Chargers Escape New York With Win, Eagles Next

Sorry for the long delay in posting but the past 10 days have been insane at work...

So let's first go over the big Charger victory in New York over the Giants...

The Charger defense made an impressive goal line stand when the Giants intercepted Phillip Rivers and returned the ball to the Charger 4 yard line...at the time a 17-14 game with the Giants in the lead. Giants had to settle for a field goal and give the Chargers the ball back with 2 minutes on the clock...

Rivers shook off the interception and promptly drove the Chargers 80 yards down the field and hit Vincent Jackson for the game winning touchdown with 21 seconds left...a very thrilling comeback and credit goes out to both the offense and defense for making it happen...

But let's put this all into perspective...the Giants, after starting 5-0, beating mostly poor teams, are now on a 4 game losing streak after the Charger loss...most certainly a team that has lost its direction. The Giant defense is not as stout as some made it out to be and the Giant offense doesn't seem to have the 'quick strike' or be a hi-scoring caliber type team. The Chargers, to me, still haven't beaten a quality opponent this season...

The Philadelphia Eagles come to town this week, a team that lost to the Raiders this season and lost to the Cowboys their last game. Many thought that the Giants had their backs against the walls last week are now saying the same about the Eagles this week, but the truth be told, in the NFL every game should be treated as a 'must win' until you have your playoff ticket punched.

The Broncos have lost 2 in a row now and the Chargers are only 1 game back and face the Broncos the following week... if the Chargers win this week that game will be play for at least a share of the lead of the AFC West, a Bronco loss this week and it will be for sole possession ...

It's half-way point for the Chargers ... their final 8 games have 4 games against teams with winning records (Eagles, Broncos, Cowboys & Bengals) and 4 games against teams with losing records (Kansas City, Cleveland, Tennessee & Washington). If the Chargers can beat the Broncos and win 1 other game against the "good" four and sweep the "losing" four that would mean an 11-5 season for the Chargers...very impressive looking on paper and I still think feesible. The question will be as to whether the Chargers are really that good...which, unfortunately, they are not...just benefactors of a weak schedule...