Chargers Survive Chiefs

The San Diego Chargers gave life to Kansas City Chief fans...after seeing their team get beaten by the Buffalo Bills and the Detroit Lions by a combined score of 89-10 most pundits had the San Diego Chargers dominating this (non)game from the kickoff.  But in typical, early season form, the San Diego Chargers kept the Chiefs in the game and with a 3 point lead, the Chiefs had the ball and were beginning to mount a late game drive that could potentially tie or win the game.  But the Chiefs offense, which was mostly muted most of the day, committed their first and only turnover of the game when Eric Weddle intercepted Matt Cassel and the Chargers had to simply run the clock out and escape with the win.

Philip Rivers has not looked good at all these first 3 games and was picked off twice.  The Charger defense resembles the defense that the Chargers have had in the recent past, able to virtually stop any team for three quarters but in the fourth, most teams are able to move the ball fairly effectively against the Chargers.

On the upside, runningback Ryan Mathews has proven his worth so far.  After a fairly lackluster rookie season, imo, he has proved to be a valuable weapon for the Chargers...catching and running the ball very good.  And Vincent Jackson continues to have a stellar year.  Antonio Gates did not play but his backup, Randy McMicheal has been filling in nicely.

I know many people in my survivor pool, me included, were sweating this game and everyone should take note that no Charger game can really be easy.  Case and point, the Miami Dolphins come to San Diego to play the Chargers this week.  The Dolphins are 0-3 and 7 point road dogs to the Chargers...if I were a betting man, I'd pick the Dolphins to cover because the Chargers can, and may just be likely, to play down to their competition and be lucky to sneak out a win, if at all, against the Dolphins this week...