2. Three Philip Rivers’ turnovers was best-case scenario
Yes, you read that title correctly – Philip Rivers tossing three interceptions on Sunday against Kansas City was the absolute best-case scenario when it was all said and done. That being said, the even scarier part about Rivers’ performance, was that he could have easily thrown two or three more picks to the Chiefs’ secondary.
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If there was one major reason why the Chargers wouldn’t have a successful season in 2017, it was that Philip Rivers would ultimately fall back into a bad habit of throwing picks. Needless to say, he now has four interceptions in the team’s first three games this year.
Just look at how the Chiefs offense fared after each Rivers’ interception on Sunday:
- Interception 1: Tyreek Hill 30-yard receiving touchdown (7-0 Chiefs)
- Interception 2: Albert Wilson 6-yard receiving touchdown (14-0 Chiefs)
- Interception 3: Cairo Santos 31-yard field goal (17-7 Chiefs)
That’s 17 points in the first-half Kansas City was able to get off of three Rivers’ interceptions. I can’t even imagine what the score would’ve been if the Chiefs defenders would have held onto a few of his errantly thrown footballs in the second-half.
That said, I’m 100 percent confident that Rivers will watch the film, adjust and get better moving forward; however, the Chargers can’t take too many more performances like this or the veteran’s time in Los Angeles may be coming to a close sooner rather than later.