Philip Rivers (1 Viewer)

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

I was never a huge Rivers fan in the past, and a lot of people said he would come crashing back to earth after his huge 2008 season, but he has quietly been a consistently rock solid QB1 all year. This week he goes up against a 20th ranked Dallas pass defense, and it seems like another game where SD will be forced to pass a bunch. I'm thinking at worst he would come in around QB 5-8, yet he's listed at QB 12/13, below guys like Alex Smith.

What am I missing here? What about this matchup makes Rivers a marginal starting QB?

 

[goldenchild]

I was never a huge Rivers fan in the past, and a lot of people said he would come crashing back to earth after his huge 2008 season, but he has quietly been a consistently rock solid QB1 all year. This week he goes up against a 20th ranked Dallas pass defense, and it seems like another game where SD will be forced to pass a bunch. I'm thinking at worst he would come in around QB 5-8, yet he's listed at QB 12/13, below guys like Alex Smith. What am I missing here? What about this matchup makes Rivers a marginal starting QB?

I'd wait until the updated projections come out (tomorrow/friday).I also don't get why Sproles is ahead of LT in the RB rankings too, but I will wait until the Thur/Fri rankings and see how is looks... As a Sproles owner, I would love to believe it, but LT seems to be doing just enough to keep the torch from being comletely passed.

 

[thriftyrocker]

I was never a huge Rivers fan in the past, and a lot of people said he would come crashing back to earth after his huge 2008 season, but he has quietly been a consistently rock solid QB1 all year. This week he goes up against a 20th ranked Dallas pass defense, and it seems like another game where SD will be forced to pass a bunch. I'm thinking at worst he would come in around QB 5-8, yet he's listed at QB 12/13, below guys like Alex Smith. What am I missing here? What about this matchup makes Rivers a marginal starting QB?

Alex Smith is definitely underrated for the stretch run. The spread offense means he will have 300/2 pretty much every game.