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Philip Rivers wants to ‘take a deep breath and regroup’ before returning in 2020

Philip Rivers knows the end of his football career is around the corner.

He’s just not ready to hang it up quite yet.

Rivers, who is in the final year of his contract with the Los Angeles Chargers, said he wants to keep playing for the Chargers next season — which will be the first in SoFi Stadium, the massive new Inglewood stadium set to open next year. He’s just planning to take a breath before making a decision this offseason.

“I think that is my desire,” Rivers said, via ESPN. “But I do think that it only seems right to say, ‘Alright, let’s take a deep breath and regroup.