their first winning season since 2014, the Chargers failed to make the playoffs. He was ranked 56th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018. 2018 season On September 9, 2018, Rivers threw for 424 yards and three touchdowns in the season-opening 38–28 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, eclipsing 400 yards in a single game for the 10th time in his career. The 424 yards was the most Rivers has thrown for in any of his season openers. He helped lead the Chargers to first win of the season in the following game against the Buffalo Bills. After a 35–23 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in Week 3, Rivers helped lead the Chargers to a four-game winning streak where he threw for over 300 yards twice and had nine passing touchdowns to two interceptions. After a 29–27 win over the San Francisco 49ers, Rivers passed John Elway for eighth-most passing yards in NFL history. In Week 9, against the Seattle Seahawks, Rivers made his 200th consecutive start. In a Week 11 loss to the Denver Broncos, he passed for 401 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions. In Week 12, against the Arizona Cardinals, saw Rivers tie Ryan Tannehill for most consecutive completions, with 25. Unlike Tannehill, he did it in one game and finished with an NFL-record one incompletion in 29 attempts, for a record 96.55%. He finished the game with 259 passing yards and three touchdowns in a 45–10 rout of the Arizona Cardinals, earning AFC Player of the Week honors. On December 13, in a game against the Chiefs, Rivers led the Chargers back from a 14-point deficit to win the game by a score of 29–28 on a two-point conversion to wideout Mike Williams. It was the Chargers first win against the Chiefs after nine straight losses and secured their first playoff berth since 2013. Philip Rivers eclipsed 4,000 yards at the same time as Tom Brady, becoming the third and fourth quarterback in NFL history to reach 4,000 yards in 10 seasons or more, joining Peyton Manning and Drew Brees. Overall, Rivers finished the 2018 season with 4,308 yards, 32 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. The Chargers finished with a 12–4 record and returned to the playoffs for the first time since the 2013 season. As the #5-seed, the Chargers faced off against the AFC North champion Baltimore Ravens in the