Rumor: The San Diego Chargers Gave Doug Whaley A Phone Call About Trading For Rivers

[YardRat]

I feel a little dirty, but how can you not thank a Marvin Gaye reference?

[The Jokeman]

I feel a little dirty, but how can you not thank a Marvin Gaye reference?

Because Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong wrote that brilliant song and maybe writers should get more credit for winning than QBs er singers should

[BillsImpossible]

Because Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong wrote that brilliant song and maybe writers should get more credit for winning than QBs er singers should

love it! lol, you guys are awesome.

[Dr. Who]

I looked this up just because it was an interesting comment that piqued my curiosity, but New Orleans, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Denver, St Louis and Chicago allegedly are 'top ten' Catholic and have NFL teams.

https://www.osv.com/osvnewsweekly/by...aspx?ref=top10

I don't really know how one quantifies that sort of thing.
I mistrust quantifiable analysis for something more qualitative in nature.
No way LA or Denver is more Catholic than Buffalo.
An ethos is far more than simply the number of people in a diocese.

[Meathead]

eli manning is the only guy in the nfl luckier than bill belicheater

[Meathead]

id love to have rivers here but it would take so much that you would be resigning yourself to probably another decade of fail starting in three years

i guess id still do it

[IlluminatusUIUC]

No way LA or Denver is more Catholic than Buffalo

They probably are, actually, but it's largely Hispanic catholics.

[Skooby]

The only way I see the Bills getting Rivers is by trading them Dareus. They're both looking for contracts after the season. It would be the only trade I see happening. I don't know if I would agree with that. Dareus is going to be getting a 100 million contract so instead of losing him the Bills might decide to do this.

There's an idea. Did we ever get a link or is it fantasyland ??

[justasportsfan]

So. Has this rumor gotten anywhere ye?. Another rumor going around is that Merriman got caught with enhancement drugs crossing the border from Canada.

[feldspar]

Doesn't necessarily mean anything even if it DID happen. If the Chargers are entertaining the idea of trading Rivers and called the Bills, I'm sure they also called all the other QB-needy teams. We would in no way be special in any of that, and it would only reflect on what the Chargers are thinking, not the Bills.

[Saratoga Slim]

One nice thing is that for the first time since forever, it's not laughable that a good QB might want to come to Buffalo. Play for Rex, hand off to Shady, and throw to Watkins/Harvin/Woods/Clay. It's now an attractive place to land.

Getting Rivers is almost like getting Manning or Brady from a brains perspective too. He's smart, like another coach, and would round out the Rex hiring even further. Combine him and Roman, with Rex running the defense, and this is absolutely a Super Bowl contender.

[Mace]

Did he tell you this himself? Do you have proof of this? I know he cares very much about his family but have never heard such things.

Assuming you are serious and not having read through the rest of the thread to see if anyone else answered, the info is not real hard to find. I don't really see any reason I should look it up for you if you're that lazy.

[BertSquirtgum]

There's an idea. Did we ever get a link or is it fantasyland ??

Why would I provide a link? All my post is, is theory. I don't want the Bills to trade away Dareus. Even if it is for Rivers.

[BertSquirtgum]

Assuming you are serious and not having read through the rest of the thread to see if anyone else answered, the info is not real hard to find. I don't really see any reason I should look it up for you if you're that lazy.

I read the whole thread from the beginning. Maybe you didn't? I was the third post or so in. I see people just rambling about Rivers personal life and not providing any facts.

[Mace]

I read the whole thread from the beginning. Maybe you didn't? I was the third post or so in. I see people just rambling about Rivers personal life and not providing any facts.

It doesn't really matter, I think I used up all my offseason angst already and I'm just not really set to argue with anyone about anything with any passion anymore anyway. SI and the Chargers sb nation crew had the material. I'm falling back into apathetic so whatever.

[WagonCircler]

I read the whole thread from the beginning. Maybe you didn't? I was the third post or so in. I see people just rambling about Rivers personal life and not providing any facts.

The "rambling" about Rivers' personal life is in response to the notion that Rivers would not want to play here. I don't see that as a given at all.

I also don't believe for a second that this scenario would actually happen. You don't just give up a Phillip Rivers without a serious backup plan at QB. A trade with Buffalo wouldn't get the Chargers any type of solution at QB, while trades with other teams could.

[X-Era]

The "rambling" about Rivers' personal life is in response to the notion that Rivers would not want to play here. I don't see that as a given at all.

I also don't believe for a second that this scenario would actually happen. You don't just give up a Phillip Rivers without a serious backup plan at QB. A trade with Buffalo wouldn't get the Chargers any type of solution at QB, while trades with other teams could.

Are you saying that Rivers won't be traded at all? If the rumors are true that he doesn't want toplay in LA I could see the Chargers respecting his wishes.

[YardRat]

I have a hard time believing Rivers would be willing to either uproot his large family and move them off to anywhere (maybe a specific area where he would consider retiring to eventually is a possibility, but IMO that's not Buffalo) or go more than a season or two being away from the family for 2/3's of the year.

[TacklingDummy]

Rivers for Dareus = no brainier.

[Night Train]

Rivers for Dareus = no brainier.

Oh, the irony