The Facts: A four-year contract extension announced Saturday night will keep Rivers with the Chargers through 2019.

Diehards Line: The news was first reported by Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune and then quickly confirmed by the Chargers. As PFT noted, the extension was done after a summer of posturing by both sides and rumors that talks would be shelved with the regular season approaching. Acee reported the deal is worth $84 million and $65 million guaranteed. Had the sides not worked out a deal, the exclusive franchise tag for 2016 would have been around $25 million, so it was in the team’s interests to get this deal done now for many reasons. Rivers posted his fourth career 30-touchdown season in 2014 and went over 4,000 yards passing for the sixth time. He’s started 144 straight games for the Chargers.