Phillip Rivers' Attitude (1 Viewer)

[beavers]

Why does Rivers act like a high school kid taunting Cutler and now the Indy fans? For those who didn't watch the playoff game, Rivers kept mouthing back to the Indy fans. When walking to the locker room, he's talking smack to the fans. At the end of the game, he once again talks smack to the fans. He did this to Cutler during the last regular season game. I just don't get it

 

[Balco]

Why does Rivers act like a high school kid taunting Cutler and now the Indy fans? For those who didn't watch the playoff game, Rivers kept mouthing back to the Indy fans. When walking to the locker room, he's talking smack to the fans. At the end of the game, he once again talks smack to the fans. He did this to Cutler during the last regular season game. I just don't get it

I am sure the fans were being fans, yelling at Rivers, but you have to show a little more class. Just keep going.

 

[The Dawg]

i missed it. what'd he do to cutler?

 

[comfortably numb]

Why does Rivers act like a high school kid taunting Cutler and now the Indy fans? For those who didn't watch the playoff game, Rivers kept mouthing back to the Indy fans. When walking to the locker room, he's talking smack to the fans. At the end of the game, he once again talks smack to the fans. He did this to Cutler during the last regular season game. I just don't get it

He likes to trash talk like lots of players in NFL

 

[ThePittbully]

Ryan Leaf pt. 2

 

[kylechoffman]

Who cares - bolts won.

 

[uwgb96]

I just can't shake the image of Ryan Leaf when I think of Rivers. Obviously the SD connection, but it just seems like decent talent but 10c head.

 

[ceo3west]

Why does Rivers act like a high school kid taunting Cutler and now the Indy fans? For those who didn't watch the playoff game, Rivers kept mouthing back to the Indy fans. When walking to the locker room, he's talking smack to the fans. At the end of the game, he once again talks smack to the fans. He did this to Cutler during the last regular season game. I just don't get it

Because he's still a kid

 

[beavers]

Why does Rivers act like a high school kid taunting Cutler and now the Indy fans? For those who didn't watch the playoff game, Rivers kept mouthing back to the Indy fans. When walking to the locker room, he's talking smack to the fans. At the end of the game, he once again talks smack to the fans. He did this to Cutler during the last regular season game. I just don't get it

I am sure the fans were being fans, yelling at Rivers, but you have to show a little more class. Just keep going.

That's what I think too. The fans are fans. That's what they are supposed to do. More often than not, players ignore the fans. Rivers likes to talk smack with them.I definitely think that if he keeps this up, it's going to impact his play. He keeps getting a bigger and bigger target on his back from players and fans alike. What goes around comes around I guess.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Love Rivers. I'd rather have a fiery guy like Rivers than Eli.

In the end, it doesn't matter. San Diego moves on.

 

[Mr. PadresLakers]

He was a linebacker in high school. Get over it.

 

[awesomeness]

all he was smack talking to indy fans, he did play very well. Maybe he get pumped up from stuff like this and it makes him play better

 

[beavers]

i missed it. what'd he do to cutler?

He kept taunting Cutler, even when he was on the sideline. I think it started at the beginning of the game and didn't stop.

 

[Peyton Marino]

the way he was talking trash you would think he actually did something today.

 

[beavers]

Love Rivers. I'd rather have a fiery guy like Rivers than Eli. In the end, it doesn't matter. San Diego moves on.

I don't mind Rivers but I guess I haven't seen a QB have an attitude like him. This is something I'd expect from the drama queen WR's, not the franchise QB.

 

[Ghost Rider]

I think a lot more NFL players do that than many realize.

 

[jgb95]

I was wondering the same thing win with some dignity for Pete's Sake!!!!!!

He's got to open his #######' mouth!!!!

SHUT UP AND PLAY

I like that's he's firey but not to the point of being disrepectfully.

Just my 2 cents

Good Game though he played very well.

 

[Blue-Kun]

Rivers threw 3 TD's and generally had a decent game, plus SD won when nobody gave them a shot. I mean really... OHS NOS TAUNTING IN THE GAME OF FOOTSBALLS!?!

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Rivers is the LHUCKS of the NFL, neither know when to shut their mouths.

 

[beavers]

I was wondering the same thing win with some dignity for Pete's Sake!!!!!!He's got to open his #######' mouth!!!!SHUT UP AND PLAYI like that's he's firey but not to the point of being disrepectfully.Just my 2 centsGood Game though he played very well.

