SD has the best special teams in the league hands down.

10/10/2010 6:22:27 PM

Long punt return, what else would it be.....fucking ridiculous.

10/10/2010 6:23:01 PM

But it was 3rd down when they went to commercial. These germans don't know how to broadcast a football game.

10/10/2010 6:23:58 PM

Yeah they went to JB for a game break, and the Zazys got confused.

[Edited on October 10, 2010 at 6:27 PM. Reason : f]

10/10/2010 6:27:22 PM

http://www.iilemi.com/10009/1/Watch-San-Diego-Chargers-vs-Oakland-Raiders/

I was watching a sky broadcast from somewhere in Europe it was hilarious bc they were like "this guy here" "that guy" "him" they had no idea who anybody was. Then I found this crappy feed, but at least its AMERICA!

10/10/2010 6:28:39 PM

Nice! I need P. Riv to have a monster game. He is on track, 2 more TD's would be nice, one to Gates if he feels so inclined.

10/10/2010 6:32:23 PM

lol these refs don't know wtf they are doing

10/10/2010 6:37:03 PM

Haha pretty hilarious.

10/10/2010 6:37:52 PM

Landed out of bounds

[Edited on October 10, 2010 at 6:55 PM. Reason : But it will probably stand]

10/10/2010 6:54:19 PM

That had to be an incomplete pass, right?

10/10/2010 7:45:12 PM

sad day

10/10/2010 7:46:08 PM

fitting that the chargers lose after so many fuckups

10/10/2010 7:46:51 PM

Still have a chance

[Edited on October 10, 2010 at 7:48 PM. Reason : did math wrong lol]

10/10/2010 7:46:57 PM

WTF? That seemed as much a "incomplete pass" as Gradkowskis

10/10/2010 7:47:26 PM

another lost fumble?? god dammit P.Riv

10/10/2010 7:48:23 PM

Not sure you can really blame Rivers for fumbling when his arm got hit as he was in his throwing motion.

10/10/2010 7:49:06 PM

Man, San Diego loves to fuck up in the beginning of the season.


III

10/10/2010 7:49:27 PM

After that catch P-Riv's QB rating for the game is a half century greater than the Colts QB.

10/10/2010 7:49:38 PM

Yeah his offensive line dissapeared that drive

10/10/2010 7:49:47 PM

"Bust"er Davis

10/10/2010 7:50:48 PM

^^^ worst mod ever... has NOTHING to do with this thread, pure trolling attempt

oh, and since according to you retards teams winning and losing only comes down to the QB, the Colts won today, Chargers didnt. But of course in this case, losing wont only be due to the QB because it convenient to think otherwise.

[Edited on October 10, 2010 at 7:54 PM. Reason : d]

10/10/2010 7:50:51 PM

Gotta pull that one in but he did underthrow it a hair...

[Edited on October 10, 2010 at 7:52 PM. Reason : who says just b/c I'm a mod I can't have a little fun... lighten up.]

10/10/2010 7:51:19 PM

Wow...simply wow


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10/10/2010 7:53:36 PM

dancing L

10/10/2010 7:54:46 PM

EPIC MELTDOWN

10/10/2010 7:55:18 PM

0-2 in conference.

Can't come back against the fucking Raiders. Sad.

10/10/2010 7:55:19 PM

Cue 11 game winning streak.

10/10/2010 7:55:29 PM

FUCK! FUCK, the damn Raiders and their gay radiery raiding.

10/10/2010 7:55:43 PM

ha rivers and braves both losing simultaneously

Perfect

10/10/2010 7:56:14 PM

who is worse?

norvell or wade..

close call

10/10/2010 8:07:35 PM

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"^^^ worst mod ever... has NOTHING to do with this thread, pure trolling attempt"

haha

"i came in here to troll and got trolled? HOW DARE YOU SIR"

[Edited on October 10, 2010 at 8:21 PM. Reason : -]

10/10/2010 8:21:24 PM

its a thread about the chargers, I made a post about the chargers QB fumbling again... how is that trolling??

just because its your boy doesnt make it trolling

10/10/2010 8:24:46 PM

the chargers sure do find the most creative ways to lose a football game. Counting the divisionals back in jan they have lost 3 out of their last 6 games due to special teams

10/10/2010 9:12:27 PM

You mean 4 of 6?

10/10/2010 11:08:06 PM

KC was a team effort.....

10/10/2010 11:27:21 PM

Philip Rivers has outperformed expectations every week in my Fantasy Football League.

10/11/2010 12:16:21 AM

i love how he has record breaking days and still ends up losing. i just dont understand it.

that call was bullshit last night

10/11/2010 8:09:14 AM

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"that call was bullshit last night"

Not really.

And that is now three games in which he has not come through in the end this year.

I mean...he had a damn good game statistically, but you HAVE to beat the Raiders/Chiefs/Seahawks if you have the ball at the end of the game with adequate time to score.

And how do you keep the Special Teams coach if you are San Diego?? WHAT. THE. FUCK. I know absolute dick about coaching Special Teams and I think I could do a better job than that guy. Get the NFL stats guys on the embarrassment that is the San Diego Specials Teams...see how bad it really is.

10/11/2010 8:27:33 AM

Did they get rid of the tuck rule this year? Seems like just a year or two ago the tuck rule was called often enough to make it very difficult for a QB to fumble.

