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This is REALLY getting OLD!

Posted by Charger_Girl

December 1, 2008 |

Chargers 16, Falcons 22

Yet again, the Chargers defense came up short (except for Eric Weddle’s fumble recovery TD…congrats!!); however, this time the offiense and special teams were flat and virtually non-existent as well.  For the first time this season, Philip Rivers failed to toss a TD at home.  I can see if the team was riddled with injuries then there would undoubtedly be inconsistencies; however, save for the injury to Mike Tolbert, this is the same team that has been playing all season.  Sad.

Suffice it to say that Michael Turner had a nice return to SD, earning 120 yds although I did expect more from him.  Matt Ryan illustrated why Atlanta was so hot to draft him.

I have no clue what is up with the team.  All I can think of (as well as the thousands of angry fans packed into Qualcomm yesterday) is how the coaching SUCKS.  The fake punt play was great.  Hey, it WORKED.  HELLO Norv, how about a little spontaineity like that a bit more often?  The whole run, run, pass Marty-ball horrid playcalling is getting so monotonous and predictable, my 8-year old daughter can see it coming a mile away.  Maybe a little work on game fundamentals might be nice too, like not dropping the ball, not missing tackles, and not throwing passes that are uncatchable.  Oh and the kicking game was poor as well, particularly the missed/blocked/botched/lousy FG attempt and the shanked punt that virtually sealed the loss.  Mike Scifres is a much, much better kicker than that.

With Denver surprisingly beating the Jets, the Chargers can kiss their season goodbye.  I’m sorry, there is no way that they will win the division at all now, and forget any possible remote snowball’s-chance-in-hell of a wildcard spot.  4-8 from a team that was picked by many to represent the AFC this year in the Super Bowl, HAH!  Completely and utterly pathetic.  All I can say is I’m glad I sold my season tickets early in the season when I actually made a decent profit.  If I tried to sell them now, there’s little chance I’d be able to break even, and forcing me to ask myself if I really want to make the same investment next season.

So now what?  4 games remaining: vs Oakland this Thursday, at Kansas City, at Tampa Bay, and home vs. Denver.  At this point my season would be salvageable if they can beat the Broncos for a split this season.  And judging by the way they looked yesterday, I’m certainly not expecting any effort.  Except from Jacob Hester and Eric Weddle, who both played better than anyone else yesterday.

Oh, an interesting side note…during the game, every other game’s score was on the Jumbo Tron EXCEPT for Denver/NY Jets.  Now speculation in the stands was that stadium management didn’t want to distract the Chargers with a running score for that game; however, if that’s what the Chargers have been reduced to - ie. not wanting to see a score on the scoreboard that the fans were all interested in - then that is truly pathetic.


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