Posts Tagged ‘raiders’

Bolts Beat Raiders to Wrap Up Season Tied for First; Turner’s Future in Doubt

Norv Turner walked around the San Diego Chargers’ locker room, all smiles, thanking players for the effort and congratulating them for finishing strong. Maybe for the last time. If Turner’s tenure in San Diego really, truly is over, at least his players sent him out a winner. And in typical Turner fashion, it again might’ve [...]

Chargers Playoff Dreams End with 38-10 Beat Down in Detroit

When the Chargers needed to step up and play their best – it was simply too late. The Bolts final playoff push fell short for the second year in a row on Saturday, as they ran into a roar in the Motor City, a 38-10 beating by the Lions that will signal another season with [...]

Chargers Drop Fourth Straight; Fall to Raiders 24-17

Don’t look now, but the Chargers are officially in a free fall in the AFC West. After losing last week to the Packers, the team needed a bounce back game Thursday night against one of their rivals in the Raiders. Instead, they played flat in the first half, allowing 17 points while scoring just three, [...]

Chargers Gab NFL Week 10 Preview: Oakland at San Diego

WHEN THE RAIDERS HAVE THE BALL Oakland sports the third-best rushing attack in the NFL in terms of sheer output, with Jackson’s offense averaging a noteworthy 151.9 yards per game on the ground through the season’s first half. The Raiders were held to 100 rushing yards by the Broncos last week, however, with the absence [...]

Streak over as Raiders top Rivers and the Chargers 35-27

Two blocked punts early and many more mistakes the rest of the way. That’s the easy way to breakdown the Chargers first loss to the Raiders since the days of the AFL (ok, it hasn’t been that long, but it did seem that way), as San Diego fell 35-27. After giving up points on two [...]

Will Cassel’s Contract Impact That of Rivers?

Bill Williamson, the blogger for the AFC West at ESPN.com today answered an interesting question about Philip Rivers and his contract with the Chargers: Leialoha from San Diego wants to know if Matt Cassel’s contract will impact Philip Rivers’ negotiations with the Chargers. Bill Williamson: Cassel’s huge contract – he will get paid more than [...]

Preview: Chargers Set to Host Raiders

You have to feel for the NFL Network, which has gotten some stinkers already this season, as this Thursday they may have one of the ugliest games on the schedule – Oakland at San Diego. The Chargers at 4-8 are well on their way to a losing season, their first in five seasons. The Raiders, [...]

Third Seed Wrapped Up as Chargers Top Oakland 30-17

The Chargers are playing their best football at the right time, as they enter the playoffs, and as they wrapped up the AFC’s number three seed on Sunday with a win over the Raiders, the team also clinched a playoff game vs the number 6 seed in the AFC, either the Tennessee Titans or the [...]