Wouldn't That be Funny?

Cast your mind back to 2004. The top pick of the NFL draft was projected to be a quarterback out of Ol' Miss by the name of Eli Manning. The top pick, though, belonged to the San Diego Chargers, and Manning made headlines not for his football abilities but rather for his pre-draft declaration that he wouldn't sign with the Chargers, thereby being labelled (by me at least) as one of the biggest professional whiners since Danny Ferry.

Anyway, after much angst, the Chargers DID pick Eli first, but traded him to the Giants for their 4th pick (and a bunch of other stuff), who was another quarterback by the name of Philip Rivers. Lot's of folks thought that San Diego should've gone for the other QB that year, Ben Roethesberger (who, granted, won a superbowl before either of the other two, but I'd hold that had as much to do with Hines Ward, Polomalu, Randel El, and Jerome Bettis. Oh, and Bill Cowher).

So, now we're down to two games in the NFL season, and there's at least the possibility of a Manning/Rivers showdown! Wouldn't that be cool?