{"id":9058,"date":"2020-02-11T01:59:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T01:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=9058"},"modified":"2020-02-11T01:59:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T01:59:50","slug":"philip-rivers-entering-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/philip-rivers-entering-free-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Rivers Entering Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I am\nlegitimately shocked. A few weeks ago I wrote that there was no way\nPhilip Rivers was going to ride in on his free agent horse and save\nyour terrible franchise<\/a>. That if he didn\u2019t play for\nthe Los Angeles Chargers, he\u2019d just retire and enter the broadcast\nbooth are find a table at NFL Network. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And\nwhile a leatherbound chair between Kurt Warner and Michael Irvin\nmight definitely be in Rivers\u2019 future, it appears that he\u2019s\nlooked at his options outside of Los Angeles and decided he\ncould move his wife and 172 children out of Southern California<\/a>\nfor at least a little while. And, man, this changes everything. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE CHARGERS ARE GOING AFTER TOM BRADY HARD<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In\nspite of the Las\nVegas Raiders being favored<\/a> to land current free agent\nquarterback Tom Brady as of Friday, I\u2019d thought all along that he\nwas much more likely to end up back in New England for the last years\nof his career. Now, that might not be the case. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s\nno secret that Brady wants to spend the next few decades in SoCal and\nthe Chargers are a team loaded with talent on the roster, just not on\nthe coaching staff. With Rivers now officially out of the picture in\nL.A., Brady becomes their top free agent priority. And unlike the\nRaiders and any other team dreaming of adding a six-time Super Bowl\nchampion to their roster, the Chargers actually have a shot. Look for\nBrady\u2019s\nodds to take over as signal caller<\/a> to rise\nsignificantly this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SO WHERE IS PHILIP RIVERS GOING?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s\nan intriguing question, because, as I said earlier, my guess was\nsitting next to Jim Nantz in CBS\u2019 broadcast booth if Tony Romo\nbolts to ESPN. Now, I don\u2019t think that. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rivers\nis coming off one of the worst statistical years of his career. He\ncompleted 66 percent of his passes for 4,615 yards, 23 touchdowns and\n20 interceptions. Now, here\u2019s the thing. Those don\u2019t look all\nthat great, but Rivers has always thrown a lot of picks when the team\nis struggling. He\u2019s a gun slinger and tries to make things happen. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rivers\nis a Super Bowl trophy away from a Hall of Fame career and likely\nwon\u2019t get in without a ring. It could be that this is the\nmotivating factor pushing him to seek employment elsewhere because\nthat sure as hell wasn\u2019t happening with Anthony Lynn still coaching\nthe Chargers. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When\nthe odds hit Monday, the Tampa\nBay Buccaneers were the favorite<\/a> to land Rivers\u2019\nservices and Bruce Arians has pulled older quarterbacks out of free\nagency before and turned his team into a contender. But I still think\nTeddy\nBridgewater make the most sense for them<\/a>. Bringing in\nRivers means you\u2019ll just be back in the market for a quarterback in\nanother two years and that\u2019s if everything goes right. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nope, if I have a case to make for Rivers it\u2019s the Indianapolis Colts. He slides right into Frank Reich\u2019s offense and can offer a bridge as they draft and develop a new guy, something they were planning to do anyway. This was a team that was 10-6 in 2018 with a healthy-ish Andrew Luck and made it to the divisional round of the AFC Playoffs. Of the QB-needy teams that could legitimately compete for a ring next season, the Colts are Rivers\u2019 best bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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