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Until Now.... (Well done Miller Lite)

HAHA! I laughed soooo hard when I saw this for the first time, and second time and every time I see this commercial!

Enjoy!!! Anyone else have an urge for a Miller Lite beer?

Believe!

I wrote last week to continue to believe in the bolts and big things are here to come! This stands true today! The Chargers are going to continue to gain momentum over the next week. The Chargers face the Raiders for Raider Week 2 of 2009. Will the Chargers continue the dominance over the Raiders. The current Chargers vs Raiders streak is at 12 consecutive games.

We all know the last one was a nail biter! I know because I was there, and narrowly missed an ass kicking!

But let's get back to the purpose of this post. BELIEVE! For all those nay sayers out there, I'm glad us die hard fans have had a chance to weed you out! No matter the Chargers record, I will blindly follow, love, root and cheer for my BOLTS!

Chargers are now 3-3 and moving in the right direction with Raider week next week. Who do the Broncos take on next week you ask? The Ravens coming off a bye week. Here is a big test on the road.


BELIEVE!!!

Momentum

Ya, I know the Chiefs are terrible but, you got to start somewhere. And why not pick on the Chiefs?!?!

Let's take a look into what the Chargers did good today:
1. Down Field passing. This has been the most consistent part of the Chargers game this season. VJ leading the pack

2. Special teams looked solid. Bolts even blocked a punt and picked it up in the endzone. (And by that I mean, Jacob Hester blocked a punt and picked it up in the endzone)

3. Running the ball. LT had his longest run of the year today. That was followed by red zone issues inside the 5.

4. Run Defense. The D Line and LB's looked to actually push a team around. Haven't seen that in a while.

5. Can I really be writing PASS RUSH?!?! Yes I am, 4 sacks, granted two were by the secondary, but two were added by Shaun Phillips himself!

6. Pass D. Basically had a solid game, no big plays.

All around, the Chargers beat the Chiefs pretty bad, in all phases of the game, which makes 4 straight against the team from KC! Look for them to continue this in their next game against the Raiders.

Season prediction (12-4 or 11-5):
@Chiefs W
Raiders W
@Giants L
Eagles W
@Broncos W
Chiefs W
@Browns W
@Cowboys W/L
Bengals W
@Titans W
Redskins W

PS How Sweet did those uni's look?!?! All white!

Believe in the Bolts

"Believe in the Bolts," a phrase coined in the '94-'95 super bowl season. As bad as they have looked at times, we did show improvement, in some areas of the game last night.

On D, everything but the pass rush looked better. We slowed the run, newly signed Ian Scott did his best Jamal Williams impression. Secondary did well considering they had to cover receivers for extended periods of time. Rookie Ellison was in on a ton of plays in the second half (he was either being picked on by the Broncos or he was all over the field), either way, making plays!

On O, everything but the pass protection looked good. Rivers got the ball to his receivers when he had time to. LT looked strong (didn't get the ball at the goal line???). I know we have the largest receivers in the league and can get the ball down field, but can we get a slip screen to a receiver for god sakes. Every team in the league runs those plays but us! Running those type of screens draws the safeties up and opens up the down field even more!

Special Teams, cover your kicks!

All in all, we need to improve pass rush, pass protection, kick coverage and PLAY CALLING!

Let's take a look at the Wild Card picture... Out of second place, AFC Divisional teams, the most wins are 3. That puts us 2.5 games out behind... the Steelers and Bengals and 1.5 behind the Ravens, Jets, Texans and Jaguars. NOT OUT OF IT YET...

Now let's look at the remaining schedule:
@Chiefs W
Raiders W
@Giants L
Eagles W
@Broncos W
Chiefs W
@Browns W
@Cowboys W/L
Bengals W
@Titans W
Redskins W

Let's say conservatively we go .500 against NFC East Opponents. And at least the Chargers don't face the Saints, Colts or Vikings! (Brees, Manning or Favre)

Current Record (2-3). Predicted Record (12-4) or (11-5).

It is a daunting task... Can the Chargers do it? Maybe. If they do? We will have quite a streak going into the playoffs!

Say it with me now "BELIVE IN THE BOLTS!"

Immature Reality

I feel as if the majority of the Chargers are immature 20 somethings who don't get it (MOSTLY DEFENSE). They have been given the responsibility of holding each other accountable BUT do not execute!

If I can make a comparison to a household with an immature young adult. Right now the head of the household (Norv) can not get his young adults (Defense) in line! That was never a problem with Marty. We all knew who was in charge and the D was held accountable every play! It's too bad Marty told AJ to go F-himself one too many times!

But that "go F-yourself, it's my way or the high way" is the best way to treat the 20 something, newly made millionaires. But now we have a "yes man" in Norv.

This post is not a blast on Norvs play calling (Which I also think is terrible), it is about his management and coaching style.

The above picture says it all! Would you want to do anything to piss this guy off? Go to Camp Pendalton and get a drill instructor to get these Bolts in line!!!

Ding Ding Ding 100th post!

I found this video today when on YouTube. It's enjoyable. Let's keep positive thoughts and take down the Donkey's this Monday!

Don't Panic... Yet

Chargers Upcoming Games:

Broncos Win
@ Cheifs Win
Raiders Win
@ Giants Loss
Eagles Win
@Broncos Win
Current Record (2-2). Predicted Record After 2 games against Broncos (7-3)


Broncos Upcoming Games

@ Chargers Loss
@ Ravens Loss
Steelers Loss
@ Redskins Win
Chargers Loss
Current Record (5-0). Predicted Record After 2 Games against Chargers (6-4)

My point... don't panic. Yes, we didn't expect the Broncos to be 5-0 at this point. And more or less, I expected the Chargers to be right where they are or, one game better. The Broncos have a difficult schedule coming up and I expect them to be one game behind the Bolts after week 11.

If the bolts do happen to be unsuccessful next Monday versus the Broncos, HIT THE PANIC BUTTON!

No Loss Tomorrow

... but with that, there will be no win... the bye week is amongst us and all eyes will be on the damn Broncos of Denver. You will not hear me say this often, but this week (and this week only) I want the Patriots to win.

Then da bolts will be one game back of the Broncos, playing them the following week! Interesting enough the Broncos/Patriots match up features the Student and the Teacher.