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Philip Rivers retires after 17 seasons

Well, shoot. It looks like the moment we’ve all been anticipating for some time has finally arrived.

Former Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, the G-rated talker and fiery competitor, is calling it a career after 17 seasons in the NFL — 16 with the Chargers — according to Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune.

“It’s just time,” the 39-year old told Acee late Tuesday night inside his home in Indianapolis. “I can sit here and say, ‘I can still throw it. I love to play,’ ” Rivers said.