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With all of their Defensive woes..... (1 Viewer)

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NYCGangGreen

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I know that for some reason everyone is high on the Chargers again this year, but this is the same old Marty Schottenheimer coaching them and with the losses they have suffered on defense do you still see them making the playoffs?

They are 6-2 at the current time, and have lost Merriman for 4 games, and Phillips for who knows how long.

The next 4 games are:

@ Cincinatti (I say a Loss)

@ Denver (again I say L )

vs. Raiders ( OK, thats a gimme)

@ Buffalo (2nd toughest behind Arrowhead for away games, 50/50 they win/lose)

So even if they split these next 4, thats 8-4..possibly 7-5.

Ending with Denver, KC, Seattle and 'Zona.

I think they have a long uphill battle to fight, and I have witnessed them collapse before.

I say they get in with a wild card (Denver winning the division) and lose in the first game.

What say you?

 
Philips will practice this week and quite possibly play on Sunday.

Merriman will be back for the Buffalo game.

If they can win one of the next three and stay healthy the rest of the year they should be in good shape. And by good shape I mean get past the 1st round of the playoffs.

 
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Gr00vus said:
If they can win one of the next three and stay healthy the rest of the year they should be in good shape.
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Winning three of the next four is hardly out of the question. I'm not exactly scared of Cincy and Buffalo.Still, I stated in another thread that I wouldn't be surprised to go .500 the rest of the way and finish at 10-6. Ten wins seems to be the bubble position in the AFC.
 
Despyzer said:
Gr00vus said:
If they can win one of the next three and stay healthy the rest of the year they should be in good shape.
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Winning three of the next four is hardly out of the question. I'm not exactly scared of Cincy and Buffalo.Still, I stated in another thread that I wouldn't be surprised to go .500 the rest of the way and finish at 10-6. Ten wins seems to be the bubble position in the AFC.
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Here is how I rank the difficulty of rest of their games:1. @Denver2. @Cincinnati3. @Seattle4. Denver5. KC6. @Buffalo7. Arizona8. OaklandI figure at worst they go 10-6 with 11-5 being reasonable (beating Denver in SD). The road game against Denver will be difficult without Merriman, but there's no reason why they can't win it. 2 wins against Denver and they will lock up the division.
 
I'm conceding the game @Denver - just too much to deal with there right now. Maybe Plummer gives them a gift, but I doubt it.

I think they have a shot at winning this week, but it will be tough.

The key game in this 3 game stretch left without Merriman is at home against Oakland. That's a must win game. If they can win that one, and I think they will, they're in good shape the rest of the way, as I think they should be favored in their home games against KC and Denver, they should beat AZ and Buffalo and I think they can beat Seattle as well. But if they blow the Oakland game they're in big big trouble.

If they can win this week it's gravy - but especially tasty gravy for me since I'm going to be in Cincy at the game.

 
I'm not conceding ####. While I understand that it's unlikely the Bolts run the table, and I realize I'm wearing homer glasses, I don't see the Bolts losing more than 2 more games.

Their only losses were by 3 pts each, on the road, and the Baltimore loss is on Marty.

I think they sweep Denver this year - last years losses to the Donks are still fresh in the Charger memories.

12-4 is my predicition.

 
tommyGunZ said:
I'm not conceding ####. While I understand that it's unlikely the Bolts run the table, and I realize I'm wearing homer glasses, I don't see the Bolts losing more than 2 more games.Their only losses were by 3 pts each, on the road, and the Baltimore loss is on Marty.I think they sweep Denver this year - last years losses to the Donks are still fresh in the Charger memories.12-4 is my predicition.
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12-4 really? OK, I'm holding you to it......nothing like the face on a Charger fan when the meltdown begins.(NATE KAEDING....NATE KAEDING)11-5 at best.....more of 10-6.But we will see, the season is a tricky thing now isnt it.
 
They have scored the most points in the NFL while reliquishing the 6th most. They score more then any other team, with a guy who has started under 10 games in his career under center.

