unofficial weblog of the S.D. Chargers

Well, there isn't enough I can say about L.T.'s performance on Sunday. I have run out of superlatives. We all know he is the best back in football and have known for a while and after sunday night's game vs. Denver, I think the entire nation knows.

I also think that we are poised to contend for a Super Bowl championship. Before the season got under way, I read in at least one prognosticator site that the Chargers made a mistake getting rid of Drew Brees and that under Phillip Rivers' helm, the team would be lucky to win 4 games.

Ha! I love it when they're wrong. So now the Chargers are sitting atop the AFC West with an 8-2 record when most of the so called football experts predicted they would finish next to last or below Denver and K.C.

Of course, there is still a lot of football to be played but I think the schedule favors the Chargers. If we beat Oakland on Sunday, we will have won all 4 games in which Shawn Merriman was suspended.

In addition, I think we can beat the Broncos at home with our defense playing (hopefully) at full strength. 2 head to head wins against Denver and (hopefully) a late season swoon by the Chiefs
will give us the division crown. Well, let's not count the proverbial chickens, but I think that if we continue to play like we have, we are primed to make a good run for the title. GO bolts!!!

Great teams can come from behind to win.

Having overcome a 21 point defecit in the first quarter, The Chargers got the big defensive play they had been looking for all week and for a brief glimpse, the Charger defense resembled the Number one rated, dominant unit it had been prior to Merriman's suspension and prior to all the injuries.

Shaun Phillips returned from an injury when the Bolts needed him most and he came up with the one defensive play which they desperately needed to put away the pesky Bengals.

On 1st-and-10 from the Cincinnati 20-yard line, Phillips sacked Carson Palmer, forced him to fumble and recovered the loose ball, leading to another Tomlinson touchdown and a 42-38 lead which put the Chargers ahead for good.  

I cannot say enough about L.T.'s performance. His 4 touchdown game should eclipse any doubt he is the best back in all of football. He has 15 touchdowns in a 5 game span and leads the NFL with 18 total touchdowns scored.

I cannot say enough about the resiliancy and heart of this team. It would have been easy to give up, but instead they fought back and came up with the biggest comeback in Chargers' team history.

This thanksgiving, Chargers fans have a lot to be thankful for, not the least will be L.T.'s awesome abilities which he brings to the team year after year.

Watch out Denver, we're gunning for you next.

La Daniam Tomlinson had another monster game on sunday, scoring three touchdowns late in the second half and finishing with 172 yards on 18 carries to lift the Chargers to a 32-25 win over the lowly Cleveland Browns on Sunday. L.T. now has consecutive 100 yard games and he is getting hot when we need him most given Shawn Merriman's suspension.

I have to hand it to the Browns, their defense in particular was very good. I'm just glad that Phillip Rivers and the offense finally came out of their funk in the second half and scored some points to get the Chargers over the hump and into a 6-2 mark which ties Denver for first place in the division.

I remember one prognosticator prior to the season saying that trading Drew Brees was one mistake the Chargers would not be able to overcome and the team would not win more than 4 games. Then there is my friend who is a big St. Louis Rams fan who predicted San Diego would finish 8-8.

Well it's only the midway point of the season and we already have six wins and nothing will give me more pleasure than to hear all those naysayers eat their words as San Diego marches into the playoffs. For that to happen, our reserves on defense have to play well, especially during this tough stretch of the season. So far so good, we showed we can still score defensively when Marques Harris, playing in place of injured outside linebacker Shaun Phillips, recovered Charlie Frye’s fumble in the end zone in the second quarter. Here's what our schedule looks the rest of the way:

I predicted the Chargers would win at least 10 games this season and it looks that if they continue to perform well in the second half, they will not make a liar out of me. Go bolts!!!