I agree. Rivers played very well. But I don't get the attitude. Seriously, can anybody think of a QB with this type of attitude? Vick?

 

[CrossEyed]

SHUT UP AND PLAY

 

[The Dawg]

i missed it. what'd he do to cutler?

He kept taunting Cutler, even when he was on the sideline. I think it started at the beginning of the game and didn't stop.

interesting. probably sounded like the ifights between us nerds on here

 

[Thin Spirit]

He'll be put in his place next week.

 

[Riffraff]

the way he was talking trash you would think he actually did something today.

Oh wait... he did.

 

[Shlon]

I was wondering the same thing win with some dignity for Pete's Sake!!!!!!He's got to open his #######' mouth!!!!SHUT UP AND PLAYI like that's he's firey but not to the point of being disrepectfully.Just my 2 centsGood Game though he played very well.

I agree. Rivers played very well. But I don't get the attitude. Seriously, can anybody think of a QB with this type of attitude? Vick?

Vick flicked off the Falcons fans but he never acted like a jerk like Rivers has. Rivers was the one all angry after the Patriots did the lights out dance last year & now he's acting the same way.

 

[jgb95]

Vick's like that mostly when he loses not when he wins.

Rivers just like to be like a 3rd grade bully and get in the losing teams face.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

The comparisons to Leaf are ridiculous. Rivers shows his attitude because he loves the game. He works as hard as anybody, he's smart, likable, a strong leader that the team rallies around.

Leaf did not like or respect the game. He was disliked in the locker room, and had no leadership ability.

They are polar opposites.

 

[nxmehta]

SHUT UP AND PLAY

Be a professional. Not a child.That said, congrats to the Bolts.

 

[meanjoegreen]

Why does Rivers act like a high school kid taunting Cutler and now the Indy fans? For those who didn't watch the playoff game, Rivers kept mouthing back to the Indy fans. When walking to the locker room, he's talking smack to the fans. At the end of the game, he once again talks smack to the fans. He did this to Cutler during the last regular season game. I just don't get it

Why didn't you mention the fans were talking smack to him while he was walking to the locker room, and he said some things back. He is just having fun so big deal.

 

[jonessed]

It was LT's fault to call out the Pats for taunting fans in the middle of their field and now its Rivers' fault for taunting on the sideline. I sense a double-standard. I don't like taunting at all here, but what Rivers does is pretty minor in the grand scheme of NFL taunting.

 

[jonessed]

I was wondering the same thing win with some dignity for Pete's Sake!!!!!!He's got to open his #######' mouth!!!!SHUT UP AND PLAYI like that's he's firey but not to the point of being disrepectfully.Just my 2 centsGood Game though he played very well.

I agree. Rivers played very well. But I don't get the attitude. Seriously, can anybody think of a QB with this type of attitude? Vick?

Vick flicked off the Falcons fans but he never acted like a jerk like Rivers has. Rivers was the one all angry after the Patriots did the lights out dance last year & now he's acting the same way.

That was LT.

 

[Shlon]

I was wondering the same thing win with some dignity for Pete's Sake!!!!!!He's got to open his #######' mouth!!!!SHUT UP AND PLAYI like that's he's firey but not to the point of being disrepectfully.Just my 2 centsGood Game though he played very well.

I agree. Rivers played very well. But I don't get the attitude. Seriously, can anybody think of a QB with this type of attitude? Vick?

Vick flicked off the Falcons fans but he never acted like a jerk like Rivers has. Rivers was the one all angry after the Patriots did the lights out dance last year & now he's acting the same way.

That was LT.

LT called them classless like their coach. Rivers called Ellis Hobbs the sorriest cornerback in the league and said "Act Like You've Been There Before." He should heed his own advice there.

 

[meanjoegreen]

I was wondering the same thing win with some dignity for Pete's Sake!!!!!!He's got to open his #######' mouth!!!!SHUT UP AND PLAYI like that's he's firey but not to the point of being disrepectfully.Just my 2 centsGood Game though he played very well.

I agree. Rivers played very well. But I don't get the attitude. Seriously, can anybody think of a QB with this type of attitude? Vick?

Vick flicked off the Falcons fans but he never acted like a jerk like Rivers has. Rivers was the one all angry after the Patriots did the lights out dance last year & now he's acting the same way.

That was LT.

LT called them classless like their coach. Rivers called Ellis Hobbs the sorriest cornerback in the league and said "Act Like You've Been There Before." He should heed his own advice there.

LT was the one all angry. He left the field directly after the game because he was so angry, and Rivers was on the field shaking hands.

