Comments on: Chargers-Pats http://www.thermocaster.com/2007/09/17/chargers-pats/ The part of the knee that, you know, means something. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:51:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Thermocaster http://www.thermocaster.com/2007/09/17/chargers-pats/#comment-11 Thermocaster Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:00:00 +0000 http://www.thermocaster.com/2007/09/17/chargers-pats/#comment-11 You forgot Anthony Miller.<br/><br/>Were the Chargers REALLY that good last year? In reality, no. They only played three playoff teams during the regular season, and they were 1-2 in those games. They benefitted from several lucky breaks, including playing the Raiders twice, playing the Broncos after their season started spiraling down the drain, playing a depleted Bengals squad, and having two of their OOD road games at San Francisco and Buffalo.<br/><br/>That said, I can't recall many (if any) publications that DIDN'T pick the Patriots to win the conference. While the point about the Chargers is decent, once again we get this sniveling New England disrespect bullshit from Simmons. Enough already. You forgot Anthony Miller.

Were the Chargers REALLY that good last year? In reality, no. They only played three playoff teams during the regular season, and they were 1-2 in those games. They benefitted from several lucky breaks, including playing the Raiders twice, playing the Broncos after their season started spiraling down the drain, playing a depleted Bengals squad, and having two of their OOD road games at San Francisco and Buffalo.

That said, I can’t recall many (if any) publications that DIDN’T pick the Patriots to win the conference. While the point about the Chargers is decent, once again we get this sniveling New England disrespect bullshit from Simmons. Enough already.

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