Philip Rivers (4 Viewers)

[SystemShock]

Just so I understand, you are saying that a QB that is fifth of all time in completion percentage and fifth of all time in the history of the NFL in total yardage is no better than Taysom Hill?

What do longevity stats (especially when they are 17 years long) have to do with the here and now?

 

[J.T.]

All this makes Ingram trade huge. A best bet is a run heavy offense with Simien as QB, and Taysom in TE, RB role

This is what should happen.

 

[Meachemdat]

All this makes Ingram trade huge. A best bet is a run heavy offense with Simien as QB, and Taysom in TE, RB role

This times 1000.
I like the idea of not asking Siemian to do too much and rely more on our two back, ground and pound offense with Taysom in spurts to give us a shot in the arm when needed.

 

[tim martin]

I’m not saying rivers is the answer but he was awesome In the playoffs last year against the bills

 

[SystemShock]

I doubt he’s ready. If he was we wouldnt have Siemian.

Payton likes a #2 with NFL experience.

 

[the-commish]

Philip Rivers was bad in his last season at Indy. Why in Hades would we want him?

 

[Atreus21]

RG3. He's only 31.

 

[Ediddy7023]

Looks like this could very well happen. I live in the area where he now resides and everyone loves him. I think he can still play and I definitely think we can use his experience & leadership. He also has a lot of swagger and talks a lot smack (like Tom Brady). He brings that competitiveness and fire that will fit in well with our team. I say sign him now!!

 

[insidejob]

Looks like this could very well happen. I live in the area where he now resides and everyone loves him. I think he can still play and I definitely think we can use his experience & leadership. He also has a lot of swagger and talks a lot smack (like Tom Brady). He brings that competitiveness and fire that will fit in well with our team. I say sign him now!!

I seem to have missed the part where you tell us why it "looks like this could very well happen." unless you living in the same city that he and his flock now reside in is why it's going to happen. I'm not going to lie though, I'm not really seeing why you living in the same town as him is an indication that he is going to come out of retirement to play football again at all, much less for the Saints.

 

[Ediddy7023]

I seem to have missed the part where you tell us why it "looks like this could very well happen." unless you living in the same city that he and his flock now reside in is why it's going to happen. I'm not going to lie though, I'm not really seeing why you living in the same town as him is an indication that he is going to come out of retirement to play football again at all, much less for the Saints.

Was just a statement man. Please calm down. You must be real fun at partys right Kevin?

 

[BIGSAINTSFAN]

Before doing that why not give our own drafted fella a chance?

This team is ready to win now. Now is not the time to give a rookie a chance, especially one that isn't even active on game day. No knock on Book, but he is simply not ready for prime time.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

This team is ready to win now. Now is not the time to give a rookie a chance, especially one that isn't even active on game day. No knock on Book, but he is simply not ready for prime time.

I agree he’s prolly not ready, disagree tho that we are ready to win now. We aren’t Super Bowl contenders imo.

 

[jimwnola]

No, he wasn't "bad in his last season at Indy." He played all 16 games, threw for over 4000 yards, his TD to Interception ratio was 24-11, his completion percentage was 67.96%, and QB rating was 97. Moreover, the Colts went 11-5 last year with Rivers. Without him, they are now 3-5. At 39, he is still younger than Brees last year. I don't understand all the hating of Rivers. No one is asking him to be the long term future or claiming he is still an elite QB at this age. But, given our realistic options at this point in the season, I would much rather have him on the team, than not. Of course, there would also be a certain poetry to Rivers following Brees in New Orleans, given there history in San Diego. Although the Saints miraculously won with Trevor Siemian on Sunday, I there are some good reasons as to why he was only 7th round draft pick, a present day third string QB, had a lifetime QB rating of 79.1, and had thrown only 6 passes in 4 years until Sunday.

 

[Saintaholik]

Philip Rivers doesn’t give us a better chance of winning a SB than Taysom Hill, which is saying something.

This is just false

Whether you like.the guy or not, it undeniable that he was still a very good qb last year with that colts team.

And if your comparing Phillip and Taysom, it's no contest. Sadly Phillip is 3x the qb that Taysom is.

He can read defenses and run an offense without any restraints.

Taysom cannot.

They aren't even in the Same league, he would be a huge upgrade

 

[willkro]

I like the idea of Siemian starting with Taysom in the Joker roll. He can also throw some passes. If Taysom starts, we don't get him doing the many things that he brings to the offense as the Joker