 

[Michael Fox Fan]

The comparisons to Leaf are ridiculous. Rivers shows his attitude because he loves the game. He works as hard as anybody, he's smart, likable, a strong leader that the team rallies around.Leaf did not like or respect the game. He was disliked in the locker room, and had no leadership ability.They are polar opposites.

Yeah, comparisons to Leaf are just silly. But that said, Rivers acted like a complete moron today.

 

[Shlon]

I was wondering the same thing win with some dignity for Pete's Sake!!!!!!He's got to open his #######' mouth!!!!SHUT UP AND PLAYI like that's he's firey but not to the point of being disrepectfully.Just my 2 centsGood Game though he played very well.

I agree. Rivers played very well. But I don't get the attitude. Seriously, can anybody think of a QB with this type of attitude? Vick?

Vick flicked off the Falcons fans but he never acted like a jerk like Rivers has. Rivers was the one all angry after the Patriots did the lights out dance last year & now he's acting the same way.

That was LT.

LT called them classless like their coach. Rivers called Ellis Hobbs the sorriest cornerback in the league and said "Act Like You've Been There Before." He should heed his own advice there.

LT was the one all angry. He left the field directly after the game because he was so angry, and Rivers was on the field shaking hands.

Read my previous post, Rivers was talking smack to the press.

 

[Tau837]

the way he was talking trash you would think he actually did something today.

Yeah, because 14/19 for 264 yards and 3 TDs isn't doing anything.

 

[Tau837]

The comparisons to Leaf are ridiculous. Rivers shows his attitude because he loves the game. He works as hard as anybody, he's smart, likable, a strong leader that the team rallies around.Leaf did not like or respect the game. He was disliked in the locker room, and had no leadership ability.They are polar opposites.

 

[kevjones22]

i dont like rivers the qb but all the #### talking is pretty sweet

 

[Challenge Everything]

Nobody knows what Rivers was saying to the crowd today. How can anybody say Rivers was acting immature or taunting? Not one poster was down there witnessing what was going on so this whole thread is pointless.

 

[Shlon]

Nobody knows what Rivers was saying to the crowd today. How can anybody say Rivers was acting immature or taunting? Not one poster was down there witnessing what was going on so this whole thread is pointless.

You could read his lips & hear what he was saying right before he went in the tunnel.

 

[Tau837]

Nobody knows what Rivers was saying to the crowd today. How can anybody say Rivers was acting immature or taunting? Not one poster was down there witnessing what was going on so this whole thread is pointless.

You could read his lips & hear what he was saying right before he went in the tunnel.

So what was he saying?

 

[Baby New Year]

Because he's a complete jackass -- what's to understand?

 

[Tau837]

Relevant articles from both the Chargers support group and Rivers threads:

Broncos hate Rivers' talk show

Monday night mouthiness creates a flap in Denver

By Kevin Acee

UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

December 27, 2007

Philip Rivers got the Denver Broncos bucking mad, and he doesn't really understand why.

“I don't know what the big deal is,” the Chargers quarterback said yesterday.

Two days after the Chargers beat them, the Broncos were still talking about Rivers and his mouth.

“I don't really care for the guy, first of all,” Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey told the Rocky Mountain News yesterday. “He's not a respectable guy right now, because you talk too much trash and do this and that, but you're really not a great player in this league right now. You're surrounded by great players, but you're not a great player.

“I think he needs to understand where he stands in this league – on his team first and foremost. They've got a lot of classy guys on that team. He kind of represents the classless guy on that team. He's definitely lost my respect.”

Even before Monday night's game Bailey told ESPN he didn't like Rivers because of how much Rivers talks.

In fact, someone told Rivers about the ESPN report during the game and he asked Bailey on the field, “Champ, what's up? I thought we were tight.”

Rivers talks almost constantly on the field. He considers it part of the game and loves getting into exchanges with opponents.

“I talked no more in that game than any game in my life,” he said. “ . . . We get after our guys more in practice than in that game.”

Bailey and other Broncos spoke yesterday in response to questions about Rivers being caught on camera yelling toward the Broncos during the fourth quarter, long after he had been taken out of the game in the 23-3 rout.

After a failed fourth-down pass by Jay Cutler, Rivers was shown going a few steps onto the field to greet linebackers Shaun Phillips and Matt Wilhelm. While doing so, he was looking toward the Broncos.

