Mike Fuentes

These are the things that were true the last time Philip Rivers took a snap in the NFL.

Shohei Ohtani had never made an All-Star team, had never won an MVP, had never played in a World Baseball Classic, and had never won a World Series.

Joe Biden had just been elected president, but had not yet been sworn in.

Tom Brady had never won a Super Bowl outside of New England.

Matt Stafford was a Detroit Lion.

X was still called Twitter.

Lionel Messi was playing in France and had never won a World Cup.

Caleb Williams was still in high school.

Florida Panthers had never won a Stanley Cup and hadn't won a playoff series in 25 years.

Wonder Woman 1984 was the number one movie in the box office.

That movie was awful.

But the box office was closed in America because of an ongoing pandemic.

Okay, and moving on.

Things that have happened since.

You might have heard of the significance of January 6th.

That has not yet happened yet.

Otani has since won four MVPs.

He has been voted to five All-Star teams.

He became the only player in MLB history to steal 50 bases and hit 50 homers in the same season while injured.

And then he led Japan to a WBC and he won back-to-back World Series.