Originally posted on 08/07/2011:

Quote Originally Posted by WvGambler View Post
Rivers is not a winner. History proves it. One of the most talented teams every year. Why no one makes him accountable like they do other QBs is ridiculous.
Because more often than not, Rivers puts his team in a position to win and they blow it.

Yes, he's had some games where he didn't play well and the team has lost because of it. But they are few and far between. The difference between winning QBs (Brady, Roethlisberger) is that their teams step up when they have a bad game instead of fading. Whenever Brady seems to have an off game, the Patriots D steps up and bails him out. How many times has the Steelers run game/defense risen to the occasion when Big Ben couldn't complete a pass? The Chargers D never rises to the occasion. They usually falter from it. And the special teams last year. Sweet Jesus.

Rivers doesn't get the blame because most of San Diego's losses come in the form of wideout's dropping would- -be-game-winning touchdowns in the endzone (KC), getting two punts blocked returned for points (Oak), a rookie wr thinking he's still in college and forgetting he's not down until touched and fumbling away a scoring drive (NE), the field goal unit false starting and turning a last second 46 yard chippy into a 51 yarder and the kicker missing it (NE), giving up two kick-off returns for touchdowns, including one late in the 4th quarter after a Rivers drive tied it up (SEA), etc etc.

Certainly every QB has moments when his team disintegrates. But then he often has moments when the picks him up when he's playing like shit. The Chargers seem to implode precisely at the moment Rivers has brought them back or put them out front. (can you say in the playoffs against the Jets or Pats?) And they never seem to step up when Rivers plays poorly and win a game on their own. That is a coaching problem. And that is why the Pats/Steelers win Superbowls, and the Chargers don't make the playoffs.