I didn't see this game, but on a few occasions this year I've seen where the refs like to call fumble even on what was an obvious forward pass.

10/11/2010 8:30:31 AM

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"Did they get rid of the tuck rule this year? Seems like just a year or two ago the tuck rule was called often enough to make it very difficult for a QB to fumble."

Tuck Rule is completely different from what happened yesterday with Rivers.

The Tuck Rule is absolutely ridiculous, but inapplicable to a lot of fumbles you've probably been seeing this year.

10/11/2010 8:38:56 AM

The fumbles that I was referring to were obvious forward passes. The ball came out 3/4 into the QB's passing motion, so yeah the tuck rule wouldn't need to be invoked. Just the regular forward pass rule.

10/11/2010 8:51:38 AM

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"The ball came out 3/4 into the QB's passing motion,"

That shouldn't be a fumble then. Either they made a bad call, or you didn't see it/remember it correctly. Probably the latter (no offense).

Once the QB moves his arm forward with the ball in his hands, then it is considered a pass. So if it is knocked out at that moment, then it is an incomplete pass (think Jason Campbell's fumble/incomplete pass in the 1st half...originally ruled a fumble, then overturned because his arm was moving forward).

Rivers' "fumble" occurred right at the moment his arm was done moving backwards...but it hadn't started moving forward yet. It looked like it was moving forward because his arm kept going, but the ball has already been dislodged. It was a tough call...but the fumble occurred right before the forward throwing motion started.

10/11/2010 9:00:21 AM

Rivers O-line let him down there. Can't blame it on him when his line performed that poorly on the last drive.

He led them to easy FG range and they get called for holding (that was gates but the TE is part of the line on running plays). Then the line can't even give him a full second to get the ball out before he's hit.

10/11/2010 9:05:05 AM

It was definitely a fumble. The blame goes on the OL for fail blocking, then Randy McMichael for failing to pick up the ball when no one was around him, and lastly Philip for trying to argue with the refs that he was throwing the ball instead of trying to get to the ball then arguing.

10/11/2010 9:07:25 AM

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" And that is now three games in which he has not come through in the end this year. I mean...he had a damn good game statistically, but you HAVE to beat the Raiders/Chiefs/Seahawks if you have the ball at the end of the game with adequate time to score. "

That is bullshit. The fact remains that Philip should never had been in the situation on having to make a desperate drive to save the day. The Chargers special teams effort is mediocre at best. Sure occasionally punts are blocked, kick offs are returned for a TD, and your clutch FG kicker misses a 40 yard attempt. Having a team that habitually gives up kick returns. Having two punts blocked for points. Nate Kaeding missing 3 <45 yard FG's is not normal.

This is not the NBA. Winning in football takes a whole team effort, not
just Priv playing catch with Antonio Gates and Floyd. I think Tom Brady, Ben Rapelsburger, and Drew Brees would not have turned the Jets, Seahawks, or Raiders games into a victory.

I am undecided about the fumble call. Yeah my inner fan wants to say blown call ref. From the other side though i could see it being a fumble. If the O-line had bought him even 0.5 seconds more it would have been an incomplete pass.

[Edited on October 11, 2010 at 11:34 AM. Reason : a]

10/11/2010 11:33:01 AM

at least rivers has the ball every game with a chance to win. he just cant do it.

[Edited on October 11, 2010 at 12:41 PM. Reason : (could be a lot worse)]

10/11/2010 12:40:57 PM

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"I am undecided about the fumble call. Yeah my inner fan wants to say blown call ref."

It was a fumble you idiot. Your "inner fan" is retarded.

What John Clayton had to say about the game:

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"Rivers completed 27 of 42 passes for 431 yards and two touchdowns, but for the third consecutive road game, he couldn't convert that final two-minute drive to get the victory. "

Rivers is putting up great numbers and playing well for most of the game. But he is choking it up at the end (and in the red zone for that matter...anyone see the completion percentage stat they put up in the first half?? 2nd worst in the NFL in the red zone).

Two things that need to improve for San Diego to make the playoffs:

- Special Teams

- Rivers play in the red zone and at the end of the game

10/11/2010 1:01:30 PM

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"Two things that need to improve for San Diego to make the playoffs: - Special Teams -Rivers play in the red zone and at the end of the game and receivers holding onto the goddamn ball"

I'm not denying that Rivers could play better on final drives, but good teams don't rely on their QB to make a miraculous game winning drive every damn game.

There are also a lot of dropped balls. Everytime I am able to catch a snippet of a chargers game, I see dropped balls. Hell, if Buster Davis catches that deep ball that was in his hands at the end, we may not even be talking about Rivers blowing another game end situation. They should have paid Vincent Jackson his damn money.

Then again, it's impossible to defend Rivers on here without getting the fanboy tag.

10/11/2010 1:11:05 PM

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"but good teams don't rely on their QB to make a miraculous game winning drive every damn game."

It's not "miraculous" when it's against the Seahawks, Raiders, and Chiefs. Especially when he's already racked up 300/400 yards during the game, passing at will. It seems that he tightens up a little and doesn't play as well when the game is on the line. That's all I'm saying.

10/11/2010 1:15:40 PM

He can't make game winning drives when his team is blowing it for him.

He made a game winning drive yesterday, into FG range, until the holding call pushed it out of FG range and the line couldn't even hold for a single second.

Name a QB that would have scored there.

10/11/2010 1:25:59 PM