Philip Rivers blasts New York Giants for benching Eli Manning

Philip Rivers blasts New York Giants for benching Eli Manning. Eli Manning's consecutive start streak will end Sunday and the new leader in that category will be Philip Rivers, the guy who is starting for the Chargers simply because Manning didn't want to be there. Now Rivers is defending Manning, or rather ripping the New York Giants' decision to bench Manning. "I honestly thought it was pathetic, really," Rivers told reporters when asked what he thought about the situation. "I feel like he's earned the opportunity to finish it off, finish off these last five weeks."