Welcome to another edition of the Rich Eisen podcast presented by Papa John.

So thankful and appreciative that you've chosen to download us another time here this week.

And if it's your first, I guess, foray into this Rich Eisen podcast world,

you have chosen a doozy and a quality podcast to get yourself acclimated to what we do here on NFL.com and also available on iTunes every single week.

Philip Rivers, the quarterback of the resurgent San Diego Chargers, will join us on the program.

Now, four and five after two straight wins.

The Chargers are back in the AFC West mixed,

just a game and a half behind the Kansas City Chiefs,

who lost to the Oakland Raiders this week.

The AFC West now up for grabs a three-team race.

We'll talk about that with Philip Rivers,

an MVP candidate as there has ever been one here in the NFL. Also a fellow

native Alabama will join us on the program. Charles Barkley, Chuck of TNT, one of the 50

greatest players in the history of the NBA, a huge NFL fan, as you also know, no

Wallflower.

He'll give a lot of his opinions on what he thinks is right and wrong in the NFL today.

He will join us on this podcast that will culminate with a chat with the sports guy himself.

Bill Simmons of ESPN.com, also his own podcast on iTunes.

Bill, a friend of mine who I've known for quite some time,

he will give his unique take on the NFL today. And as always with Bill, you never know where that conversation is going to go. That will all go down on this jam-packed edition

of the Rich Eisen podcast that's about to break ground because when uh when philip rivers joins me

we're going to do it live on tv as well just for a little part of it because you know on tv we can't

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