The Indianapolis Colts may be just two games away from an unbeaten regular season, but the San Diego Chargers still look like the team to beat in the AFC as we head toward the playoffs after winning their tenth straight game and clinching the number two seed in the AFC.
No one rushed for more than 60 yards, but the Chargers averaged over 4 yards per carry and had four TD’s on the ground in a 42-17 pounding of Tennessee on Christmas night.
This team has it all working right now. A running game that is spearheaded by LaDaninian Tomlinson and Darren Sproles, a passing game headlined by Antonio Gates and QB Philip Rivers and a defense that forced three Titan turnovers that resulted in 21 points.
For the past several seasons the Chargers have been touted as the most talented team in the AFC, but they always ran into someone who played just a little bit better come playoff time. This time around, I don’t see that happening. One other thing, sometimes you just get the feeling that this is a quarterbacks year. That’s the feeling I get with Rivers.
He has a gunslinger mentality and an attitude that wills his team to victories. This looks like the year he manages to take his team all the way and Southern California fans decided that Rivers for Manning deal was a pretty good one after all. This can always change in the weeks to come, injuries happen and teams go into mystifying slumps, but the Chargers look dominant and I don’t think they can be stopped.
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