San Diego River Puns

From Albert Breer's MMQB column:

>The following January, the Chargers coached in the Senior Bowl, where they encountered NC State QB Philip Rivers. They were armed with the first pick in the draft. And the day before that draft, on an April Friday, Schottenheimer bumped into Brees in the San Diego weight room.

>“We were chatting and he’s like, ‘Hey, who are we gonna draft?’” Schottenheimer said. “I said, ‘Hey, bro, listen, you need to prepare yourself, we’re probably taking a quarterback.’ And Albert, when I tell you, and I’ve had to say some hard things to people before… But when I tell you the serious look, how his eyes went from a real fun, jovial conversation, his eyes kind of just locked in.

>“And he looked at me and said, ‘That would be the worst f---ing mistake this organization could ever make. And I’m like, ‘Hey, man, don’t shoot the messenger.’ He goes, ‘Worst mistake ever.’ And he walked off.”