1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,840 Speaker 1: All right, this is Darwin James and you listen to 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: the Chargers Podcast Network. Hey, guys, Chris Harry with you 3 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: on a new episode of Chargers Weekly here on the 4 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: Chargers Podcast Network. Now in a week where we learned 5 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 1: that Philip Rivers will now return to the team in 6 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: twenty twenty, Sam Farmer of the La Times joins me 7 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: and looks back at some of his favorite memories of 8 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: the Chargers legend. Now, Sam had so many fun stories 9 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: about Rivers, from phillips encounter with Dwayne Wade to Phillip's 10 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: trash talk to a fourteen hour road trip that he 11 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,480 Speaker 1: took just to keep a promise. So, without further ado, 12 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 1: here's Sam Farmer. All right, guys, now joined by one 13 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: of my favorite people in this business who just so 14 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: happens to be a Hall of Fame writer as well, 15 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 1: the great Sam Farmer of the La Times joins me 16 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: on Chargers Weekly and Sam, Monday, the Chargers announced that 17 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: Philip is gonna hit free agency. He's not gonna return 18 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: to the team. I know you talked to Philip on Monday, 19 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: but as someone who's covered this game for twenty five years, 20 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: I just want to go down memory lane a little bit. 21 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: What made Philip such a joy to cover, both on 22 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 1: and off the field. Well, first of all, Chris, thanks 23 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: so much for that introduction. So kind. Yeah, I mean, 24 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: Philip was really one of a kind, just such such 25 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 1: a good guy from starting, such a you know, sort 26 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: of a complex guy in that he was so polarizing 27 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: on the field, and he watched some of that miked 28 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: up stuff. And you always can't believe that's the same 29 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: guy you talked to in the locker room and around 30 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: the facility and just that you've known, because he's so 31 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: humble and he's so sort of deferential and self effacing. Uh, 32 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: and yet he gets out there and he's talking smack 33 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: and it's just kind of funny to watch these two 34 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: different personalities. But uh, you know, I really appreciate the 35 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: fact that philth is accessible, you know, always accessible. You 36 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: can always approach him in the locker room and he's 37 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: not moody. You can ask him anything. He's going to 38 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: listen to the question and be thoughtful in his answers. 39 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: He's not always going to give you the fantastic answer 40 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: that you're looking for, but he's he's always going to 41 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: really consider your question and and he's got that folksy 42 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: way about him. I remember talking to him one time 43 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: about about the Charters nomenclature and their play calling, and 44 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: they had a numbers system, and I said to you, 45 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: when you see those numbers in everyday life, do they 46 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: conjure up play ideas? And he said, oh, yeah, Man, 47 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: when I'm driving home, I'm driving on the ten, which 48 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: is a you know, a deep route to uh, you know, 49 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: to Malcolm of Floyd. And then and then I change 50 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 1: over to one sixty three and that reminds me in 51 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: this play. And then I go by twenty fourth Street 52 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: and I see this play and it was really funny 53 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: and it was great. Uh. He just took it and 54 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: ran with it. And but that it was just him. 55 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: He was just so enthusiastic and willing to sort of 56 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 1: go with their story ideas. And I love that about him, 57 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: the fact that he didn't swear it was so funny 58 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: to me, or that, or that he he had a 59 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: mass that he went to in every city, a favorite mass, 60 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: especially the AFC West cities where he had a church 61 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: in Kansas City. He always loved to go to either 62 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: Saturday night or even Sunday morning before a game or 63 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: in Denver or in Oakland, so that I thought was 64 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: really kind of a special thing about him. I mean, 65 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 1: religion is so important to him. My wife and daughter 66 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: are talking in the background here. No, it's good. It's good. 67 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: My daughter's heading off for school. So anyway, I just 68 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: you know, he's just like a regular guy. He's who 69 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: you would hope he would be, you know, you hope 70 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: the big guy that you could just chat with and 71 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: have fun with and laugh at his folksiness. And he 72 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: was that way. And I'm sure you found him the 73 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: same way. Absolutely, And I think a lot of things 74 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: that you said I could certainly echo, just his thoughtfulness 75 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: with people after a game, before a game, during a week, 76 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: and then you get this completely different guy on the field, 77 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: and it could be as recent as this year when 78 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: he's talking trash to Giannaka Doc Way the Jaguars, where 79 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: his famous trash talking feuds with Jake Cutler. I mean 80 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: it was it was so much fun to watch because 81 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: if you're in the stands and you're watching that same 82 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 1: you're thinking, like, this guy is really ripping into the opponent, right, 83 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: and then you hear the mic up and it's it's 84 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: g rated trash talk, and it's just it makes him 85 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 1: so unique, unlike any other player in NFL history. Totally, totally, 86 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: And that whole Couler thing. The funniest thing about that 87 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: is you came away thinking, you know, if you were 88 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: in the stands, he came away thinking what a jerk 89 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: Rivers is, right, I mean, Cutler is cool, And you knew, 90 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: if you knew, it's the polar opposite of that. You know, 91 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: it's like, you want Rivers a quarterback. You don't want 92 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: