Philip Rivers was at the start of the offseason training program Monday — but for how much longer. With talks of the Chargers possibly moving to L.A. and trading Rivers, things are fluid in San Diego.
New Chargers receiver Steve Johnson even said he was looking forward to catching Rivers’ passes on Tuesday.
One of Rivers’ most notable former teammates, NFL Media’s LaDainian Tomlinson, believes Rivers has lost faith in the Chargers organization.
“You never want to trade your franchise quarterback. You know that’s never the case. However, in this situation, they might have no choice but to do so,” Tomlinson said Monday on NFL Network’s NFL Total Access. “Because I don’t know if Philip (Rivers) wants to be there anymore. I think he has lost confidence in the organization. He’s seen a lot of changes going on and the L.A. thing is valid. Him not wanting to go to L.A. is very valid.”
Tomlinson points towards a larger divide between the quarterback and the organization than just a potential move up Interstate 5.
“The parts around him keep on moving. The receiver corps keeps on changing. Eddie Royal is now gone,” Tomlinson noted. “We talked about this before with Vincent Jackson leaving years ago. There are so many parts that are leaving. When Philip is looking around in that locker room and he doesn’t see anyone that he’s familiar with other than Antonio Gates.
“Now to that point, Antonio Gates next year is a free agent, Eric Weddle is gonna be up. Next year the Chargers have a lot of decisions to make with a lot of key guys. So Philip could be looking at the situation and thinking ‘we’re not close to winning a championship anytime soon. “