San Diego vs Miami NFL Handicapping
The Dolphins are a team on the brink of disaster, losers of four straight and out the playoff race, Miami will try to garner a little respect when they face the Charger on Sunday.
The Dolphins are a team on the brink of disaster, losers of four straight and out the playoff race, Miami will try to garner a little respect when they face the Charger on Sunday.
Denver arrives in San Diego on Sunday without its head coach, ready to battle its division rival who will aim to stop an offense that has amassed a NFL-best 343 points through the first eight games of the season.
The Washington Redskins survived a scare last weekend when they watched Robert Griffin III go down clutching his left knee. Griffin will suit up in this one and will go toe-to-toe with San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers on Sunday.
The San Diego Chargers showed very well last week in limiting Andrew Luck and the Colts – it was an impressive win. This week they find themselves playing the league’s weakest team in Jacksonville but they are travelling all the way across the country to do so, a situation which is usually a play against, at least in terms of the number.
Finally the Norv Turner era is over in San Diego. No more talk about this being a make-or-break season for Mr. Underachiever. Former Denver Broncos offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike McCoy has been brought in to right what has looked like a sinking ship over the years and McCoy just may be the guy to get the job done.
Jets were eliminated last week in comical fashion while the Chargers haven’t been relevant for a while now. Both coaches are fighting to save their jobs so there could be some extra creativity in this contest.
Little going on in this matchup other than wondering whether Chargers coach can survive the season. Last week’s win provide a stay of execution but a loss to the visiting Panthers might be too hard to ignore.
The Chargers are doing their usual disappointment dance while Pittsburgh has been hanging in there without Big Ben. He is supposed to return and with him comes very strong playoff hopes.
After 6 of the worst quarters of football San Diego jumped out of their funk in beating the Kansas City Chiefs last week. Now they are off to Tampa for the first of two on the road and a three game stint against teams with .500 records or better.
The Chiefs lost their 4th in a row last Sunday and things don’t get much easier with back to back road games against San Diego and Pittsburgh.
The Chargers are looking to regain focus after suffering a humiliating defeat to Denver last week.
What a difference two months can make.
Both the Buffalo Bills and the San Diego Chargers were chugging their way into the postseason in early October with 4-1 records, but now both are well out of the playoff hunt nearing mid December, sporting identical 5-7 records.
Buffalo v San Diego
When: 4:15 PM ET, Sunday, December 11, 2011
Where: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
TV:CBS
LINE: -7 (San Diego) O/U 47.5
Still, Sunday’s battle will mean something to both teams as San Diego will try to salvage a train wreck of a season by beating up on an already deflated Bills squad that will be looking to avoid a sixth consecutive loss in a city where it hasn’t won in 30 years.
After starting the season 5-2, the bus ran off the cliff and the entire Buffalo fan base has felt the impact.
The Bills, who led the league in scoring over that span, averaging just under 33 points per game, have fallen well off the mark by putting up a meager 13.4 points during its five-game skid.
Sure, one can blame injuries to team MVP Fred Jackson, big nose tackle Kyle Williams, and several other players on the offensive line for the Bills dip in performance. But that still doesn’t excuse the poor execution from QB Ryan Fitzpatrick.
However, after throwing seven interceptions in a three-game stretch, Fitz been far better, throwing four TD passes in his last two outings. He needs only 163 passing yards to match last season’s career high of 3,000, but if the rest of the team can’t step it up, he could very well have to wait until next season. [soliloquy id=”82219″]
Take for example Stevie Johnson dropping the potential game-winning touchdown with seconds to play against the Jests, or C.J. Spiller’s fumble in the end zone last week in the Bills loss to the Titans. Of course, the officials ruled that Spiller recovered the ball in the end zone for the touchdown during the relay review, but it’s that kind of sloppy play that has landed the Bills near the bottom floor in the AFC East.
The same kind that will allow the Chargers to manhandle the Bills on their home turf.
The Bolts should be in a better frame of mind after ending their own six-game losing streak by dismantling Jacksonville 38-14 on Monday night.
Quarterback Phillip Rivers, who’s had a disappointing season (19 TD, 17 INT), threw three touchdown passes, as San Diego scored the final 28 points to pull within two games of co-AFC West leaders Denver and Oakland.
San Diego matched its best offensive output of the season in blowing out the Jaguars, thanks in part to RB Ryan Mathews’ second straight 100-yard game.
Matt’ s Prediction: San Diego 34 , Buffalo 24–
San Diego has an NFL-best 19-1 record over the final four weeks of a season since 2006, and will be looking to avoid their first four-game home losing streak since 2001.
I just don’t see how Buffalo, which last won at San Diego in December 1981, and has dropped five straight road games, can shut down a San Diego offense that if clicking can be a scoring machine.
I expect the Bolts to keep their faint playoff hopes alive with another December surge.
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The San Diego Chargers will look to end their five game losing streak as they host the Denver Broncos in a pivotal game in the wide open AFC West on Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium.
The Chargers did not make the playoffs last season, but this season they have the best odds to win the AFC West.
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