“We get a fourth-down stop,” Rivers recalled yesterday. “I'm not in the game anymore, so I'm way into the defense more than I normally am. . . . Matt Wilhelm and Shaun Phillips, those guys have been jawing the whole game with them. We get a good stop. They are jawing. I'm not anywhere involved. I come out to congratulate them on the stop, and while I'm out there, yeah, there is some eye contact, but I'm saying, 'Atta baby' to Matt Wilhelm and Shaun Phillips. Sure there is eye contact. Maybe there is a smirk. But I am speaking to my guys.”

Cutler could be seen at midfield looking in their direction, and Phillips said yesterday that it was Cutler who started the talking.

“It's funny,” Phillips said. “Philip walked out and told us not to say anything, that we're winning. And Cutler is yelling. . . . Cutler does a lot of talking. I thought it was funny they were talking and losing.”

Phillips said in the fourth quarter Cutler was “just letting us know he wasn't a punk. I respect that. He was letting us know he'd see us next time.”

In the exchange, Wilhelm was seen waving good-bye to the Broncos, and Phillips was pointing at the scoreboard.

But there was immediate reaction from the television commentators and in the ensuing days from fans about how the behavior was unbecoming for Rivers.

Rivers has heard the talk for more than a year that he gets too riled up during games. He has long maintained it's simply how he plays and that it even helps him.

“I'm not going to change,” he said. “ . . . I'm not saying I'm trying to be the guy who goes nuts and acts crazy. That's not who I am. But the thing is there are no bad intentions. It's all in fun.”

Other Chargers defended Rivers.

“What they've got to understand is Philip is a football player,” tight end Antonio Gates said. “If they put him in that category it wouldn't be a problem. But since he's a quarterback, quarterbacks stereotypically shouldn't say or do or act a certain kind of way on the field.

“That's the thing that's not known about him. We know him as a person. He does it in the locker room, in practice, on the field. He plays the game with his heart. That's why he's that way.”

Rivers also explained yesterday another time he was caught talking by ESPN's cameras on Monday. Rivers said after a play in which Broncos linebacker Jamie Winborn had gotten past fullback Andrew Pinnock, Winborn came near the Chargers sideline and yelled, “Where's Lo Neal?”

Rivers said he yelled back, “The ball is over there,” and then yelled to Winborn, “You're glad he ain't playing.”

Cutler said yesterday the Broncos had discussed Rivers' antics.

“It's an unfortunate situation,” he said. “They talk a lot of stuff. It got heated between the two teams. Personally, I don't think the teams like each other, which is fine. It's just going to add to it later next year and the year after that. It should be exciting.”

Of all the teams to question what Rivers has done, Denver seems an odd antagonist.

In four career starts against the Broncos, Rivers has a 119.8 passer rating, and the Chargers have won all four by an average of 39-13. In those games, he has completed 69.6 of his passes for 960 yards and seven touchdowns with two interceptions.

“I understand some of the frustration is they've lost four in a row to this team,” Rivers said. “People don't like losing four in a row.”

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/charg...27chargers.html

Rivers is real

Kevin Acee

December 27, 2007

So many e-mails, so many questions in the mailbag. I thought I'd just give my take on the hyper QB here.

I cannot stress enough how great a guy Philip Rivers is. I say that not because he makes my job easier and more enjoyable. I say it because it is the truth.

He is not a poor sport or in any way the ugly trash talker some are portraying.

I defend him (if that's what you want to call it) because I know that he's real. He is who he is. And it is what makes him who he is -- on the field, in the locker room, at practice. He just loves the game and plays it all out.

Nope, he has not yet won a playoff game. (He's 0-1 in the postseason.) But after 31 regular-season starts, he has won 24 times. He has an 86.8 passer rating and has thrown 41 touchdown passes to 24 interceptions in those 31 starts.

Sure, as Champ Bailey noted, he is surrounded by great players. Rivers is fortunate to have LT, Antonio Gates and now Chris Chambers. But Rivers is also a very good quarterback. He has struggled this year. He is not a Pro Bowler. But he makes throws and decisions that reveal he is a fine QB. And he is tougher than many.

As for how Rivers acts on the field, his talking and gesturing is part of his play. It always has been. I'd imagine it always will be.

The comment I hear most often is that Rivers should stop talking and concentrate on playing better. Do people who say that think he is not spending 80 hours a week working on being better? Do they think if he stopped yapping, he'd automatically be better. I argue that he might be worse.

