And Then it was 13

The Chargers have extended their winning streak against the Raiders of Oakland. The current win streak is now up to 13 consecutive games against the Raiders. This game in San Diego had its moments and the Raiders were mathematically close to capturing victory from the jaws of defeat. Luckily for the Chargers, JaMarcus Russell is the QB of the Raiders. As long as he is the quarterback of the Raiders, the Raiders will not be successful. He misses too many wide open receivers. He just is not accurate.

A few game notes:
-Shaun and Shawne both had sacks! And Merriman actually looked like he wanted to be there.
-Great first half on all sides of the ball.
-Offense looked in control and even scored on the Wildcat!
-Defense was dominate. Turnover and good against the run with the rushing TD exception.
-Special teams
-Second half was less productive in all areas. Half time adjustments were not made, or the wrong adjustments were made.
-Lost the field position battle due to a Sproles fumble. The poor field position defensively led to scores by the Raiders.
-Offense was not productive in the second half on a whole. On the other hand, when they needed to score Philip Rivers and the Chargers took the ball the length of the field to set up Kaeding for a chip shot and an 8 point lead.
-On the last drive the defense did stop the Raiders but I do feel JaMarcus did a better job at stopping the Raiders.

All in all, I'm excited about the win, the Broncos loss, 2 TD's for LT and the fact that the Bolts are taking on the Giants when the are not playing consistent football!

News from Oakland...

BREAKING NEWS OAKLAND (CA)--Oakland Raiders football practice was delayed after a player reported finding an unknown white powdery substance on the practice field. Head coach Tom Cable immediately called federal investigators. After a complete analysis, FBI forensic experts determined that the white substance unknown to players was the GOAL LINE. GO BOLTS!

*Nothing is true about this breaking news except the Raiders suck!

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

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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!"