Philip Rivers, QB, San Diego Chargers

July 2, 2010 @ 13:00:00

By Cory J. Bonini
Edited by Bryce McRae

Philip Rivers | San Diego Chargers | 6-foot-5, 228 pounds | 7th year

2010 Projected NFL/Fantasy Football Statistics

Pass Att		Pass Com		Pass Yds		Pass TDs		Int		Run Att		Run Yds		Run TDs		Tot TDs
Lo	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo	Hi
496	546	316	366	4339	4739	28	32	11	13	24	34	40	70	0	1	28	33

Pros: Rivers has been a tough competitor in his four years as a full-time starter, not having missed a game. He has topped 65.0 percent passing each of the last two seasons, and his already impressive 8.4 yards-per-attempt average jumped to 8.8 last year. Rivers threw three touchdowns for every interception in '09, finishing the year with 28 scoring strikes; he chipped in one more on the ground. His quick release allows him to avoid sacks (25 each of the last two years). In an offense built for pushing the ball downfield, Rivers has excelled. His targets include All-Pro tight end Antonio Gates, wide receiver Vincent Jackson and a bevy of talented role players. San Diego theoretically improved their ground attack with their first-round pick of Ryan Mathews, who is also a capable receiver. He is the only quarterback in the league to post ratings of 100.0-plus each of the past two seasons and one of three to ever accomplish the feat (Peyton Manning, Steve Young).

Cons: Jackson is currently holding out, and his camp says the receiver is ready to let this linger into the regular season. To complicate matters even further, Jackson is suspended for at least the first three games of the year and may be traded. If the running game can't get going defenders could look to tee-off on Rivers - especially if left tackle Marcus McNeill continues to hold out. How will Mathews hold up in pass protection. Can relatively untested weapons pick up the slack?

Fantasy tip: His early fourth-round average draft placement is about right. There's little mystery with Rivers. He won't be overvalued or undervalued, and you'll have to pay to get him. Keep a close eye on the McNeill and Jackson holdouts, because they will directly impact Rivers' fantasy prospects.

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Cory J. Bonini

Cory J. Bonini is a senior editor at KFFL. In late 2002, Bonini joined the KFFL staff as a research analyst. He vaulted himself into one of the industry's leading fantasy analysts.

Bonini has been involved in fantasy sports since 1996. A member of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association as well as Fantasy Sports Writers Association, he has been featured in print, on the radio and is also a published writer on scores of sites. Bonini co-hosted Big Lead Sports on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio from 2011 to 2012.

Bonini was recognized with the 2010 Best Article in Print Award from the FSWA and was a finalist for the same award in 2011. In '11, he finished first overall in the FSWA NFL experts challenge that featured 60 of the industry's best competitors.

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