I was stationed in CA, and got to go to alot of charger games while I was out there and even when the game is close, 2 minutes to go, SD on D I could have a nice convo on my cell with noone yelling in my ear.
   Quite possibly the most fair weather fans in football. Other than a small amount of hardcore’s.

 8 out of 9 women in the stadium was hot though everytime gotta give them that.

Because our run defense has been poor all season, especially on runs to the outside. We’re all terrified that CJ is going to break the record for the most yards in one game, which is currently held by Adrian Peterson (who did it against SD).

Also, our fans are smarter than that.

I don’t believe there are many Charger fans who don’t think their team will win this game. This game is more important to the Titans than to the Chargers. In all honesty, I think most fans see this is as just a speed bump on the way to a bigger goal. Also, we REALLY think the Titans are a dirty team and we’re more concerned about cheap shots and injuries than who is the better team.

I made a point after the Bengals game to say that Norv is on his way to being the greatest coach in Chargers history. In his three seasons he’s lost zero playoff games and has won the division each time. He has the best winning percentage of any Chargers coach and I believe he has the best playoff winning percentage as well.

Do we look at him and expect a championship? No, but we know he’s capable of getting us there and we believe with enough patience he will. Right now I’d put him on a level with Sean Peyton, who everybody seems to love.

I really don’t understand why Norv is looked at as a laughing stock. Because he couldn’t turn the Raiders around?

I love when somebody as classy as you calls Philip a name. It’s so deliciously ironic.

Nobody is sitting. The Chargers are still playing for homefield advantage and a playoff bye. All of those guys you mentioned will be playing the entire game.

The beauty of playing in sleepy San Diego. It doesn’t hurt that Rivers really doesn’t want to be a celebrity.

Hold on, let me find this article from earlier this week….

But Rivers is excellent when under siege — a 101.5 passer rating this season, fifth-best among NFL starting quarterbacks, and he has a 100.5 career rating against the blitz as a starter. His rating this season when not blitzed is 105.1; it’s 93.8 for his career.

Here’s the link. The reason Rivers has the 2nd highest passer rating of all time (behind only Steve Young) is because he really has no flaws or weaknesses. The only way to stop him is to sack him.

However, if you can get consistent pressure on him with you four-man rush (as the Cowboys and Bengals both were able to do), you can force him into throw the occasional ugly interception. The great thing about Philip though, is since that has been in issue in the past two games I’ll sure he’ll spend extra time in practice reminding himself to throw those passes away and it won’t be an issue again Tennessee.

I didn’t know Roethlisberger was convicted of rape? Did you notify the media? Considering the events of July 4th….. those whose QB lives (and was murdered) in glass houses, really shouldn’t throw stones. Good luck this weekend. We’ll be cheering for you. GO STEELERS!!!

Offense – Mike Tolbert. A bowling ball of a FB, with soft hands, unbelievable speed and the strength to be the goal line RB as well. After bursting out with a couple of huge games, he’s been quiet in the past two. I personally think Norv doesn’t trust him to not fumble the ball, which means he gets less touches in close games. I think he’s bound to make a big impact in Friday’s game though.

Defense – Brandon Siler. An absolute beast against the run up the middle. He can blow up any play at any time. He hits like a ton of bricks and plays best in the clutch. Look for him to be hitting Johnson hard all game.

Antonio Gates, Darren Sproles, LaDainian Tomlinson and Philip Rivers.

Superduperboltman. Nice post and I’ll speculate Chris Johnson having a better than average run game. Although Siler has been awesome stopping the run and that goal line stance gives us a great impression of his abilities, the ‘D’ are going to have their hands full with CJ’s explosiveness. Reminds me of the early years watching LT.
My guess, Jeff Fisher will plan on running the ball to control the game, but Norv will push the passing game to stay on top. Another close game…..
Chargers 27 Titans 24

Then it seems like it’ll be a long night for the Titans.

As a casual observer, it seems as though the Titans, when not simply rushing four, use some delayed blitzes. If it is as you say, this is not going to be enough to stop Rivers.

