Saints Score 17 Unanswered To Beat Chargers

The Chargers are still, exactly who we think they are...not good.

This past weekend's game was against the winless New Orleans Saints and most of the people I talked with, most agreed the Saints would likely win the game.  I wasn't shocked because the word on the Chargers is very well known by now...they are the best of the lousy teams in the NFL and people aren't willing to put the Saints in the lousy category yet, even despite their defense being horrendous.  Well, as any team on the skids needs to feel better about a season that isn't going so well so far is a visit from the Chargers.

How'd the Chargers fare then? Who, if you listen to the Charger homers, have this high powered unstoppable offense led by offensive guru/mastermind and head coach Norv Turner.  Chargers super offense was 4-12 on third downs.  And then on the other side of the ball, the Chargers have this revamped defense that is going to shut down opposing teams, or at the very least, keep the game close...the Saints were able to go deep on the pathetic Chargers secondary at their leisure.

Charger homers are crying about the officiating, but that happens every week.  If the Chargers would have won there would have been barely anything said about the officials because in Charger land where everything is always great (tomorrow) the only reason the Chargers lost was because of a bad call...which is complete bullshit. 

The Chargers offense can easily be stopped by even the worst defense...as we just witnessed and the Charger defense is exactly like it was last year...worthless.  The defense is unable to stop any quality team when it really matters.

The Chargers host the Broncos this week on Monday Night Football.  ESPN and specifically Jon Gruden can't wait to slobber all over Manning.  I don't think the Broncos are all that good either, but I've lost a lot of faith in Rivers' decision making and there is nothing I have seen from this year's Charger team that is leading me to believe that they will be a factor in the postseason...but there is still plenty of season left and they certainly have plenty of room to improve...the question is, can they and will they improve?  Norv Turner has the track record to show that they probably won't.