Chargers Beat Colts On Monday Night Football

For a week ESPN had promos on their stations that featured Andrew Luck passing the ball and verbiage that tempted viewers to tune in Monday Night to watch Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts play on ESPN's Monday Night Football.  Barely a mention or even a notation that Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts were playing the San Diego Chargers.  So it was kind of an extra special pleasantry when the Chargers proceeded to beat the Colts on Monday Night.

The Chargers continue their up and down season...winning a game and then losing the next.  Beating teams people don't think they should be able too and then losing to teams that people think they shouldn't.

I do think the Chargers are improved from last year and will give McCoy some credit so far.  The team hasn't been totally obliterated by another team and is fairly competitive each week.  Once consistency is found, the Chargers could elevate their game to a level that may be playoff worthy.

What's weird is watching the Chargers one week, when they can't get a first down to save their life and their defense unable to get off the field...then the next week, against a team like Indianapolis - many would say a "quality" team - the Charger offense ran the ball down their throats, something the Chargers have been unable to do to any team so far this year and the defense was somewhat formidable...what it amounted to was that the Chargers had the ball for long periods of time as they had nice long sustaining drives and the defense held the Colts out of the end zone which maintained leads for the Chargers throughout the game.

Chargers travel to Jacksonville...which Charger team will be there?  If the Chargers lose to the Jaguars, it will just illustrate that the Chargers a team that is still too inconsistent to be good.  If the Chargers win, then they will know how to come off a big monday night football game, travel to the east coast and do what it takes to win on the road.  Last season the Chargers could lose to any team on the road, regardless of their quality, if this Charger team is going to begin to move in the right direction, winning east coast road games is something that needs to happen more often.