Cutlers a quarterback to covering every day. So, uh, that 93 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: that was. That was sort of the paradox of that 94 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: whole shot that went back and forth. But yeah, I 95 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: mean he just, uh, he was he was great and 96 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 1: he had Yeah. I remember him talking about taking a 97 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 1: little staycation with Tiffany. They went down. Of course, you 98 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: want to get away from them many kids every once 99 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: in a while, and they went to the Hotel Del 100 00:05:56,040 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: Coronado and checking in at the same time was Dwayne Wade. 101 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: And felt that only he had never met Dwayne Wade, 102 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: but he had of course knew him from Afar and 103 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: knew him as a basketball fan. And he said Dwayne 104 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: Wade looked over at him came kind of give him 105 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: one of those upward knots, like, hey, what's going on? 106 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: I know who you are? And Philip was so blown 107 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: away by that, and he was like, he recognized me. 108 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: I mean, Dwayne Wade recognized me. And driving home with 109 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 1: Tiffany back to Rancho Santa Fe or whatever that area 110 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 1: Santa LUs By Fair Ranks Ranch there in San Diego, 111 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,359 Speaker 1: Philip just couldn't get over it. And he kept saying 112 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 1: that you knew you saw, didn't you that he recognized me? 113 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: You didn't see that he recognized Free Repose was like, yeah, 114 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,359 Speaker 1: I saw, yeah. I mean, you're a Pro Bowl quarterback. 115 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 1: That's not stunning. Like one of the stories that I 116 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 1: love about Philip Rivers, but I think sort of tells 117 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: you a lot about him, was there was a men's 118 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: Catholic men's conference that he was committed to speaking to 119 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: in Arizona and he for some reason it is either 120 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: bad weather or some sort of flight cancelation, but he 121 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: had to drive to this thing that required like a 122 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: seven hour round trip drive to Flagstaff or something like that, 123 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:37,239 Speaker 1: and I mean it was seven hours each way, and 124 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: instead of just canceling, like a lot of people do 125 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: it would do. Whether you're an athlete or not, you'd say, hey, 126 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: you know what, I can't get there. I'm sorry the 127 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: flight was canceled. He drove it in his pickup truck. 128 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: Honored the commitment. This wasn't the money thing. It's just 129 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: a commitment. Say, I'm sure he wasn't paid for it, 130 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: spoke at the thing, turned around, and drove all the 131 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: way back. So it was a fourteen hours of driving 132 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: plus speaking at this at this man's conference, and it 133 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: was just really show that the guy is honorable, cares 134 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: about this stuff. Um. I remember a few years ago 135 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: when Gunner was just a baby and had was diagnosed 136 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: with diabetes yep, and Philip had uh they were going 137 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: to lords um so they could they could I guess 138 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 1: wait for the holy water their lords uh, this very 139 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: devout Catholics uh to treat Gunner. And they passed their 140 00:08:55,559 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 1: baby up at the time, their latest baby up to 141 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: the pope and like crowdsurfed their baby up to the pope, 142 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 1: and the pope kissed their baby and then crowd surfed 143 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: it back to the to the Rivers family. And it 144 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: was like I think I called it the most important 145 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: path of his life, you know, passing about this leap 146 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: of faith, you know, to pass your baby up through 147 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:26,679 Speaker 1: the crowd. Um. You know, he's obviously very religious and 148 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: everything and and just a just such a genuine good guy. 149 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 1: I think when he was asking, he's going to ask 150 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,680 Speaker 1: Tiffany to marry him. And this was maybe his sophomore 151 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: year of college. She's very young. It b was very young. 152 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 1: I think it dated since junior high school or you know, 153 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: at least been boyfriend girlfriends since junior high school. And 154 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: I want to say he asked his college coach if 155 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 1: it was for her hand, in addition to asking her 156 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: father and you to the whole thing, he asked for 157 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: permission from his college coach. The Mary task is. Yeah, 158 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: just a unique kind of guy, Sam. Do you think 159 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: on the field that we're ever going to see a 160 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 1: quarterback start two hundred and twenty four straight games? Again, 161 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 1: I know that the rules in place now make it 162 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: easier for the quarterback to maybe play a little bit longer, 163 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: but that's a heck of a streak. And we've been 164 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: talking about the man off the field, but on the field, 165 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 1: the competitor, what he's played through. Yeah, he's the type 166 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: of guy who doesn't talk about if he's got bumps 167 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: and bruises, those aren't excuses to Philip Rivers. Yeah, and 168 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 1: and the sort of the prime example of that was 169 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: the AFC Championship game and playing on a torn HL 170 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 1: and just he had that toughness and that durability and 171 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 1: obviously he wasn't didn't have the escapability, so he took 172 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 1: some big hits. He's a big guy. But yes, sort 173 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: of an underrated aspect that his game is just his 174 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: reliability and toughness that he exhibited throughout his career. And um, yeah, 175 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: and I don't know that especially now as we see 176 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 1: that sort of trickle up from college and the type 177 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: of quarterbacks that we're seeing these systems who were running 178 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: the ball more, and I don't know that we'll see 179 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 1: that that kind of durability again. Um, they're probably going 180 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: to be shorter careers with guys who are running the 181 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: ball more. But he is, m Yeah, he's remarkable. And 182 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: you know a lot of people say, hey, this is 183 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: you know, Philip Rivers, is that at the end here? 184 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: And you know, who knows where he'll what his value 185 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: is this point forward. But I think there's still a 186 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 1: lot of value in Philip Rivers. I feel like there's 187 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: still stuff left in the tank. I think about maybe 188 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 1: four or five years ago, he was in a similar 189 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: sort of slump and he pulled out of it and 190 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: we saw that the Chargers. They went twelve and four 191 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: in two thousan eighteen. And he's still a very effective quarterback. 