It's official. Philip Rivers has gone 15 NFL seasons without winning a championship, and he won't even appear in a Super Bowl—if he ever does at all—until he's at least 38 years old.
How might a long record of playoff shortcomings impact Rivers' chances of getting into the Pro Football Hall of Fame? By all indications, we've yet to reach the epilogue in the story of Rivers' career, but his case for Canton is shaping up to be one that will arouse a familiar debate pitting team accomplishments against strong individual statistics.
After all, Rivers is the eighth-highest-rated passer in NFL history.