FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Nobody needs to tell Philip Rivers he has never beaten the quarterback who will be on the other side of the field Sunday in an AFC divisional-round playoff game against the New England Patriots. The Los Angeles Chargers quarterback knows full well about Tom Brady’s perfect record against him. He also knows that while Brady can pretty much block out his calendar every year for the AFC Championship Game, it’s an engagement that has eluded Rivers for more than a decade.
These are not minor details that get lost on a quarterback who has been around the league for 15 years and has a photographic football memory.