The Chargers have had a franchise quarterback available to start every game in the past 17-plus years. Many other NFL teams, in contrast, are trying to patch holes at the sport's most important spot.
Kirk Cousins dropped back, staggered, lurched forward and crumbled to the grass at Lambeau Field. Just another sad Sunday in the NFL. Several QBs have suffered debilitating injuries despite the league’s repeated efforts to create less-hazardous conditions at the sport’s most important position. The grim diagnosis on Cousins was confirmed Monday: a torn Achilles tendon has ended the season of the Vikings’ most indispensable player.
Yes, the Shamrock Chargers remain cocooned, alone, enveloped in bubble wrap, relative to the other 31 clubs the past 17-plus years. Not only has the franchise lucked into drafting two future top-10 QBs the past two decades with no gaps in between, it has been untouched by debilitating injury at the position in the aftermath of Philip Rivers suffering a torn ACL in the playoffs 15 years ago. Rivers, with an assist from team physician Dr.
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