Over the last decade, Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers has ranked among the NFL’s top 10 in passing yards nine times. Posting consistently prolific numbers, the 37-year-old’s resume has warranted talk of a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Yet for those who don’t watch many Chargers games, discussion of Rivers often falls back on a familiar topic.
He throws like somebody rehabbing from shoulder surgery. https://t.co/bCKg4pTSGo
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) January 6, 2019
Rivers’s throwing motion is, quite simply, different. It doesn’t resemble the normal overhead arm angle of many other quarterbacks.