Remember, the Packer’s wide receivers were so good back then that McCarthy’s offense of hey, uh, try to get open, produced elite results. These guys would make a lot of QBs look good:
Jermichael Finley
Greg Jennings
Jordy Nelson
Randall Cobb
James Jones
Donald Driver
Totally sick.
I can’t think of one memorable Phillip Rivers play or memorable great Phillip Rivers game. Guy just never had the moments of greatness on the field that guys like Warner, Big Ben, and Eli did. Maybe also never had their lows but I would prefer a HOF full of guys who reached heights rather than guys who were consistently good for a long time.
I would definitely put in Ken Anderson before Phillip Rivers
The highlights of Matt Flynn’s big game are pretty fun to watch:
Is it? The goal is to win Super Bowls. Eli shipped 2 for the Giants. Could have shipped a 3rd if Burress didn’t shoot himself in the foot.
please tell me you all know there are 53 players on an NFL roster, not 1
For me it was his playing the ACF Championship game on a torn ACL.
That was probably their year for the SB but Rivers had a torn ACL and they also lost LT for that game.
Ty Bob, Ty.
You ever wonder why Godgers just didn’t take over the play calling himself and audible out of like 90% of FM’s plays?
Rodgers is a pouty, passive aggressive beta.
fuckin millennials
Maybe I’m alone in this opinion, but I think Philip Rivers is wildly overrated.
Exhibit A: His career playoff record is 3-4.
Exhibit B: He has never played in a Super Bowl.
Exhibit C: His career playoff stats are as follows:
Game 1 (Loss, 24-21 vs. New England): 14-32, 230 YD, 0 TD, 1 INT.
Game 2 (Win, 17-6 vs. Tennessee): 19-30, 292 YD, 1TD, 1 INT.
Game 3 (Win, 28-24 vs. Indianapolis): 14-19, 264 YD, 3 TD, 1 INT.
Game 4 (Loss, 21-12 vs. New England): 19-37, 211 YD, 0 TD, 2 INT.
Game 5 (Win, 23-17 vs. Indianapolis): 20-36, 217 YD, 0 TD, 1 INT.
Game 6 (Loss, 35-24 vs. Pittsburgh): 21-35, 308 YD, 3 TD, 1 INT.
Game 7 (Loss, 17-14 vs. NYJ): 27-40, 298 YD, 1 TD, 2 INT.
For those scoring at home, that’s at best three solid performances in seven postseason games.
The prosecution rests.
I wouldn’t put him in the hall but then again I think MLB hall is GOAT because it never lets anyone in.
Eli Manning is better than Philip Rivers because he personally held the GOAT single-season offense to 14 points
I didn’t think Quivers would retire. He seemed to have at least slightly above average league talent still and maybe in play for Wash or Den.
holy shit he was only 68?
He had a nervous system disorder the last few years, which probably had to do with him looking older. He did have white hair for a long time, though.
Ted Thompson scored 4 points in his NFL career.
lol holy shit at this comment about Ted Thompson’s death on the Packers’ SBNation site:
“Heard he was supposed to die at 65, but traded down.”