Add Philip Rivers to the list of quarterbacks who won’t be playing in the second week of the preseason.
The Chargers announced that they will hold Rivers out of Friday night’s game against the Cardinals. Rivers did play in last week’s preseason opener and went 2-of-3 for 64 yards and a touchdown before trading in his helmet for a baseball cap. Rivers did get some time against the Cardinals defense in joint practices this week and those came with the added advantage of making Rivers off limits for hits.
Kellen Clemens, Zach Mettenberger and Mike Bercovici handled the quarterbacking duties the rest of the way and they’ll do the same on Friday. Clemens will get the start in Rivers’ place.
Tom Brady,Teddy Bridgewater, Aaron Rodgers and Ben Roethlisberger didn’t play on Thursday night and Kirk Cousins isn’t playing against the Jets on Friday, leaving Rivers with plenty of company in the resting quarterback department.
