Why the 4-3 Chargers Can Beat the 7-0 Packers
Because We Love the Game
Publish Date: 11/02/2011
Predictably, the 2011 Green Bay Packers are campaigning for another championship. It's proposterous to think that the mighty Packers with their number 1 ranked scoring offense (32.9 ppg) could ever again lose a game. After all, they haven't lost since December 19th's matchup in New England, and that was with Matt Flynn at the helm. Even after winning a championship and having a shortened off-season, the Pack has continued to cascade the NFL with a torrent of offense led by their discount double-check slinging quarterback. When was Aaron Rodgers' last loss as a starter? Has he ever lost as a starter? Week after week, Rodgers has been as predictable as rush-hour traffic on the 405, gashing defenses for 323 passing yards per game. Rodgers leads the league in both quarterback passer rating (123.5), and passing touchdowns (20). So far this season, opposing defenses have seemingly provided less resistance than a chubby girl on prom night, and have been left to clean up a bigger mess than a towel-boy on set of a Peter North flick.
It's no secret that San Diego has been abysmil in the red zone. Phillip Rivers now leads the league with a concerning 11 interceptions. The chargers have given the ball away an appalling 16 times so far this season, and are sitting just below the winless Colts with a -5 turnover margin. These numbers are enough to make Norv Turner's stomach turn more than the airplane chicken cordon blue served during the flight home.
So how in the world could the Packers ever lose? Because last Sunday the 5-2 Saints, who the week prior set an NFL record for most points scored in a game since the 1970 AFL NFL merger (won 63-7), lost to the 0-6 Rams. Because in week 5, the 10 point underdog Seahawks waltzed into the Meadowlands and stunned the heavily favored New York Football Giants. Because inopportune fireworks explode in tune to a quarterbacks cadence. Because turnovers happen. Because in 2007, the 17-0 New England Patriots lost when it mattered most. Folks, losing is part of the game, albeit not part of the game-plan.
Charger Fans, before you connect a gardening hose to your exhaust pipe and roll up the windows, cheer up because it's November! Even after an inexplicable and inexcusable loss in Kansas City last week, there is still hope. Since 2009, the Chargers have notably started sluggish, then turned it around, thrusting ahead to a perfect 8-0 record in the month of November. In 2011, the Chargers are converting 52.6 percent of third downs, second only to the New Orleans Saints, and are ranked 6th in the league in offensive yards with 399.4 per game.
I could rattle more stats on and on, but number crunching aside, fans love the game of football because of it's excitement and unpredictability. The reality is we live in a random world where little is actually predictable. (Except the Kardashian divorce, I called that one.) So just sit back and enjoy the sport America loves, and leave the predictions to the experts, like Harold Egbert Camping.
It's no secret that San Diego has been abysmil in the red zone. Phillip Rivers now leads the league with a concerning 11 interceptions. The chargers have given the ball away an appalling 16 times so far this season, and are sitting just below the winless Colts with a -5 turnover margin. These numbers are enough to make Norv Turner's stomach turn more than the airplane chicken cordon blue served during the flight home.
So how in the world could the Packers ever lose? Because last Sunday the 5-2 Saints, who the week prior set an NFL record for most points scored in a game since the 1970 AFL NFL merger (won 63-7), lost to the 0-6 Rams. Because in week 5, the 10 point underdog Seahawks waltzed into the Meadowlands and stunned the heavily favored New York Football Giants. Because inopportune fireworks explode in tune to a quarterbacks cadence. Because turnovers happen. Because in 2007, the 17-0 New England Patriots lost when it mattered most. Folks, losing is part of the game, albeit not part of the game-plan.
Charger Fans, before you connect a gardening hose to your exhaust pipe and roll up the windows, cheer up because it's November! Even after an inexplicable and inexcusable loss in Kansas City last week, there is still hope. Since 2009, the Chargers have notably started sluggish, then turned it around, thrusting ahead to a perfect 8-0 record in the month of November. In 2011, the Chargers are converting 52.6 percent of third downs, second only to the New Orleans Saints, and are ranked 6th in the league in offensive yards with 399.4 per game.
I could rattle more stats on and on, but number crunching aside, fans love the game of football because of it's excitement and unpredictability. The reality is we live in a random world where little is actually predictable. (Except the Kardashian divorce, I called that one.) So just sit back and enjoy the sport America loves, and leave the predictions to the experts, like Harold Egbert Camping.
I like my chargers but I'm not sure they have this one lol go chargers
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