FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sunday, December 2nd, 2018

MEET THE CHARGERS: MICHELE TAFOYA INTERVIEWS PHILIP RIVERS, JOEY BOSA, KEENAN ALLEN, AND ANTHONY LYNN FOR FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA

Feature to Air on Football Night in America Beginning Sunday at 7 p.m. ET on NBC

Joey Bosa – “So many games we’ve been in for the past few years and we just couldn’t quite pull them out, and we’re finally finishing those games.”

Philip Rivers – “We’re going to figure it out and make the plays we need to make, and all the guys believe that.”

STAMFORD, Conn. – December 2, 2018 – Sunday Night Football sideline reporter Michele Tafoya interviews the Los Angeles Chargers QB Philip Rivers, DE Joey Bosa, WR Keenan Allen, and head coach Anthony Lynn for a feature that will air during tonight’s Week 13 edition of Football Night in America, which begins at 7 p.m. ET on NBC. FNIA leads into Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers hosting Rivers and the Los Angeles Chargers in a pivotal AFC North showdown on Sunday Night Football with an 8:20 p.m. ET kickoff time.

Mike Tirico will host Football Night in America at 7 p.m. ET on NBC alongside Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy, two-time Super Bowl winner Rodney Harrison, NFL insider Mike Florio and PFT Live co-host Chris Simms from NBC Sports’ International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn. Liam McHugh will co-host Football Night in America on-site from Heinz Field, and will be joined by the SNF team of Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, and Tafoya.

Below are excerpts from Tafoya’s interviews. If used, please note the mandatory credit: “In an exclusive interview airing on Football Night in America.”

TAFOYA’S INTERVIEW WITH RIVERS, BOSA, ALLEN, AND LYNN

Tafoya: “The Los Angeles Chargers. How would you describe this team’s identity?”

Rivers: “I think our identity is really our togetherness, our toughness, our grit.”

Allen: “I’d say just domination…any way we can dominate.”

Lynn: “Tough football team. Tough.”

Bosa:  “So many games we’ve been in for the past few years and we just couldn’t quite pull them out, and we’re finally finishing those games.”

Tafoya: “Who is the emotional heartbeat of this team?”

Lynn: “The emotional heartbeat? You know we have a few guys with a big heart, but emotional heartbeat would be Philip Rivers.”

Allen: “Phil definitely brings the passion.”

Tafoya: “I’m sure you are aware of the feeling out there – the Chargers are so talented and they come so close, but they always fall short…”

Philips: “I think that there’s a little bit of that sense now…that we’ll go make a play. Whether it’s a sack, whether it’s a catch, we’re going to figure it out and make the plays we need to make and all the guys believe that.”

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