Jack Dempsey, The Associatd Press)
Sunday will be the first time Broncos' quarterback Brock Osweiler faces Chargers' quarterback Phillip Rivers, but the two know each other well.
Two quarterbacks separated by eight years of age have a striking number of similarities.
For starters, Rivers and Osweiler had the same college offensive coordinator, Noel Mazzone.
Rivers spent his senior season with Mazzone at North Carolina State. Osweiler spent his final two seasons with Mazzone at Arizona State.
When Osweiler was preparing for the draft, he went to UCLA to meet with Mazzone, who is now the Bruins' offensive coordinator, and Rivers met with the two of them there.