We’re in Charlotte, NC visiting my wife’s family for the holiday and had to trek over to a local sports bar to watch the Charger / Tampa Bay game.
The Chargers have not done well traveling east losing to Miami, Buffalo, New Orleans (at London) and Pittsburgh this season.
But, they put all that behind them and came out to fight for their post season lives scoring 41 points against Tampa in their own backyard.
Later the Bills overcame a 13-0 deficit in Denver to win 30-23 putting the donkeys in a tough spot next week.
The Chargers are looking like a team that belongs in the post-season after winning their last 3 games. Philip Rivers threw 4 TD’s today and 287 yards without a turnover. Gates snapped up two TD catches today with Darren Sproles making a catch and rumbling 32 yards for a TD with 7 mins left in the 4th quarter to give the Bolts a 10 point lead. On the following drive, Jeff Garcia threw a pass that was bobbled and picked off by Cason which he ran in for the final score locking up the win for SD.
We came back to the inlaws house to follow the Denver game online at NFL.com, the Minn / Atlanta game was being televised locally. Buffalo gave the Bolts life after beating Denver on the road. With the exception of donkey fans, is there anyone else out there who wants to see Denver in the playoffs? They squandered a 3 game lead for the division title and find themselves backed into a corner.
Next week we host the Donkeys at Qualcomm Stadium with the winner taking the AFC West title and hosting a playoff game. What a turnaround for the Bolts who have overcome some bad breaks throughout the season to give themselves another shot at the playoffs.
GOooooooooooo Bolts !
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