur High's football team and his mother, Joan, was a teacher.Rivers went to Decatur then moved to Athens. As part of a fifth-grade project, he had to make a poster about his dreams and aspirations. On the poster, he pasted his face over that of a Minnesota Vikings player who had appeared on a cover of Sports Illustrated.
So, who do you think the Viking was?? He was born December 8, 1981 - so what year would have been in 5th grade? He was probably around 10-11 years old. So, that being said - that would put the cover in the 1991 / 92 year. But we had no Viking on a cover in those years, so it was a slightly older cover - and I think its either the Hershal Walker cover from October 22, 1989 ( https://www.si.com/vault/issue/702303/toc) OR Anthony Carter from the January 18, 1988 cover (after beating the Niners in the playoffs - https://www.si.com/vault/issue/702677/toc ). We had no Viking on a cover in the 80's other than those two. 
BTW - I highly recommend going to https://www.si.com/vault/archive/1980s and checking out the old covers - you can go year by year and choose different decades. Each cover brings back a ton of memories - lots of "Oh yeah, totally forgot about that game / player /event etc." A virtual walk down Sports Memory Lane.

@"mblack" said: I dont get the fuss about Taysom Hill (thats why I am an not a coach :)). The way he plays, he cant be an every down QB. Gimmick plays only work for so long. This really should be a Brees Vs Teddy question.

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"mblack" said: I dont get the fuss about Taysom Hill (thats why I am an not a coach :)). The way he plays, he cant be an every down QB. Gimmick plays only work for so long. This really should be a Brees Vs Teddy question.

There are many who agree with you, for example...

𝕏 X / Twitter — Carter Donnick @CDonnick1

Taysom Hill is older than Derek Carr, Blake Bortles, Teddy Bridgewater, and Geno Smith. He’s also completed 6 NFL passes and finished his college career with a 58% completion percentage. I don’t think it would be wise to assume this dude could suddenly become a franchise QB.

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My guess is the Saints are using Hill as leverage. They can put a first round tender on him and would likely jump for joy if another team took him.
Talking him up in the media might also help them a little in negotiations with Brees, Teddy.
I would be 100% shocked if they really view Hill as the future.

@"BarrNone55" said:

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And Frank Reich was his OC, and current Colts OC and WNY native Nick Sirianni was his QB coach with the Chargers.

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Rivers to the Colts makes too much sense. Ready to win. Good OL.