Philip Rivers, the Chargers' all-time leader in passing yards, touchdowns, and starts, said he pulls "like crazy" for Justin Herbert and compared the Los Angeles franchise's quarterback future to the Packers' Favre-Rodgers lineage.
Philip Rivers’ late-season return to the NFL was supposed to be a short-term emergency fix. Instead, it reopened a much bigger conversation about his future in football. With multiple teams quietly doing background work on him as a potential head coach, including the Las Vegas Raiders, Rivers has suddenly become one of the most unconventional yet intriguing names on the 2026 coaching carousel. This is why the gamble might actually make sense.