Monday, January 1, 2007

P-Riv Update: Week 17

P-Riv is my dogg!!!

14-2, 10 wins in a row, passer rating above 95, Six 4th quarter comebacks, home field throughout the playoffs, AFC Champions, most wins in Chargers history, Pro Bowl bid, 62% completion percentage. These and many others are all accomplishments of our man, Philip Rivers, during his first NFL season as a starting quarterback. It’s quite a list.

Early in the season, most of our talk centered on P-Riv’s ideals; winning attitude, work ethic, decision making ability, etc. Well all of these ideals have translated into results. It is a natural progression. P-Riv did everything he was supposed to do, everything he knew he should do, everything he was asked to do, and everything he had to do to lead my beloved Chargers to the most wins in team history. P-Riv has the right perspective. He does not want to go out and play, he wants to go out and win. He’ll do whatever it takes to make that happen. He has the long term perspective true greatness demands. He has been preparing for the NFL his entire life. He finally gets his opportunity and flourishes.

As a great capper to the season our Chargers took it easy on the Arizona Cardinals and Philip found his rhythm. He completed 19 of his 24 passes ( 80 percent) for 231 yards and two scores in just over two quarters of play (Billy Volek was brought in for mop up and P-Riv was injured). SD won 27-20, but it was not that close.

Rivers has a mid-foot sprain with no joint or ligament damage. Reports indicate that he will be fine to play next weekend. Thank goodness for the bye week. Other Chargers were nicked up in the game last Sunday, but most should be ready to face KC, NYJ, or NE in 2 weeks. As the top seed, we will face the lowest seeded winner of the 2 wild card games. I would feel most confident against the Chiefs or Jets, but we can beat anyone.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and Happy New Year.

Strap your seatbelts on for the playoffs.

GO CHARGERS!!!

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