Count him out, if it takes the San Diegan another five years to get back to the Super Bowl tournament as happened before his return this month.
Rivers turned 37 in December.
While he said recently he expected to continue playing “a handful of years” and is coming off one of his better seasons, it would be a stretch to project Rivers to age as well as two older quarterbacks. One, the great Tom Brady, 41, has a stronger arm and Bill Belichick as his coach. The other, former Chargers teammate Drew Brees, who turns 40 on Tuesday, is a better athlete and completed an NFL-leading 74.