[ESPN NFL Guru] Clayton: Business as usual

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Rivers' holdout opens door for BreesCARSON, Calif. -- The Chargers are up the Rivers without their quarterback.After meticulously engineering the Eli Manning trade to build for the future, Chargers general manager A.J. Smith doesn't have his prized acquisition, quarterback Philip Rivers. Once Rivers failed to accept a final proposal last Sunday at 5 p.m., the Chargers bunkered in for what might be a long holdout. As far as what is called the base contract -- what the draft choice reasonably expects to make --...

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