NFL-X Week 3 – San Diego vs San Francisco
The San Francisco 49ers (0-2) have been outscored 57-3 through two preseason games. They were just shutout in their first game at the new Levi’s Stadium against the Broncos (34-0).
The San Francisco 49ers (0-2) have been outscored 57-3 through two preseason games. They were just shutout in their first game at the new Levi’s Stadium against the Broncos (34-0).
The San Diego Chargers exorcised a lot of demons last season – actually winning a few games in December en route to a 9-7 record, a playoff berth and a first round playoff win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
On Thursday, the San Diego Chargers host the Dallas Cowboys at Qualcomm Stadium. These two teams are average at best and will likely fight for a wild card, but it’s an intriguing preseason match-up.
The San Diego Chargers endured a season in which their success was on the arm of their Pro Bowl quarterback Phillip Rivers. Ranking 4th in total passing yards at 270.5 yards per game, the aerial attack of the Chargers was in full effect and their addition of first year head coach Mike McCoy paid off.
The San Diego Chargers will look to build on a rare solid December stretch from last year, a first round playoff upset of the Bengals and a near-win against Denver in the second round of the postseason.
The San Diego Chargers snuck into the playoffs last season but don’t let their surprise success fool you into thinking this is not a team looking to upgrade in a number of areas.
Broncos Host Chargers for Right to Play for AFC Crown
The Denver Broncos get back to business this week when they host one of four intriguing Divisional Round games. Their opponent this week? The surprising San Diego Chargers – a team that beat Denver 27-20 at Mile High in Week 14.
The top-seeded Broncos and the San Diego Chargers will meet for the third time this season when they face off in the AFC Playoffs on Sunday afternoon in Denver.
The Chargers were the last team to qualify in the AFC and are now travelling most of the way across the country to face Cincinnati.
After sneaking into the postseason, the Chargers will have to get past the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday in a AFC Wildcard Playoff game.
Chiefs and Chargers Meet With Tons on the Line in Week 17
AFC West foes Kansas City and San Diego wrap up their 2013 Regular seasons Sunday with a pivotal showdown in San Diego – pivotal fort the Chargers who are still barely alive in the playoff race.
Needing to win out, the Chargers will play host to their bitter division rival Oakland who arrive in San Diego on Sunday in the midst of a four-game losing skid, but no less determined to sweep this year’s series.
When: Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 at 4:25 p.m. EST
Where: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
TV: CBS
LINE: -10 (Chargers), O/U 50.5
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Oakland (4-10) handed the Chargers a 27-17 defeat at Oakland on Oct. 6, a game in which the Raiders capitalized on five San Diego turnovers.
But since then, the Raiders have lost seven of nine, including last week’s 56-31 pummeling by Kansas City in which they set a franchise record for most points allowed in a game.
The Raiders defense is mired in a major tailspin, allowing around 41 points in the last three games. And the offense isn’t any better. Quarterback Matt McGloin turned in his worst performance of the season last week, throwing four interceptions against the Chiefs
Nevertheless, there is some optimism for the Raiders, who could return Darren McFadden back in time for their trip to San Diego.
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With McFadden out, backup running back Rashad Jennings has done a solid job, rushing for 91 yards last week, while notching his second straight two-touchdown game.
Defensively, the Raiders are ranked 24th against the pass and are tied for the second-fewest interceptions in the league. Not good news as they face San Diego’s Philip Rivers, who has compiled a 28-6 career mark in the month of December.
Needing to win out and have Miami and Baltimore each drop their final two games to secure the AFC’s final playoff slot, the Chargers (7-7) postseason hopes appear distant.
Still, they will enter Sunday’s contest with lots of hope and momentum after a surprising 27-20 upset in Denver last week.
Rivers threw a pair of touchdown passes, while running back Ryan Mathews tied his season high with 127 yards and went over 100 yards for the fifth time in the past nine games against the Broncos.
Meanwhile the defense held the Broncos to only 18 rushing yards on 11 attempts and came up with a key fourth-quarter interception to hand Denver its first home loss of the season.
The Raiders are a mess, and San Diego seems to be surging towards a desperate attempt at a playoff spot.
If the same Chargers’ defense that held Denver in check shows up to this one, the party’s over for Oakland an may be just getting started in San Diego.
Chargers 28, Raiders 21
The Denver Broncos will do battle with the San Diego Chargers on Thursday Night Football at Mile High. Denver has a fair lead over Kansas City in the AFC West and can all but clinch their division with a win on Thursday night, while San Diego can kiss their slim playoff hopes goodbye with a loss in Denver.
Giants and Chargers Meet With Playoff Lives In the Balance
Two teams that have made a habit of starting slowly and coming on strong toward the end of the season meet with their playoff lives on the line Sunday when the New York Giants head west to take on the San Diego Chargers.
Bengals Visit Chargers in Crucial AFC Tilt
The AFC playoff picture is becoming muddier every week and in the middle of the cloudy picture is two teams that meet in San Diego Sunday.
If the Kansas City Chiefs are truly a top team then they will snap right back after their first loss of the season to Denver last week. San Diego is in the great morass that is building for the final playoff spot in the AFC and needs every win they can get.