What to watch: Chargers VS Rams
By Jake Cohn (Varg6)
The Chargers offense has one of, if not the best running back in the league. Ladainian Tomlinson; LT. They also have one of the best tight ends in the league as well; Antonio Gates. Everyone who reads these articles know me, and how I worry, so you know after those two sentences that I am worried about Sunday’s game. I am really worried about our defense. I know we have a few starters back on defense ready for Sunday’s game, but we’re still giving up points to teams that frankly shouldn’t be scoring. Don’t get me wrong, we do have a better defense and all, but something sparked on opening day against Denver, and unfortunately I’ve yet to see that spark again.
Hopefully this bye week really made the defense hungry for the ball, and to get our offense back on the field because honestly, I am not too worried about our offense against the Charger’s defense, with or without the players they’ve lost for this week i.e. Shawne Merriman, Shaun Philips, Igor Olshansky, etc. Like
Leonard Little said in one of the articles he was interviewed in, when we lost to Seattle, it was “ridiculous” that we gave up that many points in the 2nd half. With a W or an L last week, I tend to agree that it was ridiculous that we gave up that many points.
We gave up points even without Seattle’s MVP, Shaun Alexander. The Chargers however have all their starters, and they’re just as talented as Seattle’s starters, if not more talented and dangerous. This is the game where I for one need to see that spark once again, and actually for the rest of the season because without it, I think we’re doomed for this season. Our offense is still incredible and all, but we’re not going to be much of anything if our defense doesn’t hold up to what it says it will. Witherspoon has said it himself, they do NOT want to be a defense that makes the offense do everything, and hopefully they’ll hold them to 48 when the offense scores 50. That’s what worries me about this defense; they say they don’t want to be something, when they actually might be the thing they say they don’t want to be.
So all in all, although I’ve pointed out all the negatives, I do think we can win this game, along with the others (Especially when Hasselbeck will be out for when we play them again.) with this hard stretch during the month of November. Whatever happens Sunday, I am of course not going to be here to talk to you guys, and I’ll be trying to figure out the score the whole time at this stupid party, and I’m going to be a nervous wreck! Ahhh, hopefully we just win the next few games, because if we can do that, we can surely get to the post season, which I’d love, although…unfortunately I don’t see it for this year…But we shall see…