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Last Thursday night in Arrowhead Stadium, Philip Rivers found himself in a hauntingly familiar scenario: trailing late and chasing a score. Since he became the starter in 2006, Rivers has lost 28 times by three points or fewer, more than any other quarterback in that span. Another just-short crushing defeat in a critical game would be oh-so Chargers. To his credit, Rivers now has 30 game-winning drives in his career, yet his tenure has been consistently defined by narrow, frustrating losses where he frantically tries to make something happen late, usually with his trademark exasperated gesturing. Last Thursday was not one of the latter. With four seconds left, Rivers found Mike Williams in the end zone for what was presumably a game-tying score — that is, until Los Angeles surprised everyone and delighted analytics proponents by going for the win with a two-point conversion. Rivers found Williams open again for what was essentially a walk-off victory. With the Chiefs losing two of their last four and the Cha
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