Philip Rivers Walks Off the Field With the Ball and the Game Still Going
NFL.com – Philip Rivers calls it quits
00:24 – San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers is sacked by Elvis Dumervil in the waning moments of the fourth quarter, forcing an upset Rivers to walk off the field letting the final seconds roll off the game clock.
Click here for the video which is unembedable. Thanks, Roger Goodell.
So there you have it. Everything you need to know about the most underachieving team of our generation, all in one 24-second package. An NFL quarterback walking off the field on 3rd down with ticks left on the clock instead of hustling his team to the line and trying to get a last play off. Did he have much of a shot? Hell no. But that’s not the point. But the point is you play… to win… the game. There are two kinds of people. The ones who fight to the end and the kind who take their ball and go home while there’s still a chance. As The Clash put it, how you gonna come? With your hands on your head or on the trigger of your gun? And this explains why the Chargers are the Chargers. Every year the Chargers are loaded with talent and poised to make a move. They’re the team of tomorrow and always will be. But they manage to Norv it up year after year after year. Like two years ago when they led the league in offense AND in defense and still managed to not only Norv the season up so bad they missed the playoffs, they actually were eliminated with a week to go.
But in a roundabout way, this also demonstrates why the Patriots are the Patriots. As I predicted this morning, the whole region has its panties in a bunch about Gronk getting hurt on an extra point. The answer is because that’s the Patriots way. You stand on the accelerator and you stay there until the clock says 0:00. Once in a great while it costs you, like when you lose the best tight end in the game on a meaningless kick. But it’s the same attitude that makes you you. Always competing. Never having a bad season. And that’s what these misguided shit stirrers blaming Belichick for a freak injury don’t get. You dress 47 guys for every game. Your Extra Point Unit doesn’t have a depth chart. The blockers go in and block when it’s time for them to go in and block. Whether they’re superstars or full time Special Teams guys. Sure I agree that it’s always best to take a player off the field on the play before he gets hurt. But life doesn’t work like that. So you decide if you’re going to be the Patriots and go full tilt full time, or if you’re going to be San Diego and decide you’ve had enough and it’s time to call it a night. I know which team I’d rather root for. @JerryThornton1
“you play%u2026 to win%u2026 the game” did you just make that up? Brilliant! Gold!
There was 6 seconds left on the clock with running time when he finally got up. Did you even watch the video Jerry? Rivers is a douche regardless
stick to pats blogs jerry… and why do you still feel the need to sign @jerrythornton1 at the end of your blogs as if we cant read the “by jerry thornton posted…” this aint twitter son
game was over man, come on even if he hurried up the clock would’ve expired anyway
says the guy who’s coach ran off the field with time remaining in the superbowl. but hey, only notice when its not you right
Jerry is a worse homer than fucking Lou Holtz. Credibility rating of zero.
http://deadspin.com/5961950/tyler-seguin-has-a-foolproof-method-for-dealing-with-the-ladies
Dumbest blog of the day by far. Less than 10 seconds left when Rivers gets up, and oh by the way, his entire receiving corp is 50 yards downfield because he got sacked on a hail-mary play. Other than that, you’re spot on.
CHargers gotta cut him loose and why in the world is Norv Turner still coaching? Is he blowing the owner?
jerry we love you. that being said what BB did in 2007 is 45 million times worse than what Rivers just did. He disgraced his team, owner and the NFL. And for the record, Brady hasn’t shaken Eli’s hand once after the beatdowns Eli has given him. But pretty boy loves to run down opposing QB’s (i.e. Luck yest) after trouncing them. What a bunch of sore loser pussies those guys are!!!
Six seconds is an eternity for teams like the Pats or the BC eagles when Flutie was there. And oh yeh Flutie never made it to starting QB for the Pats but… It is part of his DNA.
Like Galaxy Quest never give up never surrendor.
@Plnge, me thinks your wrong.
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o twisted…….we re talking PLAYOFFS here. Not reg season…..PLAYOFFS!!
^^Link didn’t paste properly, needless to say it was a pic of Brady congratulating Coughlin & Eli. You’re wrong Plange.
like i said, that was after they won in the reg season. in the first SB brady was in the locker room before the game was over. second SB he got off the ground and walked off the field.
Jerry – I’m a big fan of yours and I’ve probably agreed with just about everything you’ve ever written. You’re 100% in the wrong on this. There’s a huge difference between going balls to the wall all the time and what happened last night. Call a spade a spade – that was just a stupid ass coaching decision. You can’t be this blindly loyal and still be taken seriously. There is such thing as a middle ground – it’s not all black and white. Taking Gronk out from blocking on PAT’s doesn’t turn you into Phillip Rivers or Jay Cutler or the Nationals. It makes you smart.
and that pick was from 07 after pats beat Giants for perfect season. Notice what happened there?? respect from the giants. something NE doesn’t have for any opponent. and they paid dearly for it!!!
