FOXBORO — Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers hasn't spent a lot of time with Bill Belichick, but he did share one story dating back to the 2011 Pro Bowl.
"My one interaction with Coach [Bill] Belichick was actually at halftime, the one that stands out," :said Rivers. "It was a great week. I'll just tell you a funny story, but it was a great week just being around him. It's a little bit, obviously it's all scaled back in the Pro Bowl, but just really with his offensive staff and all his coaches just talking football and stuff, just being around a staff and a coach that had the success he's had. It was cool for me to be around those guys and just talk ball.
"I do remember at halftime of the Pro Bowl game we were getting killed. I think it was me and Peyton [Manning] and I can't remember who the other quarterback was – I'm trying to think of the other quarterback that year. I don't know if it was [Matt] Cassel. It was Cassel. So, me, Peyton and Cassel and we're getting blown out at halftime and he kind of called us all up and said, 'Hey, we can tackle. I know it's the Pro Bowl and all of that but can we tackle somebody today? Let's just go out and make this a little bit respectable in the second half.'
"And then he looked over at us quarterbacks and we had all thrown an interception. Thank goodness I wasn't the only one and he said, 'It would help if you guys would stop throwing it to the other team.' I got a kick out of that because I'm sitting there with Peyton Manning and Cassel and if Peyton's not my all-time favorite, one of. I was glad I wasn't the only one that had thrown it to the other team. I thought that was pretty good. I got fussed out at halftime of the Pro Bowl."
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