Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Philip Rivers is a Jerk...?
Something that I notice recently is that there is a general consensus around Seattle fandom (myself included) that Philip Rivers is a jerk and a general bad sport. Many fans would go as far as to call him an A-hole. This interests me because I cant figure out exactly why he has this reputation. Sure he flipped off the crowd a few years back, but plenty of other players have done similar things and managed to shake the jerk reputation. The biggest example of this is Ray Lewis, who was an accomplice to a murder, yet fans still love him. Rivers has definitely produced on the field (58 TD to 22 INT in the last two seasons) to a point where most players would earn fans, but he just doesn't. His negative vibe appears to hurt him in the wallet also, as he doesn't have very many, if any, national endorsements. It seems to me that Rivers must exude a natural aura of jerkiness because for whatever reason people just don't like him.
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The whole thing seems like it mainly picked up back during his verbal exchange with Jay Cutler a few years ago, who was the Broncos QB at the time.
ReplyDeleteGood observation though - I do find it funny that I have to keep enduring terrible watch and jewelry TV commercials starring Eli Manning when he's no where near the QB caliber of Rivers.
I, for one, wouldn't mind getting flipped off as long as our QB posts 90+ passer ratings almost every game.
boy do you look like an idiot now..
DeleteUnknown, amazing remembrance of the comments! That was like a 5 month pull.
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