I used to cover a guy named Jim Edmonds, who had something of the opposite "problem" as Rivers. His teammates and Angels management wondered aloud again and again how good a player Edmonds would be if he just tried harder, was more passionate about the game. Thing was, Edmonds was the most exciting and most clutch baseball player I ever covered on a daily basis. When the rest of the Angels were collapsing in September of 1998, he was batting something like .380. His argument (and mine) was that if he were a different guy, he wouldn't be as good a player.

I'm not saying everything Rivers says or does is brilliant or even advised.

But honestly, if Rivers were a linebacker, no one would even notice. As he said yesterday, if he were to give me a list of all the things that were said on the field Monday night by every player, "It would be longer than the Mitchell Report."

He does not talk about people's mom's or wives. He doesn't curse.

"To think of what is said on the field that is way worse than anything out of my mouth is unimaginable," Rivers said.

He has all the respect in the world for Champ Bailey.

"You don't go after the guy," Rivers said.

But he loves to have fun and considers that fun part of the game. When he does complete a pass on Bailey, if Bailey looks at him, Rivers said he will grin "like, 'Hey we got you.' It's always been a very respectful communication between me and him."

He noted that maybe Bailey hasn't taken it that way.

Rivers was honestly surprised by the hubbub over what happened Monday.

He said he took no offense to what anyone said to him or his teammates. Recalling Jamie Winborn hollering about Lorenzo Neal on Monday, Rivers said, "So what? I would have done that too. It's fun."

I promise you he is like that pretty much every moment of the day. Quite a few times I have gotten irritated at him for interrupting an interview by walking by and making fun of me or his teammate that I'm trying to talk to.

The reasons this is an issue is because ESPN had about a million cameras at that game and the game was a blowout and Rivers was on the sideline. And because he is a quarterback, people think he shouldn't act this way.

As he reminded me last night of his high school career, "I used to be a linebacker."

 

[Mr. PadresLakers]

Nobody knows what Rivers was saying to the crowd today. How can anybody say Rivers was acting immature or taunting? Not one poster was down there witnessing what was going on so this whole thread is pointless.

You could read his lips & hear what he was saying right before he went in the tunnel.

So what was he saying?

He said "Thanks I appreciate it"... I swear I have it on TIVO check for yourself.

 

[BoltBacker]

Love Rivers. I'd rather have a fiery guy like Rivers than Eli. In the end, it doesn't matter. San Diego moves on.

That's what I always come back to as well. "Rivers is TOO emotional!". "Eli isn't emotional ENOUGH!". Waaaaaaa. At some point maybe we should just judge them based on how they perform on the field of play. I think it's the Sportscentering-of-america that we seem more preoccupied with coaches shaking hands after the game and players expressions on the bench than how... they... play... the GAME. It's a sport. All the want-to-be-melo-dramas on the sidelines are just that. If you are really that fascinated by sideline drama and "good guys" and "bad guys" walking around the field of play instead of on it I'd suggest just watching soap operas and leave the sports to sport fans.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Nobody knows what Rivers was saying to the crowd today. How can anybody say Rivers was acting immature or taunting? Not one poster was down there witnessing what was going on so this whole thread is pointless.

You could read his lips & hear what he was saying right before he went in the tunnel.

So what was he saying?

He said "Thanks I appreciate it"... I swear I have it on TIVO check for yourself.

Truth. I heard it too.

 

[Tau837]

Nobody knows what Rivers was saying to the crowd today. How can anybody say Rivers was acting immature or taunting? Not one poster was down there witnessing what was going on so this whole thread is pointless.

You could read his lips & hear what he was saying right before he went in the tunnel.

So what was he saying?

He said "Thanks I appreciate it"... I swear I have it on TIVO check for yourself.

Yeah, I thought that's what I heard, but I got the impression that Shlon was implying he was being immature or taunting, since he replied to CE's post saying we don't know he was doing either of those things.

 

[The Dawg]

Nobody knows what Rivers was saying to the crowd today. How can anybody say Rivers was acting immature or taunting? Not one poster was down there witnessing what was going on so this whole thread is pointless.

You could read his lips & hear what he was saying right before he went in the tunnel.

So what was he saying?

He said "Thanks I appreciate it"... I swear I have it on TIVO check for yourself.

Truth. I heard it too.

Same here, but my sarcasm detector was off the charts!

 

[Riffraff]

He could act like Kurt Warner praising an almighty god after every play.

But being the ultimate "nice guy" also pisses a lot of people off.

You can't win over every fan. Deal with it.

 

[BoltBacker]

Because he's a complete jackass -- what's to understand?

Maybe Rivers needs a new alias?