10-6 is a worst case scenario. 12-4 is far more likely, if they beat Cincy this week, I doubt they lose more then 1 game the rest of the way. They are 2 plays away from 8-0 right now, and certainly 1 of those 2 wins (Baltimore) was all on Marty absolutely costing them the game. A couple breaks in either of those games and we are talking about the Bolts as the best team in the league, not the Colts.

 
NYCGangGreen said:
12-4 really? OK, I'm holding you to it......nothing like the face on a Charger fan when the meltdown begins.(NATE KAEDING....NATE KAEDING)11-5 at best.....more of 10-6.But we will see, the season is a tricky thing now isnt it.
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Sweet, so this was really a Jets fan :fishing: expedition thread? Don't you have anything better to do like picking out what to get Curtis Martin for a retirement gift or watching Joe Namath making drunken passes at sideline reporters?As for meltdowns....(DOUG BRIEN.....DOUG BRIEN) turnabout is fair play.I'm curious as to why you wouldn't start a thread about the Jets' playoff chances this year? Hmmmmm.....
 
Remember, Denver has its defensive woes too, and if Taco Bell doesn't come back from the toe injury, they have to rely on Plummer.

Brandon is gone, Gold, Ekuban, Chukwura, Ferguson, Lynch and Darrent Williams are all dinged, some more seriously than others.

I say they beat the Broncos.

 
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Maurile Tremblay said:
bicycle_seat_sniffer said:
10-6.
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10-6 means they are a .500 team from here on out. I think they are better than a .500 team. (They are #2 in the NFL in DVOA and are projected to go 13-3.)
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1. @Denver L2. @Cincinnati L

3. @Seattle L

4. Denver L

5. KC W

6. @Buffalo W

7. Arizona W

8. Oakland W

thats how I see it beat denver at home and they are 11-5

I really want to pick them to win in Cincy, but man with the LB corp the way it is , i dunno

 
bicycle_seat_sniffer said:
Maurile Tremblay said:
bicycle_seat_sniffer said:
10-6.
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10-6 means they are a .500 team from here on out. I think they are better than a .500 team. (They are #2 in the NFL in DVOA and are projected to go 13-3.)
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1. @Denver L2. @Cincinnati L

3. @Seattle L

4. Denver L

5. KC W

6. @Buffalo W

7. Arizona W

8. Oakland W

thats how I see it beat denver at home and they are 11-5

I really want to pick them to win in Cincy, but man with the LB corp the way it is , i dunno
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I think the Seattle game is a very winnable game for the Chargers.
 
Just my :2cents: but I think SD goes 11-5 as a worst case scenario...and I AM a Jets fan. Even w/o Merriman this is still a solid D. And the way they are capable of scoring points if Marty loosens the reigns, every game they play is winnable.

 
djcolts said:
Cincy is a mess right now. Chargers only lose @Denver and @Seattle. I think they are going 12-4.
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Cincy seems to be a mess, but this is exactly the kind of game the Chargers have lost under Marty. It smacks of the Chiefs game a couple of weeks back. The Chiefs are a good team who were going through a bad streak, the Chargers didn't show up until the 2nd half and ended up losing. I see the same thing with Cincy. Sure they're hurt on the offensive line, but no more so than the Chargers are in their defensive front 7, and Cincy has the pass game to exploit the Chargers' main weakness on defense. This week's game is going to be a tough one, and I'd give a slight edge to Cincy as they're at home. I think the Chargers will definitely have to play their A game for 60 minutes if they're going to win, which I don't think they've really done since the Pittsburgh game.
 
We've yet to see the Chargers really define themselves as a unit. Three times we have seen them take over an entire game and dominate (SF, St. L, and Ten). Twice they have came out swinging and then hit a wall (in Baltimore and Oakland). And three times they have started in a rut and had to play catch up to inferior teams (KC, Pit, and Cle).

They run well, pass efficiently, and play good defense regardless of who is plugged in there (amid some spurts of LOUSY tackling), but do we really know who this team is yet and what they are capable of?

 
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