No, Philip Rivers did not murder a bird on 'Monday Night Football'

News from the NFL: Philip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers battled to the final seconds in a 24-20 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on this week's edition of Monday Night Football.

But, despite what many viewers thought, Rivers did not — we repeat, did not — punch and maybe murder a bird on live television

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After one Chargers touchdown, ESPN cameras caught Rivers celebrating the score by punching, well, punching something out of the air. Here's the clip.

What the?! Was that a bird? Plenty of people thought so

Am I high or did Phillip Rivers actually punch a bird out of the sky?! https://t.co/suzx4pWlQX

— Roger Dorn (@RogerJDorn) October 13, 2015 Read more...

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