Patriots matchup

1) Haynesworth and Wilfork will bring great pressure up the middle. You didn’t see it against Miami, but you’ll see it against us. Hardwick and the two big boys next to him will not always be up to the challenge.

2) This means the Chargers will have to play from the shotgun more than they’d normally like. They won’t be able to set the tempo with runs up the middle, but will rather have to make end runs and screen passes to keep the defense from keying on the big WRs.

3) The Dolphins WRs got manhandled by the Pats CBs. I hope they come into this game expecting more of the same, ‘cause it’s not what they’re going to get. The Pats WRs, on the other hand, won’t break anything big on our secondary. I’m not worried about Welker: undersized guys don’t tend to do well against this defense.

4) We looked good stopping TEs and RBs. Weddle brings down anyone on the Pats roster on that long All Day play: that Peterson guy is really something else. The Pats, like the Vikings, run a lot of 2TE sets, and Phillips, Butler, Spikes, and Sanders will be called upon in many of the same ways this week as last. In fact, really you could say that the Pats offense is a lot like the Vikings offense, with two major differences in the key skill positions.

5) We need a good day from the DL and OLBs in the pass rush game. Having 2 TEs on every play means that there are always six guys in to block. Pressure with 4-5 men is how you beat Brady: like Rivers, you don’t want to bring the house on him, but if you make him scramble he gets decidedly less brilliant.

6) Obviously, the Pats don’t make a lot of mistakes. The players have to be smarter this time around, or the same thing will happen as last year.

While Rivers can break a lot of the film down.. Belicheck always changes it up. How we win, be aggressive, play smart and get Brady on his back.

Perhaps not a lot but I hope it results in some confusion and inability to adjust the line to a changing defensive front. I would love to see Garay knock their new center into Brady. That said, the Pats are uber professional and even their backups don’t make a lot of mistakes. Does anybody know about Dan Connoly, the guy that we will see on Sunday?

always ends at like 24-27 points by one of the teams and the other just under at like 17-21. I predict a 31-21 chargers win. I know this won’t be true if special team gives up TD(s). I believe chargers D can handle the patriots, so like always, it’s about what can the offense offer and if Norv comes out aggressive and chargers gain some points out of it, then I would actually think that Chargers will end up with close to 700 yards next week, wishful thinking, maybe, but definitely possible to do if offense is on the same page.

It seems to me that SD has to derail the Pats’ offensive game tempo. Pats use tempo and endurance to strategically, and then eventually, to physically dominate. Until Miami got gassed, they stayed in striking distance in the game. Their players matched up pretty well.

Brady is very smart and technically precise. He knows where all of his player are and he knows all the keys on your defense. How to beat him? Disrupt the routes and timing at the line of scrimmage. Keep the edge on running plays. Scout your own defense – change the keys, mix it up for the whole game. Make Brady move around and put him on the ground at every opportunity. Obviously easier said than done, but you have to have him moving his head left and right for self protection, rather than looking down field.

On offense, a touch of the same medicine will gas out Wilfork and Hainsworth. Of more importance – scoring touchdowns and no turnovers.

But, no matter what, the SD defense had better be in good condition.

Thats what we did last year, and effectively shut down the Pat’s offense if anyone rememebers. this and not turing the ball will give us a very good chance at winning.

The key to beating the Pats is stop the underneath stuff. If you guys can play man on their wide receivers, but double their tight ends you got a great chance. The Jets are 3-2 against the pats the last two seasons including that 45-3 ass whooping they got from them. In their 3 wins they manned up their receivers using their safeties to help more underneath. Also, they use their outside rushers to bump their tight ends off their routes before they rush Brady.

Three other keys is to disguise what you are doing, Never let Brady see what the coverage will be.
The other thing ids pressure. Brady bis great, but we all see when he gets pressured, he’s not the same QB.
The last thing is their defense sucks right now. I don’t know if they will get better, but they are learning to play a 4-3. So I see you guys putting up numbers on them. I can see you guys winning 34-28.

I like to add, of course I want the chargers to win to help the Jets in the AFC east. I also have another reason. In the last eight years either the Pats, Colts or Steelers have come out of the AFC. While i feel the Colts are out of it this year, I really would hate to see either the Pats or Steelers make it. So if the Jets don’t make it out of the AFC, then I would root for either you guys are the Raven to make it. Good Luck!!