The Chargers showed up for all full sixty minutes and Sunday night and came away with a sound victory.  The offense didn't convert everything in the red zone, but still came away with 30 points.  This game was the mirror image of last week, where the Bolts really were dominant on both sides of the line.  Couple that with a Denver loss and the Chargers control their fate again; if they win out they don't need any help to take the division. With a road game against the Bill's, then the ultimate road game to jolly old England against the Saints the Chargers have some tough games ahead.

Quarterback - A

After two sub-par games, Rivers was really on his game.  He was hitting short and long passes with authority.  He was without one of his favorite targets, but didn't miss a beat with Malcolm Floyd doing an excellent job filling in; this team is deep with talented receivers.  He ended the night 18/27, 3 TDs and no interceptions and a robust 141 QB rating.  The team really took advantage of Deltha O'Neal's height deficit.  Rivers set the tone early completing a bomb to Vincent Jackson; they ended up settling for three, but you could see they were going to move the ball.

Receivers - A

I can remember one dropped pass by Vincent Jackson, but apart from that Jackson and Floyd were terrific; I was surprised that we didn't see Buster or Legedu more.  That first bomb to Jackson was up for grabs, and Jackson took it down; he is really turning into a dominant receiver.

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Here it is; The Patriots who have ended our post season the last two years.  Will it be 2-4 or 3-3?  Lets watch some football!

The Patriots offensive line had real problems keeping the pressure off Tom Brady in the Super Bowl last year.  This year they have given up sixteen sacks; fifteen on Cassel.  In replacing Tom Brady, Cassel has been coming along.  While he almost never threw for TDs in preseason, he has three since taking over, although he his three interceptions to go along with them.  New England's Tight End's do not account for many yards, but I would never put it past Belichick to try and exploit that weakness in our secondary.  Morris, Faulk and Maroney make a pretty good troika as running backs, and they all seem to get touches in a game, but have only been averaging 113 yards per game. Lamont Jordan is also a great power back, but may see less or no action with his injury, he has not played the last two games.  It's hard to forget the running drive in last years playoffs with a three tight end set that the Chargers were not able to stop.  Just an aside, our defensive line is ranked dead last against the run.

Randy Moss

The threats at wide receiver are Wes Welker who tends to get the shorter routes with Randy Moss being the deep threat.  As good as they are, Jabar Gafney makes a credible third target; I would expect to see a fair amount of Cason in coverage this game.  Cassel seems to hit the deep play less often than Brady, and reports say that Moss is looking a bit frustrated.  When he was with Oakland the book on Moss was to hit him hard at the line; I would think that with an aggressive pass rush might disturb the Patriots passing game; and they still look to be a pass first team.  They may modify that with San Diegos weakness against the run; I'm interested to see if Ian Scott will be active this week.

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