Assholes get media attention all the time (pardon my language). The Bills get more media attention because they signed T.O. (whom everyone hates).

The Chargers don’t get much media attention because

1) There’s an east-coast bias in sports coverage (which only makes sense).
2) Most Los Angeles residents root for the Raiders or Rams.
3) The Chargers have never won a Super Bowl.

Los Angeles and San Diego are very different places with very different people. If the Jets had moved to Manhattan (as planned) and the Giants moved to Trenton, NJ to become the “New Jersey Giants”, you’d see a heck of a lot more coverage of the Jets than you would the Giants. That’s essentially the difference between the Chargers being the “Southern California Chargers” and “San Diego Chargers”.

i personally take joy in everything bad that happens to merriman

Oh, and it was a good question and stuff.

He’s a great guy! Why’s he a douche?

clinch the #2 seed next week even if they lose tomorrow. If the Titans can keep their playoff hopes alive this week with a victory I would not be too upset. How could you root against a team making the playoffs after an 0-6 start? Here’s looking forward to a hard fought, injury free game! Merry Christmas!

This is my weekly goal. At this point I think I should be Philip’s publicist. If he had one.

Okay, let me try and answer this in under 1000 words.

LT’s future – It depends entirely on LT. He signed to a significantly smaller deal this past offseason and this season, although it took some time, he seems happy to be playing second fiddle to the passing attack (mostly because this is the healthiest/freshest he’s ever been at the end of a season). If I had to guess, I’d say he plays for one more season…splitting carries with whatever RB the Chargers get to be the future starter…before retiring.

Michael Turner – It was the right call to let him go. He never would’ve accepted the franchise tender (no #1 free agent ever would) and at the time he was leaving LT was still the #1 or #2 RB in the league. If the Chargers had signed Turner, they’d have the 2 highest paid RBs in the league in the same backfield (death for the salary cap), not to mention both guys would be sharing carries (taking carries away from all-world LT) and Michael Turner up to that point was still relatively unproven (5th round pick with 1 career start). Let’s put it this way, if the Chargers had traded away LT to sign Michael Turner it would’ve been the most insane move in the history of football.

Drew Brees – Again, it was the right move at the time. Everyone thinks the Chargers regret not signing him now, but nobody bothers to look at the context. Rivers wasn’t drafted for the hell of it, he was drafted because Brees’ was a roller-coaster in San Diego that followed up every good year with a catastrophic one. He simply was not the player he is now. The biggest deciding factor, however, was Brees’ shoulder. His throwing shoulder was severely injured in the last game of Brees’ last season with the Bolts, and it required major surgery. Up to that point, Drew’s main weakness was that he didn’t have the arm strength to throw downfield. After this injury, all signs pointed to Drew becoming the next Chad Pennington.

The Chargers were very lucky to have Rivers waiting to take over the reigns, but they owed Brees something for having a good year going into free agency. Again, I’ll point out that if Drew was half the QB he is now he would’ve gotten 32 offers and had his choice of team and money. He got 3. Miami gave him a very low contract offer, New Orleans and San Diego offered the same contract (years and money). The difference was SD told him he would have to win the starting job in camp, competing with Rivers. NO said their starting job was his.

So San Diego absolutely did everything it could, and made the right decisions, with both Turner and Brees. If I could go back and change it, I’d take Turner over LT (I was pushing for this at the time even though it was crazy) but I’d still send Brees packing. Rivers is simply a better QB, and younger to boot. He’s also a better leader than Brees ever was in SD (another thing he’s improved greatly upon in NO).

No, Darren Sproles has been given plenty of opportunities to start games and be an every down back. He can’t do it. He’s not even a good backup. He’s a 3rd down back and kick/punt returner, and that’s it. That’s all he’ll ever be. The Chargers know it too. If LT goes down in the playoffs again, you’ll see Michael Bennett (who has been inactive all season) get the start.

If somebody else doesn’t beat him first, we’ll certainly try. Our track record against him is pretty good.