Philip Rivers Injury Update – Fantasy Football Impact
Philip Rivers of the San Diego Chargers suffered a torn ACL last year in the 2007 NFL playoffs. Rivers played on the injury and gave a heroic effort before he and the Chargers fell short.
While a torn ACL is always serious, Rivers has made a speedy recover. He was active in the Chargers’ minicamp and he’s going to be ready to play for the Chargers in training camp. He probably won’t practice twice a day like everyone else but there’s no reason to believe he won’t be ready for the regular season opener.
That said, Rivers was an inconsistent last season as a fantasy football quarter. If you relied on Rivers as your fantasy team’s starting quarterback, you likely weren’t pleased with the way he played. Considering his inconsistent play last year and his torn ACL, he should enter the 2008 fantasy football season as a backup quarterback.
If Rivers suffers a setback, Billy Volek is waiting in the wings and has proven to be as good backup QB.
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I couldn’t pick Rivers when he was healthy and I still can’t pick him. He’s not a guy I really trust as my QB for fantasy football and I don’t think he will live up to type of player everyone thinks he will be by the end of his career in SD.
Drew Brees should still be the Chargers QB!