Quarterback Blurb Breakdown: Philip Rivers

For the last set of quarterback rankings, please check this article HERE. Not everybody likes Philip Rivers. There may be an entire industry built around hating him. I have never quite understood it—he's not even the most obnoxious player at his position in his team's history (Ryan Leaf anyone)? He's a trash talker and I love a good fiery trash talker (see last fall's constant Rudy Carpenter analysis), so maybe I'm immune to his tomfoolery. All I know is, last season he talked—and backed it up. If you drafted Rivers as part of a quarterback by committee or your back-up, there's a fair chance you started him a ton more than you thought you would. Rivers led the league in passer rating and touchdown passes in 2008 and was in the top five quarterbacks of many fantasy leagues. It's worth noting he did it with a shaky offensive line, no blocking fullback to count on and a perpetually injured LaDainian Tomlinson. Of course, being down late in many g...