As poorly as they have played much of this season, the Chargers will clinch the AFC West by beating Denver on Christmas Eve.Neither team has an overly difficult schedule between now and then … but both are capable of losing to anybody.
The Chargers (6-5) travel to Kansas City and Tennessee the next two weeks before hosting Detroit and Denver back-to-back.
The Broncos (5-6) travel to Oakland, host Kansas City, then are at Houston prior to meeting the Chargers.
When the Chargers and Broncos meet on Christmas Eve (Monday night) in San Diego, they will likely be tied or the Chargers will have a one-game lead.
Since the Chargers already beat Denver earlier this year, they would own the tiebreaker over the Broncos with a second win.
In Sunday’s 32-14 win over a hapless Baltimore Ravens’ team, at least the Chargers showed a little bit of their 2006 form.
Philip Rivers didn’t turn the ball over, Antonio Gates caught two TD passes and LaDainian Tomlinson surpassed 10,000 career rushing yards.
The defense also showed its old tendency with four sacks.
Although this Sunday’s game at Kansas City (4-7) may seem like a lock, two things must be taken into consideration.
The Chargers are just 1-4 on the road, and they suffered their only regular-season home loss in two years back in September against the Chiefs.
With this team, nothing can be taken for granted.
The Chargers are just 1-4 on the road, and they suffered their only regular-season home loss in two years back in September against the Chiefs.
With this team, nothing can be taken for granted.
2 comments:
I think you hit the nail on the head.
No one can accuse you of waffling or hedging your bets. You layed it all on the line naming the time the place and the opponent against who the afc west will be determined; nice job.
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