Plange, so when Brady shakes Luck’s hand after the game he’s rubbing it in but when Eli shake’s Brady’s hand it’s respect? Giants homer much?
Nap time for San Diego, as always
@plange: 100% wrong. BB and Coughlin shook hands in the ’07 SB. The clock was expiring and both teams met in the middle and shook hands. As they were all walking back to the locker room, it turned out that there was like 4 seconds left and the Giants had to take a knee to officially end the game. There was no point to shaking hands again. Nice try though, gayball.
@rearender: Flutie started for the Pats during the strike of ’87 or something.
@plange – no team publicly states their respect for opponents more than the Patriots do. go bite a curb.
Also, I feel bad for Rivers. He’s a legit QB, but his teams were just never good enough to go all the way. Firing Schottenheimer was the dumbest move SD could’ve made, Norv is horrendous.
harry, read the thread. i never said BB didn’t shake hands w coughlin. dipshit
ez, stop drinking the kool aid. what these puppets say to the media has nothing to do w how they act on the field. And to say that randy moss had more class than 90% of that 07 team by staying on the field till the game was over is a sad sad sad sad statement. but true
@plange: How many SB-losing coaches hang out midfield after the game to congratulate everyone on the opposing team? If it were me I’d want to spontaneously combust. Go chug bleach.
harry, pretty much every coach thats ever lost a SB. does that answer ur question? nice try tho, any chance u might be right about something today???? this is too easy
ill give BB credit tho. he learned his lesson. he was smooching everyone on the Blue last year after the game. it was lovely
You can’t say Belichick doesn’t have respect for the Giants. He spent 12 years on their coaching staff, including 6 as Defensive Coordinator where he helped coach 2 Super Bowl winning teams and the baddest mother fucker to ever play football. BB will always have respect for the Giants no matter what
queen. i love BB. great great coach. but had ZERO respect for anyone but himself walking off the field in 07. u can’t argue it. just can’t.
@Plange: You sound like a pussy. Oh boo hoo boo hoo they didn’t hang around at midfield doing some token gesture of sportsmanship! Seriously, is it really that big of a deal?
no harry, its not really that big of a deal to me. I’m just responding to jerrys article ripping Rivers about not doing the “right” thing during a reg season game. he plays both sides more than Obama and Romney combined. However, if coughlin did that if the giants lost………..no doubt i would lose respect for him. how can u not? and u would be first in line to rip him apart
No, no I would not. Because I don’t care. And I actually have a lot of respect for Tom Coughlin.
It was a dickhead move. But it wasn’t like Moss against the Skins where he just said “fuck this” and just walked off, which just disrespects everyone
Queen, agreed. moss quit.
Plange. Christ. Shut up already. Go fuck your own ass. No one cares about, or gets worked up over Corky Manning.
Sorry but you’re wrong here Jerry, he got sacked and got up around 0:10. You gotta figure his deepest receiver is already 40 yards down field. You think he’s gonna get back to the line and have everyone set in order to snap the ball? Simply no chance. But yes Rivers is a douche.
plange sucks giant elephant dicks
Plange, you know Jerry ripping Rivers and you ripping Brady are the same exact fucking thing.
@plange, fuckin wrap it up buddy I mean holy shit are you that much of a blank? christ sakes
thats just Rivers letting everyone know hes had it with Norv. I don’t know where you got the 24 seconds, but there couldve been 2 minutes left and as a charger fan i wouldve felt comfortable with Rivers telling Spanos to go fuck himself. At this point, you might as well try to lose every single game left to finally get rid of this zombie named norvell.
as big phil rivers i feel obligated to say jerry you are a homer unreliable fat gay, there was 6 seconds on the clock with half the team at the 50 id love to see you organize the last second miracle that you expect from a guy who can’t throw an accurate deep ball to begin with. get belichecks dick out of your ass and shut up
the extra point unit doesn’t have a depth chart. How do those guys make it though all 2-6 five second plays each game? Patriots extra point unit ride or die.
“the patriots way?” does that include allowing epic 2 minute drives in 2 different super bowls against the Giants?
yeah, the game was over. doesn’t change the fact that Rivers should have got up and launched one downfield, even if it was for show. he is a whiny quitter, plain and simple.
Rivers = little bitch. I hope we play guys like him all the time.