The Facts: The Los Angeles Chargers and Rivers have mutually agreed that Rivers will enter free agency and not return to the team for the 2020 season.
Diehards Line:
Rivers, who owns more than 30 franchise records, ranks inside the Top 10 of the NFL's all-time lists in numerous categories. His 123 career regular season victories as a starter rank ninth in NFL history, ahead of the likes of Johnny Unitas, Joe Montana and Jim Kelly. Sitting at No. 6 on the all-time touchdowns list with 397, ahead of John Elway, Montana and Unitas, Rivers joined Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Brett Favre and Dan Marino this past season as the only players to eclipse 58,000 career passing yards. His 70 300-plus passing yard performances, more than all-time greats Marino and Favre, are good for fourth in NFL history behind only Brees, Peyton Manning and Brady. Now, he'll be adding to those numbers with another team. We'll be watching for more on that in coming weeks.