On Sunday, Philip Rivers said he plans to play football in 2020.
He was also resigned to the fact that he may have to do so for a new team if he does.
The 38-year-old Los Angeles Chargers quarterback had just completed one of his and his team’s worst seasons of his 16-year career.
What is management thinking?
General manager Tom Telesco didn’t sound ready to give up on Rivers in a Thursday news conference. At the same time, he wasn’t dismissing the reality of Rivers’ decline.
“There's throws that he still makes that a lot of QBs in this league don’t,” Telesco told reporters.