And Just Like That, The Chargers Are Good

Folks, I really don't know how we continue to arrive at this point. There's always a slow start, followed by a winning streak to get back into playoff contention. Thankfully it happened earlier this year and we don't have to rely on the Broncos going 8-8 to win the division.

Let's skip the pessimism for once here. Namely that this is indicative of a team that continuously enters the season unprepared and plays catch-up for the first have and eventually that second half surge isn't going to happen. Sorry.

Seriously, there are good signs here. And when I say good signs, I mean the offense has so many playmakers they can't have them all on the field at the same time. Seriously. In an offensive set there is a quarterback, 5 eligible receivers, and 5 fat guys (JK, linemen. You know we love you). The Chargers, currently, have VJax, Gates, Floyd, LT, Sproles, Naanee, and (Somehow???) Mike Tolbert. That's 7 guys for 5 spots. A real dilemma until you remember it's a good thing. offensive coordinator Norv Turner (See what I did there?) has been very inventive in giving each guy his shots, and the offense looks just about unstoppable these days.

The defense of course is a story for another day (Maybe tomorrow? Yeah, you're salivating. I can tell.) but all in all the team looks good.

Having said that, I still don't quite believe and I think the ceiling is probably a devastating loss to the Colts in th AFC Championship Game.

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