Ian Rapoport said on “NFL Total Access” that a month ago there were “serious doubts” the Chargers could resign the quarterback after Rivers openly spoke of his disappointment with the teams direction.
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The San Diego Chargers have signed quarterback Philip Rivers up to a four-year contract extension, worth a reported $83million. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The deal is worth $83.25 million with $65 million guaranteed, sources told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen.
Earlier this offseason, there were reports that Philip Rivers didn’t want to stay with the San Diego Chargers if the team moved to Los Angeles.
San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers throws against the…
Rivers has said he’d be OK playing out the deal, but also said he’d be open to an extension, as long as talks didn’t drag out into the season. During the 2013 & 2014 seasons, Rivers threw 63 touchdowns and 29 interceptions, compared to only 53 touchdowns and 35 interceptions the two previous seasons.
Rivers, 33, has spent all 11 of his professional years with the Chargers, passing for an impressive 35,000 yards and 250 touchdowns in that time.
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The Chargers haven’t made the playoffs four of the past five years. Rivers is one of the greatest leaders in the league, but his physical tools have regressed a bit in the past year or two. Brees led New Orleans to a Super Bowl title after the 2009 season. That will keep Rivers in a Chargers uniform through 2019, though no financial details have been revealed yet so we don’t know for how much.
