Herd On Rivers

[Fleet]

Hard to believe that since Rivers has been in the league his teams over that time frame are 26th in rushing. With LT's career in the equation.

[blueman]

Sad but true. Glad he's at least got a pretty fearsome D this season.

[vinabolt]

What a great take. I'm pretty much agree with everything except for Eli and Flacco as SB QBs, lol. Eli in the past, yes. Current Eli, hell no. Flacco has never been a SB quarterback. He has been just a guy with 1 lucky streak, carried by a great defense. If we could defend 4th and 20 that year against them, they wouldn't even be in the playoff. They could've get eliminated by us right there. It was a fluke 4th and forever play that we didn't bother to tackle.

[vinabolt]

Yeah, the ref screwed us in that game. And the coach didn't even bother to challenge the spot.

[Gwynning_Spirit]

was inside 2 minutes

[vinabolt]

Then New York screwed us. It should've been review automatically.

[Jagged]

Awesome take. I know Rivers has his detractors, but he has enough left to get a ring. I think this team needs to continue building that defense and (at the very least) find a better option at center.

[Budsman]

But I thought rivers lacked clutchiness?

[Maverick]

But I thought rivers lacked clutchiness?

That's funny, Bud!

Yeah, bums me out regarding the huge double-standard with regard to Rivers & other top QBs.....Rivers always seems to get crucified in the past for throws/picks such as the ones Brees & Ryan tossed last night....yet anyone not-named-Rivers seems to get a pass (pun intended), whereas Rivers is just deemed "non-clutch".....hilarious!

[vinabolt]

The only consistent clutch QBs are Brady and maybe Joe "Cool" Montana. A few other QBs who are more clutch than Rivers are Rodgers, Eli Manning, maybe Big Ben and Peyton Manning late in his career.

If Rivers is non-clutch, then so is every other famous QBs from past to present. Peyton Manning was clutch in Tennessee and with DEN late in his career, but didn't in is prime in IND, in fact he was one of the most "non-clutch" QB, mostly to NE, throwing INTs and getting sacks at the worst time.

Brees is also one of the most "un-clutch" guys out there. Routinely throwing picks at the wrong time. His limited arm strength and height betray him a lot of time. It's a lot tougher to see the field clearly and throw the ball over those big bodies with long arms in pressure.

[Coachmarkos]

I heard Colin do this yesterday, and I have to say I was surprised.

One thing about Colin, and he can be a wank, but he calls it as he sees it, and he'll go on record, saying "I was wrong" unlike some other media types.

It's nice seeing people like this come around. He's no longer thought of as "petulant" or a "whiner". At least by those who actually know and understand the game.

[Panamamike]

IIRC this will be the first time in 10 years that Rivers will have a line grade out AVERAGE or better as a pass blocking unit. If we can shore up our interior run blocking, and maintain our pass protection, I am confident that Rivera gets at least one ring before he hangs em up.

[Fleet]

How good is this team if we had Prime LT on it?

[RTPbolt]

Id kill for Dielman and Hardwick back...throw in a Goff for good measure. Give me that and Gordon would be destroying teams IMO.

[Rugger05]

How good is this team if we had Prime LT on it?

How many games would this team win if Keading was on it?