Meghay

I want the Chargers to win and then have the following:

Cleveland @ San Diego
Jacksonville @ Pittsburgh

San Diego @ Indy
Pittsburgh @ New England


San Diego will give Indy problems on both offense and defense. Regardless of the outcome, the game will be physical. Pittsburgh with or especially without Willie Parker do not scare me at all.

ShrewBeer

how about this instead;

tennessee @ san diego
jacksonville @ pitt

jacksonville @ indy
Tennessee @ ne


ive decided. go freaking classless piece of crap chargers...

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MrBigglesWorth

isn't Big Ben's shoudler a bit messed up plus they lost Willie Parker. I'm not sold on Pittsburg at all.

I think Jacksonville a third time around could give them a run for their money or San Diego with the pass rush.

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NEPatriot

You're not concerned by the Colts? They're the one team I don't want to face, even with the injuries.

Deus Irae

Take a look at that game between the Colts and Patriots. The Patriots were ripe for the taking. The game was in Indianapolis. Unlike the Chargers, the Colts were playing well and had seen the high octane offense of New England on film prior to the matchup. The Colts were coming off an easy game against a Panthers team that hadn't bothered showing up to play, so they weren't tired the way a small team can be. The very start of the game gave the Colts an emotional boost as the Patriots' pass protection struggled dealing with the speed of the Colts pass rush. Brady threw 2 interceptions. The Patriots offensive line struggled to open holes against that very mediocre Colts defensive line The Patriots got completely jobbed on more than one penalty call. The Patriots allowed a 2 yard dump pass to Addai to turn into a touchdown by running into each other and taking lousy angles on the play. With all that, and New England only really playing top quality football for about 15 minutes of the game, the Patriots still won.

Last season I thought that the Chargers were the only team that could compete with New England in terms of overall talent. I still feel the same way this season. It's football, and anything can happen, so when I say that I think the Chargers are the only team that can beat the Patriots in New England, I'm obviously talking about a perceived percentage basis. However, if the Patriots played the Colts 10 times on a cold night in New England, how many times do you really think the Colts could win without the officials handing them the game?

Or, to put it another way, I trust Peyton to gas-pipe it, and I think LDT is exactly the kind of back that gives our linebacking corps fits.

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