Chargers Need to Regroup
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09/25/2007 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - If ever there was a team needing to pause and take a deep
breath, it would be the San Diego Chargers. After losing on the road for the
second consecutive week - this time 31-24 to the Green Bay Packers - San Diego
finds itself already with as many regular season losses as the team had all
last year. And the frustration is mounting.
"It's still a long season," said reigning MVP LaDainian Tomlinson. "But I
mean, right now we just -- I don't know. I'm lost."
Tomlinson's struggles are the most perplexing storyline in San Diego's
disappointing novel. After rushing for a league-leading 1,815 and 28
touchdowns, with a 5.2 yards per carry average last season, the seventh-year
pro has just 130 yards and one touchdown this season. He is averaging a paltry
2.3 yards per attempt. L.T.'s three-week plight is mainly due to running
behind a slumping offensive line. Regardless, the feeble rushing attack is
just one of many issues in need of attention. What's clear is that these are
issues that this team did not have in the first three games a year ago.
"To be honest with you, I'm sick and tired of talking about last year because
this is not last year," Tomlinson said Monday. "People get caught up in what
we did last year. This is not last year's team. This is this year's team. I'm
sick and tired of talking about last year. Because it's a whole different
team. We need to focus on this year's team and stop looking backward."
Tomlinson is right, though if the Bolts are to start looking forward, they
would be wise to do so with a more positive attitude. As bad as the last two
weeks have been, it's still only two weeks. San Diego is just a game back of
Denver in the AFC West, and still gets to face the Broncos twice. A Chargers
home win over Kansas City this week (which is likely) and a Broncos road loss
to Indianapolis (which is also likely) would leave San Diego in first place of
their division, with two of their next three contests at home.
"You never want to face your home crowd when you lose," says right tackle
Shane Olivea, who is expected to return in Week 4 after missing the last game
and a half with a back strain. "But the thing is, we have set such a standard
at home, and the expectations are so high, that I think sometimes, 'How are we
going to live up to them?'"
Olivea's semi-rhetorical question has a very simple and obvious answer: win.
RIVERS ELEVATES HIS GAME
Sunday's game at Green Bay produced a bit of a catch-22 for head coach Norv
Turner. On the one hand, he saw his young quarterback bounce back from a
terrible Week 2 outing and turn in a very solid performance. Rivers completed
27-36 passes for 306 yards and three touchdowns. (He did have what was
essentially a game-ending interception late in the fourth quarter.)
On the other hand, Rivers' success means much of the blame for the club's 1-2
start is lifted off the quarterback's shoulders and onto the head coach's.
Talking heads nationwide are already starting to drag Turner over the coals -
something that the moderately unsuccessful veteran coach has experienced
before.
WHO'S HOT
Despite hurting his right hand early in the game, tight end Antonio Gates had
a tantalizing afternoon against the Packers, catching 11 passes for 113 yards.
He became the focal point on offense and was a big reason why San Diego was
able to move the ball on third downs.
WHO'S NOT
For the second week in a row, defensive lineman Luis Castillo was nowhere to
be found on Sunday. In fairness to the third-year pro, he has been battling a
sprained foot. Not battling injury, though, is linebacker Shawne Merriman. His
two-tackle, zero-sack performance against Green Bay was as uneventful as it
sounds.
NEXT UP
The Chargers return to Qualcomm Stadium to face the 1-2 Kansas City Chiefs
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Unfortunately, they allowed 381
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"The Queen": 20/1
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Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children": 10/1
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