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RIVERS ROLLS: Running a no-huddle, no-hurry offense, Rivers gets to the line of scrimmage with roughly 20 seconds left on the play clock, enough time to read the defense and check into a different play, if necessary. It's a luxury he didn't have in Norv Turner's offense. Rivers completed 35 of 42 passes, his final TD pass, to Gates, being the 200th of his career. After having three 400-yard games in his previous nine seasons,Official New York Jets Store, Rivers has two in this year's four games. Rivers' 83.3-percent completion rate was the highest in NFL history for a 400-yard passing game. The previous mark was 81.8 percent (36 of 44) by San Francisco's Jeff Garcia against Chicago on Dec. 17, 2000. After 35 interceptions the past two seasons, Rivers has been picked off only twice so far while throwing 11 touchdown passes.
THE RALLY: San Diego trailed 21-10 when Nick Novak kicked a 42-yard field goal as the first-half clock expired. The Chargers took the opening kickoff of the second half and Rivers moved them 80 yards, capping the drive with a 13-yard pass to Woodhead to pull to 21-20. The Chargers managed to cut the Cowboys' lead to one point and Dallas didn't touch the ball in that span. The way Rivers ran the offense, the Cowboys didn't have a chance to come back. They ran only seven offensive plays in the third quarter. Dallas didn't have its second possession of the second half until the fourth quarter.