After Week 2 quarterback crunch, Chargers' Philip Rivers counts blessings, consecutive starts
by Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times
Sep 19, 2019
3 minutes
COSTA MESA, Calif. - His dependability is such that, over the last 13-plus seasons, the only thing as guaranteed to start a Chargers game has been the coin toss.
On Sunday, Philip Rivers will make his 211th consecutive regular-season start and 222nd in a row counting the playoffs.
The perspective on those numbers - topped in NFL history only by Brett Favre - swelled even larger this week in light of the injuries to Ben Roethlisberger and Drew Brees, and the demotion of Eli Manning.
Among the NFL's old-school
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