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Phillip Rivers plans to play out San Diego Chargers contract

By Cameron La Fontaine

Dec 7, 2014; San Diego, CA, USA; San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers (17) throws a pass during the second quarter against the New England Patriots at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 7, 2014; San Diego, CA, USA; San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers (17) throws a pass during the second quarter against the New England Patriots at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports /
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San Diego Chargers quarterback Phillip Rivers plans to play out his current contract with the team rather than sign an extension.

San Diego Chargers quarterback Phillip Rivers was considering, but it seems to appear that he just doesn’t want to sign a contract extension with the team at this time.

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Phillip Rivers turned 33 in December, and is currently signed through the upcoming NFL season and according to a report by U-T San Diego, Rivers doesn’t want to sign an extension and wants to play out his current contract.

“What I can control and all I know as of today, I am signed up for one more year,” Rivers said. “I guess things could change, but with all the uncertainty in many aspects, I don’t see it changing before camp gets here, and when camp gets here I’m even more certain to play it out.”

The uncertainty that Phillip Rivers wants to figure out more is about the roster as well as the Chargers future location likely to be in Los Angeles, which he has reservations about.

“What we’ve established here with my growing family is hard to recreate,” he said. “It’s hard to up and recreate that. I know that moves are part of life. But that certainly is fair to say that (not being sold on moving to Los Angeles) is part of it. The good thing is I’m not under contract in a year where we’d potentially be in Los Angeles.”

Phillip Rivers played through a myriad of injuries last season from his ribs to his back injuries, which caused him to consider retirement after his contract his up, but those talks seem to be done now as he’s healed up.

The Chargers will be happy to have Rivers back. He finished the season with 4,286 yards and now has six 4,000-yard seasons with the team. It was also his fourth season with at least 30 touchdown passes (31). But, San Diego missed the playoffs for the fourth time in the last five seasons.

It’ll be interesting to see if the Chargers can keep Rivers with them, even when they move to Los Angeles. San Diego will likely have to make some big roster acquisitions and be a playoff team for Rivers to stay with them and with good attitude.

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