You're going to hear all about how great Steve Mcnair was in bringing the Ravens back to beat the Chargers. It's total crap. McNair was good, but not great, and the Chargers, ONCE A-FUCKING-GAIN, have only themsleves to blame for the loss. How many times do I have to see the Chargers lose to an inferior team before something is done?
The Chargers were quite obviously the better team, but Marty Schottenheimer decided to go ultra-conservative in the second half (I could care less about field position, I don't have a problem with throwing from the end zone). As is Schottenheimer's modus operandi, the Chargers were more content with trying to protect a lead than padding a lead. Besides the six points left on the field through botched and missed field goals, in the second half, the Chargers ran 33 running plays and called 9 passing plays. And even that is misleading, because 5 of those pass plays occured in the last minute, when San Diego was behind and desperate.
Dude, you spent a half trying to protect a six point lead? Fer chrissakes at least get a 9 point lead before giving up on your offense. We tried this strategy against the Raiders, and it worked, because the Raiders would have trouble beating the Chatanooga Locomotion.
I've been sick of losing to teams we should beat for a long time now. And despite his credentials, I would have no problem firing Schottenheimer unless he's willing to grow some third quarter balls.
I'd be a lot more pissed, except that
THE PADRES WIN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST!!!!!
Seriously, could the Raiders be any worse of a team?
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