I don’t wish injury or pain on anyone. As a human being, I feel bad for Dumervil’s situation and I wish him a swift and complete recovery so that he can continue to have a productive career that he can be proud of and that he can use for the benefit of himself and his family.

That said, much like the Chargers and any other team in the NFL, I’ll take any advantage I can get. I’m pleased that the Charger’s road to the playoffs will be somewhat easier with this occurrance. I’m pleased that this will increase the chances of winning more games and impoving the team’s overall record for a higher position on the playoff hierarchy. And I’m pleased that there will be less of a chance that Dumervil will come out of nowhere to tackle Rivers and possibly injure him on a play.

The concept of winning in a tough division or making the playoffs with an extremely difficult schedule is vastly overrated. The only point of the regular season is to get into the single elimination tournament that is the playoffs. There’s no bonus points for a difficult schedule, this isn’t the BCS. Just make it into the playoffs and there, anything can happen.

I seriously doubt that the Patriots and their fans are bemoaning the fact that their team made it to the playoffs and essentially the Super Bowl on the backs of a division that featured the Bills, Dolphins and Jets at a period when they totally sucked. I seriously doubt the Dolphins will put on asterisk on the only perfect season in NFL history because their regular season was pretty easy. And I seriously doubt anyone in the NFC East is happy that they have to fight tooth and nail every year in a division where 3/4ths fo the teams are always playoff contenders.

So as I said before, sad news for Dumervil. I hope he has a swift and complete recovery. And I also hope this makes things a little easier for the Chargers and allows them to prep better for the postseason.