Is it a bird? Is it a glove?
It’s a glove. Clearly a glove.
During Monday Night Football, Phillip Rivers threw a delightful touchdown pass to give his San Diego Chargers a 17-10 lead.
Then everybody lost their s**t.
In celebration of the touchdown, Rivers punched the air and made contact with something that quite a few people believed to be a little bird who had flitted down to the field to give a cheery hello to the players.
https://twitter.com/basedberny/status/653772632584687616
https://twitter.com/ThomasKirkman1/status/653768648327340032
https://twitter.com/NA_Colosimo/status/653777256695906304
I know I'm not the only one who saw Phillip Rivers smack the shit outta that bird 😂😂😂
— NI:KØ Huncho (@dcmxcviii) October 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/KENNotBeStopped/status/653808468038676480
For those eagle-eyed viewers who took a breath, though, it was pretty obvious that it was the quarterback’s glove that he had flicked into the air and punched.
Birdpuncher is a hell of a nickname to get tagged with and it’s clear that Rivers doesn’t deserve it. We’re not saying that he’s never punched a bird but we are saying that he didn’t punch a bird this time.
