Playoff Victory For Chargers

For the second time this year, the Tennessee Titans and San Diego Chargers engaged in a defensive battle with the Chargers making a second half surge to ultimately win the game and advance in the playoffs, the first time since 1994.

Like their earlier meeting, the Chargers offense didn't seem to get rolling until the second half but the Charger defense prevented the Titans from scoring a touchdown. The Titans were determined not to let Tomlinson beat them had 8 players in the box on virtually every play forcing Phillip Rivers to make plays. Cris Chambers and Vincent Jackson both had good games and several times both of them were wide open making several big plays for the Chargers. On the bad luck side of the game, Antonio Gates suffered a toe injury on a play that he could very well have just dropped the ball rather than catch a pass and in trying to get up to gain some yardage, gets hit and injured all for a loss on the play.

Up next for the Chargers is the Colts. If the Chargers want to elevate themselves as an 'elite' team, they will need to beat the Colts...otherwise all the Chargers have done is beat a mediocre team in the playoffs and be 'one and done' which will certainly take some luster off the first playoff victory in 13 years.