Chargers’ Record: The Best 2-3 You’ll Ever See
This may be the fourth straight 2-3 start, but it is perhaps the best one, yet, and ever.
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What happens the rest of the way if...
PR goes down?
Mathews goes down?
Because over night I think lingering around .500 would be pretty good if something like that happens.
great team stats
but somehow none of makes me feel much better, we’re 2-3 again.
by boltsgamedayfootball on Oct 13, 2010 4:35 PM PDT reply actions
It's better if you put it like this
Teams with greats stats like that tend to win. And we have 11 games left. We’ve only played 5.
No, I don't think you're an idiot. Please don't go trying to prove me wrong about that.
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by Wonko on Oct 13, 2010 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
As I see it really we only have 6 games left
And even if we run the table in the division, KC or Oakland could still take the AFC West.
If we assume .500 ball, the Chargers finish 5 & 3 in the division. Do you think that record makes the playoffs?
by Trendsearcher on Oct 13, 2010 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Oakland will not take the West
No team with a DVOA that low will ever take a division. Especially when they’ll need a winning record to do so.
As for the Chiefs. They only have one more win than the Chargers. It doesn’t seem that unlikely that we could pass them. Or even tie them, sweep the division, they lose a road game to Denver or Oak and we win the tiebreaker on conference Record or common opponents.
And that’s not even bringing up what kinds of injuries could happen over the next 12 weeks. It’s a lot of football to be played.
That reminds me of some idiocy from Smacksaw (not to say anything said here is idiocy, just pointing out the lunacy of early season assumptions):
Hacksaw is whining about how the Chargers have dug themselves a hole at 2-3 they can’t get out of. The division is better than its been. Winning the division is too difficult.
Next caller asks about the Cowboys. He quickly says they’ll win the NFC East.
The Cowboys are 1-3. The rest of the division are all at 3-2. LOLWut?
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I completely did that math wrong... rushing I guess
0 & 2 now. 6 divison game remaining. assuming a 50/50 outcome, 3 wins.
How about 3 & 5 in the division for my final answer….
by Trendsearcher on Oct 14, 2010 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions
rushing again you're right 6 total divsion games in a 4 team divsion dooohgg
0 & 2 now, 4 left. 50% = 2 wins
2 & 4 final, final answer. Not good.
by Trendsearcher on Oct 14, 2010 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions
We need to
Basically go on another 11 game win streak.
6/10/2010 - Tra Thomas signs with the Chargers
8/21/2010 - Tra Thomas retires.
That was fast.
Whatever. Assuming .500 from here on out is not informative.
The Chargers have 11 games left to play, with two wins already logged. Realistically, they have to beat the Chiefs in the rematch, win any two of the other three divisional matches, and win at least eight more games total in order to own the division. Even then, I think real SB aspirations for this team would be served by winning 11 or more games (allowing only 2 losses), including a win over the Colts, and preferably over the Pats and either Titans or Bengals, for common games and conference schedule benefit (sweeping Denver and winning at home against Oakland would help too).
Can they do this? Yeah, they’re the Chargers. They’ve started slow but finished with either a winning record or playoff berth every year since 2004; even in 2006, the only year when they never got in a hole, both their losses came early.
An autumn Sunday,
Perched in front of the big screen,
Beer in white knuckles.
by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Oct 15, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
This is what I'm thinking
Talent eventually displays itself in the record. It’s a funny oblong ball and it takes some weird bounces during the season, like 6 outa six fumbles being recovered by Raiders. I think we hit a wildcard or Division again. I’m not big on all the breathless speculation on who should get fired/cut where.
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by Brian (DaBolts) on Oct 14, 2010 7:16 AM PDT up reply actions
You have to think this year's 2-3 is in better shape than last year's 2-3
Last year’s 2-3 was looking up at a 5-0 Broncos team that to me looked scarier at the time than this year’s 3-1 Chiefs do. Not that this year’s team is on the precipice of an 11-game win streak, but let’s just say the totality of the circumstances is more promising in week 6, 2010 vs. week 6, 2009.
by Lenny Suckerpunch on Oct 14, 2010 8:36 AM PDT reply actions
This team is an ST fix away from being dominant.
That’s why we’re in a way better position than last year. It’s easier to fix special teams than a crappy offense or defense. It’s way easier to find guys who are good at STs but nothing else, than guys who are actually good at offense or defense.
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by Zach (maestro876) on Oct 14, 2010 9:13 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Well,
Last year’s 2-3 was not with 2 losses to division rivals.
We lost to Denver (Division), Ravens (Non-Division) and Steelers (Non-Division).
So while stat-wise 2010 is better, division position wise it is worse.
6/10/2010 - Tra Thomas signs with the Chargers
8/21/2010 - Tra Thomas retires.
That was fast.
The Chiefs will not sustain their success.
Need not worry.
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by Mad_Villain on Oct 14, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah but the Raiders might ...
They get healthy. Campbell comes around. That becomes a solid team.
We can’t look back at what we thought these teams would be last summer. They won, the Chargers didn’t, they have the advange for the rest of the ride. Sure KC played very poorly in that first game, maybe they pick it up in some way that isn’t obvious right now.
by Trendsearcher on Oct 14, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
"They get healthy. Campbell comes around. That becomes a solid team"
LOL. I’m sorry, but nothing about the Raiders shows that they have the makings of a solid team.
No, I don't think you're an idiot. Please don't go trying to prove me wrong about that.
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Really?
They played the Chargers pretty close last week, even withtheir issues. Much closer than KC did.
by Trendsearcher on Oct 15, 2010 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions
They didn't play us close
by doing things that point to consistent success. They took advantage of historically bad Chargers special teams and had incredibly good fumble luck.
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by Zach (maestro876) on Oct 15, 2010 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions
KC played a much better defensive game vs. the Chargers
Like light years better.
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Both teams played their guts out, because a win in that game would have guaranteed a good season.
The Raiders are now free to go 5-11 in style. Not that they will, but that this is the best season they’ve had since Gruden’s Revenge, no matter what happens from here on out. Beat the Chargers? Check. Win another game, so the record isn’t a new low? Check. They probably want to play another good home game or three, and they’re not so bad they have no hope to win on the road, so I’m not predicting 2-14 or anything. But they’re not a playoff team.
Kansas City is a lot better. But we saw them at their absolute best, with home field advantage and the weather on their side, and they barely won. Then they beat Cleveland and San Francisco, and the other 3-0 teams lose during their bye week, and suddenly the sporting world is ready to crown their asses.
Nah, the real competition is no more KC than it is Denver. The Broncos really want it. They don’t have as much defensive talent as the Chiefs, but Kyle Orton is on track to have an elite-QB season and their piecemeal OL is doing the important job okay. The Donkeys will have a hard time coming back if they lose to the Jets, unless in so doing they take the Chiefs out of the mix for us.
An autumn Sunday,
Perched in front of the big screen,
Beer in white knuckles.
by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Oct 15, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
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