…after dropping a steaming pile on Heinz Field.
The defense never showed up gifting the Tools 38 points. This included giving up 3 points on the last drive by Pittsburgh where a stop would’ve kept the Chargers within a TD on our final offensive possession.
We were unable to get the running game going after giving up two quick TD’s to Pittsburgh and had to give up on the run to play catch up through the air.
pathetic
The offense finally woke up at the end of the 3rd quarter to score its first points after being shutout in the first half. Rivers and crew made it a game though putting up 3 TD’s on offense. Gates had two TD catches and Chambers caught one. Hester made a heads up play to put up a TD after swiping the ball from Pitt’s returner on a kickoff return.
Larry English did pick up the 1st sack of his career as a Charger. Cro had two holding penalties including one on 3rd and long that gave the Tools a 1st down. Cromartie is just one of several Chargers who have underperformed to this point of the season.
The Bolts have so much talent. After getting through the preseason healthy our OL and DL have been decimated with injuries. But that’s no excuse for the rest of the team.
Pittsburgh embarrassed the Bolts on National TV. Let’s hope they can get it together and get back in the race for the AFC West division title. For now we’re two games back of the 4-0 donkeys who we meet in our next game at home on MNF October 19th.
It’s only week 5 with lots of football left. Not time to panic yet but I will say the MNF game is a must win to get this team back on track.
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