Philip Rivers gets beat by a high schooler, doesn't confiscate tape

[WoodysGirl]

By Chris Chase




Last week LeBron James made news after getting dunked on by a college player at a pick-up game and then confiscating tapes of the play. In my post about the unseen dunk on our college basketball blog, The Dagger, I wrote:

The dunk would have been a temporary embarrassment for LeBron. Let's say the video was put on YouTube. It blows up for a bit, dominates blogs for 36 hours, everyone has a good chuckle and then it's forgotten about.​

Philip Rivers(notes), your 36 hours begin now.

In an incident eerily similar to LeBron's Dunkgate, the San Diego Chargers quarterback was schooled by a younger, less-experienced player during an activity at one of his camps. The only difference is, Rivers didn't send one of his lackeys to grab the tape of said incident to make sure it never saw the light of day. (Or he did and the lackey wasn't quick, or intimidating, enough to accomplish said task.)

Video Link: http://cbs2.com/search/Link.ashx?R=http%3a%2f%2fcbs2.com%2fvideo%2f%3fid%3d108665%40kcbs.dayport.com




Somewhere, a single tear is falling down MJD's cheek.

A high school kid? Really, Philip? That's totally not brahsome.

Shoot, at least LeBron got dunked on by an NCAA basketball player. This kid -- Will Nunn is it? -- probably had to go home after the competition to practice vocabulary words for the SAT before taking the head cheerleader out for an early dinner at Applebee's.

It should also be noted that unlike the old NFL quarterbacks challenges, the targets that Rivers threw at were stationary, making the tires like most of the receivers Rivers has thrown to over the years.

 

[Four]

wait, I guess I should click a link in the message body?

What happened? the kid threw better than Rivers? Do it with 4.7-4.9 runnin enormous men trying to kill you and I will be impressed kid.

 

[WoodysGirl]

wait, I guess I should click a link in the message body?

What happened? the kid threw better than Rivers? Do it with 4.7-4.9 runnin enormous men trying to kill you and I will be impressed kid.

Yes, there's a link in the message body.

 

[Wrangler87]

Who cares? At least Rivers is a man about it. Rivers has never been a polished, highly skilled, scout's dream of a QB. He is much more likely to be compared to Bernie kosar than he is to John Elway. Rivers has always been ugly to watch, but he gets the job done. Just because some kid throws at targets better than he does, has nothing to do with reading defenses in the face of a blitz, and still hitting the hot read for a first down.

 

[AdamJT13]

The LeBron tape is the perfect example of the media making a mountain out of a molehill.

 

[Chief]

The LeBron tape is the perfect example of the media making a mountain out of a molehill.

I agree. That kind of stuff happens routinely in pickup games or whatever. Big deal.

But whoever confiscated the tape made a PR mistake.

 

[Skinsmaniac]

I agree. That kind of stuff happens routinely in pickup games or whatever. Big deal.

But whoever confiscated the tape made a PR mistake.

I thought LeBron asked them to confiscate the tape?

 

[Bonecrusher#31]

I thought LeBron asked them to confiscate the tape?

That little ringless punk did

 

[Chief]

I thought LeBron asked them to confiscate the tape?

If he did, that was a dumb mistake, IMO.

 

[AdamJT13]

I thought LeBron asked them to confiscate the tape?

That's what has been implied, but it's probably not true. Nike confiscated it, saying videotapes aren't allowed at their camps (which is reasonable). I doubt that LeBron asked to have a tape confiscated to cover up the fact that some college player dunked during an offseason pickup game, which is a completely irrelevant event.

 

[THUMPER]

Who cares? At least Rivers is a man about it. Rivers has never been a polished, highly skilled, scout's dream of a QB. He is much more likely to be compared to Bernie kosar than he is to John Elway. Rivers has always been ugly to watch, but he gets the job done. Just because some kid throws at targets better than he does, has nothing to do with reading defenses in the face of a blitz, and still hitting the hot read for a first down.

I agree. Ryan Leaf could have beaten that kid but then he couldn't get it done in the NFL could he.

Somehow or other, Rivers was able to complete 65+% of his passes last year on his way to leading the league with a 105.5 in passer rating. And in TD passes. And in Yards per attempt. And he had a 3-1 TD-INT ratio.

Man he just SUCKS!

 

[THUMPER]

That's what has been implied, but it's probably not true. Nike confiscated it, saying videotapes aren't allowed at their camps (which is reasonable). I doubt that LeBron asked to have a tape confiscated to cover up the fact that some college player dunked during an offseason pickup game, which is a completely irrelevant event.

I dunked on Howie Long in a pickup game once. Unfortunately, I don't have that on tape.

 

[Longboysfan]

Weak *** tape.

 

[sonnyboy]

I agree. Ryan Leaf could have beaten that kid but then he couldn't get it done in the NFL could he.

Somehow or other, Rivers was able to complete 65+% of his passes last year on his way to leading the league with a 105.5 in passer rating. And in TD passes. And in Yards per attempt. And he had a 3-1 TD-INT ratio.

Man he just SUCKS!

Ya buy let me see him throw a ball through a tire!

 

[juck]

Lebron is a queen.

 

[EPL0c0]

I agree. That kind of stuff happens routinely in pickup games or whatever. Big deal.

But whoever confiscated the tape made a PR mistake.

if Tony had beat Tiger on a Par 4, I wonder if Tiger would have had his Nike people confiscate all video

 

[TNCowboy]

The LeBron tape is the perfect example of the media making a mountain out of a molehill.

No, that's the perfect example of a time when you find out what sort of person a celebrity really is.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

It's good that he didn't feel the need to care so much about it that he tried to keep it from ever getting out. I'm sure when he's doing great things on the field on Sundays during the season that he doesn't much care what people think about a video like this.

 

[AdamJT13]

No, that's the perfect example of a time when you find out what sort of person a celebrity really is.

No, it isn't. LeBron likely had nothing to do with it. I heard an interview with the guy whose videotape was taken, and even he didn't know if LeBron had anything to do with it. But the media is portraying it as if LeBron wanted the tape confiscated so it could never be seen.

 

[tyke1doe]

Who cares? At least Rivers is a man about it. Rivers has never been a polished, highly skilled, scout's dream of a QB. He is much more likely to be compared to Bernie kosar than he is to John Elway. Rivers has always been ugly to watch, but he gets the job done. Just because some kid throws at targets better than he does, has nothing to do with reading defenses in the face of a blitz, and still hitting the hot read for a first down.

I know. Rivers is a starting quarterback in the NFL. This guy would be lucky just to get on a roster, if that.

Much ado about nothing.