192 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: And I still think he's an elite quarterback. You know, 193 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 1: obviously this season was not was was far from his best, 194 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 1: But I think that when he gets in that rhythm, 195 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 1: he's still an elite quarterback. And so I do think 196 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: that if he winds up in a place like Indianapolis, 197 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: saying as a bridge guy, he says he wants to 198 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: play a maximum of two years, that he could be 199 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 1: very effective for I'll tell you if Philip, I go 200 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,959 Speaker 1: back to a couple of years ago when they went 201 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,679 Speaker 1: twelve and four, and I think one of the things 202 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: that you could see is how many different eras and 203 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: coaches and just different parts of his career that he 204 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: has spentned, how many wide receivers he's played with tight 205 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:21,679 Speaker 1: ends Keenan Allen for instance, all of his touchdowns about 206 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 1: one have come from Philip Rivers. To see him interact 207 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: with some of these young guys that he didn't necessarily 208 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 1: have throughout the bulk of his career. You could tell 209 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: he still loves the game. And I think he loves 210 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: being around the guys, being around the coaches, just as 211 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: much as he likes to actually play the game. The 212 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: camaraderie of football, Sam, I think is something that still 213 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: burns inside of him. Oh totally. I think that's that's 214 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: one of the driving factors for the guy. And you know, 215 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: I remember a couple of years ago he was talking 216 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: about it how different it was. He was now seeing 217 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: sort of the generation no difference being in a locker 218 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 1: room with a bunch of young guys and he's in 219 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: his mid thirties and these guys are in their their 220 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: early twenties and just different. Everything's different culturally, in terms 221 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 1: of genera, generationally different, and he was really enjoying sort 222 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: of bridging that gap and and connecting with guys and 223 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: connecting with his team and and yeah, I mean you 224 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: mentioned the number of guys that he cycled through us 225 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 1: a little like Brady in terms of guys he turned 226 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: into stars. Um, you know, the Vincent Jackson's and guys 227 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: who came through and then you had the Danny woodhead 228 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: and with how he had to make do at various 229 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: times and changed his game and the line. I mean 230 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: there were times that he really had no left side 231 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: of line or that when he cycled through six centers 232 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: in the season, um, and he had to he had 233 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: to adjust his game. And and that's really part of 234 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 1: his game that we saw. His ability to draw it 235 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: all different arm angles, his abilities drow off all different platforms, 236 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: didn't always look you know, um a textbook perfect. Yeah, 237 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: it wasn't always, but it always got the job thought exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 238 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: it's just fun to watch, really fun to watch and 239 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: improvised like that. Um. And then and then having great games. 240 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: That's great games against the Colts, uh that he had 241 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: take manage holds and and um on you know those 242 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: the winds at Kansas City and at Denver in hostile 243 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: environments and um, you know, it's just a it was 244 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 1: a really special career, no doubt. And over the next month, 245 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: obviously speculation about where Philip goes and what the Chargers 246 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: do a quarterback that's all TBD at this point, but 247 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: end of an era here with the Chargers an icon 248 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: of future Hall of Famer and of course I know 249 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 1: fans love Philip Rivers and uh really can't say enough 250 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: about what he's meant to the Chargers organization. Oh yeah, Now, 251 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 1: he's been a great representative for that organization for two 252 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: cities and just beloved and certainly beloved amongst sports writer 253 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: because because he was traffic to cover, well, I was 254 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: fortunate enough to have one of the best sports writers 255 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: talk to us about this. Not many people, I'm telling you, Sam, 256 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: not many people in this country could give me the 257 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers anecdotes that you gave us in the last 258 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 1: sixteen minutes. I can't thank you up for you. It's 259 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: it's awesome to always talk to you. And you know, 260 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 1: we'll see what happens. It's gonna be a wild twenty 261 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 1: twenty off season starting with free agency. Yeah, definitely worth 262 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: watching and we'll be talking a lot about it tonight. 263 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 1: Appreciate the chance to talk about Philip and always plug 264 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,719 Speaker 1: talking to you. All right, guys, that's gonna do it 265 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:22,719 Speaker 1: for us. A big thanks to Sam for joining me, 266 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 1: and of course thanks to you guys for listening. Remember 267 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: this offseason, you got to subscribe to the Chargers Podcast Network. 268 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 1: We'll be with you throughout the entire off season. Next 269 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 1: week a preview of the combine in Indianapolis. 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