Both of these teams look like they are still in preseason mode playing inept football. The Raiders blew their chance right before halftime once they chose to kick a FG on the 1.5 yard line on 4th down for 3. Since then the play calling has been just terrible on their side, the only player on offense who has any spark whatsoever is McFadden. Since he is the only threat however, the Chargers are doing an excellent job containing and covering him out of the backfield. Once the Raiders long snapper went out of the game with a concussion, they should have started playing on 4 downs seeing as they have had 2 muffed snaps and 1 blocked punt on 4th down. I feel bad for those Raider fans needing to watch a team play like this.
Chargers on the other hand are sorely missing Matthews in the backfield and have only been able to make plays on busted coverage downfield. Rivers looks uninspiring and shaky throwing the ball, and isn't on the same page with Gates at all.
It's only been one week but in my opinion these two teams look similar to last year's underachieving teams and won't be able to compete with a Peyton Manning led Denver team this season.
