COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers usually had an animated, running dialogue with John Pagano during practice when he served as defensive coordinator for the Bolts.
So it will be a little odd for Rivers to see Pagano across the field in the silver and black when the Chargers hit the road to face the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.
“It will be weird,” Rivers said. “I think, obviously, the defense itself schematically is not the same that Pags ran here and was a part of here for, shoot, 15 years.