![]() Even with the oddity that 2020 was, I don’t expect him to miss a game due to injury minimizing Herbert’s chances to play. In his entire 17 year career he has never missed a start. One impressive stat about Rivers is his incredible iron man streak. With Rivers under center, it erases Tyrod Taylor’s chances of starting and his punctured lung. The Chargers would know to draft his successor and with the sixth pick and Herbert ripe for the picking it’s an easy decision. Both Rivers and the organization would know that this season would likely be his last. The Chargers would still draft Herbert at six. The first step toward the 2020-2021 season is the NFL draft. RELATED: Philip Rivers is undoubtedly a Hall of Famer Justin Herbert’s role on the LA Chargers ![]() With Rivers retiring here’s what the season would look like if he played his last season with the Chargers. It makes you wonder what the season would look like if Rivers was the starting quarterback for one more season. With the rise of Justin Herbert and the dismissal of Anthony Lynn, it was an eventful season for the Bolts. Nowadays it’s more common that players end their careers with a different team than the one they started at. He ended his career on a high note after a close loss in the NFL Wild Card Round to the Buffalo Bills. With his team at 11-3 and with what he’s accomplished this season, he’s just as deserving as Mahomes or Brees to this point.At the end of the 2019-2020 season, Philip Rivers and the LA Chargers mutually agreed to part ways after 16 years together.įor the first time in his now 17 year career, Rivers entered free agency and joined the Indiana Colts. Mahomes might be the leader in the NFL MVP race right now, but don’t sleep on Rivers. Rivers may not be the sexy pick for MVP this season, but he worthy of winning the award. While Mahomes and Brees have been getting all the attention in the NFL MVP race, Rivers has quietly been putting together an MVP campaign. Also in that same game, Rivers set the record for most consecutive completions to start a game (22). In that same game, Rivers set the record for best single game completion percentage (96.55%). ![]() Against the Arizona Cardinals a few weeks back, Rivers tied the NFL record for most consecutive completions (25). That isn’t the only record Rivers has broken this season. Before Rivers led that comeback, teams were 0-88 in that situation. In their comeback win over the Chiefs, Rivers led his team to becoming the first team ever to overcome a 14+ point deficit in the last five minutes of a game. Which NFL records has Philip Rivers broken this season? Let’s start with one he broke Thursday night against the Chiefs. On top of that, Brees became the all-time leader in passing yards this season by passing Peyton Manning. He also set the all-time record for completions, passing Brett Favre earlier this season. On top of that, Mahomes is leading the number one offense in the league.įor Brees, he’s on pace to break his own record of completion percentage in a season (72%). He set the NFL record for most TD passes thrown through his first eight career games (22). ![]() He set the NFL record for most TD passes thrown through the first three weeks of the season (13). Mahomes has the TD passing record (55) within his sights. In some categories he’s better than Patrick Mahomes, while in others he’s better than Drew Brees.įor both Mahomes and Brees, part of their case in the NFL MVP race has been the history they’re making this season. Rivers may not rank first in any of those statistical categories, but he’s right there with the two leaders in the NFL MVP race in every single one. Rivers also ranks tied for second in team record. ![]() Patrick Mahomes: 67.1% completions for 4,543 yards, 45 TDs, 11 INTs and a passer rating of 114.8ĭrew Brees: 75.7% completions for 3,463 yards, 31 TDs, four INTs and a passer rating of 120.8 (Has played one less game than Rivers and Mahomes).Īmong the three QBs in the NFL MVP race, Philip Rivers ranks second in completion percentage, second in passing yards, tied for second in passing TDs, second in INTs thrown and third in passer rating. Rivers: 69.4% completions for 3,951 yards, 31 TDs, eight INTs and a passer rating of 112.4 (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) How Rivers stacks up in the NFL MVP race CARSON, CA – SEPTEMBER 09: Quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs and Philip Rivers #17 of the Los Angeles Chargers shake hands after the game at StubHub Center on Septemin Carson, California. ![]()
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