Week 1 of the 2008 NFL season is in the books and the San Diego Chargers are 0 and 1. The Chargers were behind most of the game to the Carolina Panthers and with 10:09 left to go in the game the Panthers were up 19-10 after a Panther field goal. The Chargers rally to take the lead 24-19 and kick the ball back to the Panthers with 2:27 remaining in the game...the Panthers made it look easy as they drove down the field and with no time left on the clock connect on the game winning 14 yard touchdown pass.
Really not too suprising if a person watched the entire game... the Panthers were able to run on the Chargers all game long and the Panther offense really had little to no resistence the entire game. Delhomme had plenty of time in the pocket and the Panther offensive line easily handled the Chargers.
The Charger offense took until the 2nd half to get going, but when it did start clicking was looking good. Tomlinson was held in check with the exception of just a couple of decent carries. Antonio Gates, who has been rehabbing a bad toe the entire offseason came back to score a touchdown but did fumble the ball which resulted in a Panther run back for a score.
The Charger defense was clearly the weak link in this game...they offered little resistence to the Panther offense and Igor Olshanky's lone sack was the only time Delhomme was pressured the enitre game.
Obviously the season is still early and the first 4 games of the regular season are almost like 'preseason' for the Chargers because many, if not most, of the key players on the Chargers hadn't seen any playing time this season until this game. Last year the Chargers started out slow from the gate and I think it is almost to be expected again...the problem the Chargers have is that they have the Broncos next week and being a division game is not a game you want to remain rusty or unprepared for because the late-season consequences could be tremedious.
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