I hate Philip Rivers, I absolutely hate him. Look at this guy, he just looks like a conceited d*ck jerk. He yells at people in the front row after Billy Volek has taken his team down the field in a crucial situation to get to the AFC Championship. The poetic justice is that this game had a chance to be a signature win, and he had to assume the position. The fact that Billy Volek could come off the bench and step in to lead the team down the field shows that it is the supporting cast that makes Philip Rivers. The offensive line gives him enough time to throuw the five yard pass to Darren Sproles, who turns a dink into a game-changing lengthy touchdown. Dan Dierdorf was so overcome by Rivers's greatness that he declared that we were seeing the "coming of age" of this jerk in front of our eyes. Well, I prefer to consider his coming of age moment when he was watching his back up march his team down the field to win the game in a hostile environment. In fact, I like to think that the defining moment of his career will be the captured images of him receiving the double bird from a fan in the front row while taunting said fan . . . I can just hear Rivers saying, "Yeah boy, did you see how my back up guided us right down the field? See how I watched him on the sidelines? Yeah, you wish you were me . . . you couldn't hold my jock. Bask in my greatness, I am Philip Rivers."
No Philip, you are Ryan Leaf, Ryan Leaf with a good supporting cast. Leaf had running backs Natrone Means and Kenny Bynum; don't forget Terrell Fletcher. None of them could hold a candle to LT2008. Now, Rivers's wider receivers are nothing to write home about, but LT can make up for any roster inefficiencies on the offensive side. On the defense, Rivers has Sean Phillips and Shawn Merriman; Leaf had Kurt Gouveia (with all five vowels) and Raylee Johnson. The comparison shouldn't be made, but the personalities of this guy and this guy are just too similar. Rivers psyche is so fragile (according to many in the media, including Mark Schlereth) that he is probably just a bad game away from a "leave me alone!" type meltdown.
Maybe it is just because I think he is a smug prick, but I don't like Philip Rivers at all and feel that he is mere seconds away from being Ryan Leaf. He is lucky enough to have a good supporting cast, and he should thank his lucky stars for them. If Billy Volek can win the game, who needs Philip Rivers . . . if I was him, I would watch out for Volek going all Nancy Kerrigan on him. Of course, who could blame Volek for taking a baton to Leaf's Rivers's knee, he would probably deserve it.
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