Philip Rivers or Peyton Manning: Chargers Fan Picks Rivers

I was scanning the CBS Sports message board looking at a Colts-Chargers thread that is way too premature, and some Indianapolis Colts fans have Peyton Manning on a pedestal high above San Diego Chargers Quarterback Philip Rivers.

As a Chargers fan, I just don't see it that way. Manning has been spectacular without a doubt, but Rivers is (in the words of LaDainian Tomlinson) "playing out of his mind right now."

Manning has played at an extremely high level for a long time, and has now transcended the game. Rivers may never transcend the game, but his play has been off the charts in his four years as a starter in this league.

I understand Manning's won the Super Bowl, but so has Trent Dilfer, Brad Johnson, Eli Manning, and Ben Roethlisberger—with his QB ratin...

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