SDNN expert picks: Chargers-Chiefs
Some of the San Diego media thinks the Chiefs can win.
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ha!
Vic Salazar, SDNN sports columnist
Chiefs 23, Chargers 20
Kansas City is 14-5 at home vs. San Diego since 1990. Add this game to the Chief’s win column as there fails to be a good reason to pick the Chargers to win a game right now. They aren’t good. Now hurry up and scroll down to read the intern’s pick and you’ll understand why he’s an intern. I bet he picks the Chargers.
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Jeff Creps, SDNN Intern, sports contributor
27-13 Chargers
by jbj8609 on Oct 23, 2009 12:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
SDNN's breakdown by positions:
Similar to the main post and how I found it. They like the Chiefs in several areas including O Line:
K.C. does tout four-time Pro Bowler Brian Waters and 12-year veteran and former Charger Mike Goff, whom A.J. Smith probably regrets letting get away right about now.
by Kimble on Oct 23, 2009 12:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Horrible Statement
Goff is by far the worst part of our O-Line!!
It is a new Era at Arrowhead. I do not yet know if it is one of greatness or one of ineptitude. I am excited to see which way it goes, and will support my team until the end, bitter or sweet!
by KC4Life on Oct 23, 2009 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Goff wouldnt look as bad...
Without a pylon next to him at center and a revolving door on the other side of him at tackle. I think we’ve been too hard on him and forgot the little fact that on an oline how good you appear weighs heavily on who’s standing beside you.
"Success is never ending, failure is never final."
by GenericBrand on Oct 23, 2009 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not a Goff fan by any stretch of the imagination
But he looked pretty good run blocking in the Washington game.
Week 7 Prediction:
Kansas City Chiefs 77 - San Diego Chargers 2
by craig in calgary on Oct 23, 2009 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That should show you how much credibility the SDNN people have.
"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock
by John (obviousman) on Oct 23, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That statement about Goff
has the same ring to it when they talk about Sackintosh starting at LT for the Seahawks
A man who says he can, and a man who says he can't are both right. Which one are you?
by Bashman on Oct 23, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
FYI the san diego media=fair weather charger fans
some of their “thinking KC can win” comes from thinking their chargers will self destruct.
by SDChief on Oct 23, 2009 12:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
They are completely fairweather.
When I was there a couple of years ago, most fans knew who Philip Rivers, Ladainian, and Roid-man were, and that they were 14-2. These fans are not like us. Very little actual football knowledge, and no real dedication.
by GonzosDirtyTrailer on Oct 23, 2009 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's because
whether their team is great or awful, it’s pretty much always nice living in SD.
by jmcgoblue on Oct 23, 2009 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
heh it is nice here indeed
but it is a fact, Gonzo is right…its BAD here, worst fans ive come across…they arent loyal, AND they are rude to opposing fans…no respect, not even if you had your 4 year old daughter with you, they will still curse at you for having a ticket to see the wonderful chargers play….well to them evidently there isnt another team to root for.
of course unless they stink, then its half full and no one cares.
by SDChief on Oct 23, 2009 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's okay.
A lot of our thinking KC can win comes from thinking the Chargers will self-destruct.
by JacinB on Oct 23, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Check out this pic i found
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by Patrick Allen on Oct 23, 2009 12:44 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
I would be too
the fat dude looks like her is praying. Maybe Priest is on the field?
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by Patrick Allen on Oct 23, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I may be wrong, but I think he’s at every game. At least I’ve seen him there the last couple times I’ve been.
by JComp11 on Oct 23, 2009 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I totally took a pic of him at the Chiefs/Cowboys game
Belly boy….he was parading around in the grassy area outside the lots before the gates opened….lol
by HeatherChiefsLvr on Oct 23, 2009 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was he grazing?
Week 7 Prediction:
Kansas City Chiefs 77 - San Diego Chargers 2
by craig in calgary on Oct 23, 2009 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I think he gets on the big board a couple times a game.
by JComp11 on Oct 23, 2009 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess John at BFTB doesn't count as San Diego Media
It’s no secret that I think these two Kansas City Chiefs games this season will be easy wins for the San Diego Chargers. I don’t buy into the mystique and I don’t buy into last year’s close games determining how these games will go.
Week 7 Prediction:
Kansas City Chiefs 77 - San Diego Chargers 2
by craig in calgary on Oct 23, 2009 1:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
thats amazing
we havent let SD walk all over us in awhile…its been close games, and we have won a few times…I dont get it, we HAD both games last year, we lost one because of a freaking extra point.
by SDChief on Oct 23, 2009 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have to take Chargers pessimism with a grain of salt...
they seem so much more doomer and gloomier than Chiefs fans can be. Going into the season they were considered favorites and now that it is not showing, they believe the whole world is ending.
I have hopes Chiefs can win this, but reading Charger columnists predicting a Chiefs win neither raises or lessen my hopes. They have no credibility to take into account.
by worc on Oct 23, 2009 1:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
+1
Grain of salt.
I still think the Chiefs are going to walk away with a W this week though.
by Chiefsfan1970 on Oct 23, 2009 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"WTF am I doing here?"
Air Cassel - approved for takeoff
by kabrink on Oct 23, 2009 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"This is nothing like going up against Tila!"
sadface…
by worc on Oct 23, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dont get where we're terrible against the run.
We may be terrible against big plays which do occasionally include running plays but I think our run defense has actually been pretty stout this year especially in the first half when its most important.
"Success is never ending, failure is never final."
by GenericBrand on Oct 23, 2009 1:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
statistically speaking
it’s among the worst. But I agree, it doesn’t seem to look that bad when watching the games. I think a few big runs end up killing us.
by jmcgoblue on Oct 23, 2009 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
see Portis and Choice
A man who says he can, and a man who says he can't are both right. Which one are you?
by Bashman on Oct 23, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looking at the games...
Washington: take out the long run where there was a blattant hold on a player that couldve made the play or just account it as a “big play” and we give up 30 yards rushing on 19 carries.
Dallas: we gave up less then 50 first half rushing yards and without two big runs by Choice we wouldve been well under 100 yards.
Giants: this game was a mess and our run D followed that trend. Wasnt a good game.
Raiders: for all the talk about their “potent” running attack we held them to 67 yards for the game.
Ravens: the Ravens did whatever they wanted whenever they wanted to us for most of the day.
So two bad games skew the stats a bit but especially in this case the Charger running game isnt exactly elite, theyre actually last in the league whereas the teams we fell victim to were ranked #2 and #8 respectively.
"Success is never ending, failure is never final."
by GenericBrand on Oct 23, 2009 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the run D is actually a STRENGTH of this current team
Yeah, a couple of bad games have skewed our stats but overall, this team has been pretty damn stout against the run game. I don’t know if LT is playing or not but, He and sproles are going to be in for a long day.
They will abandon the run by the second quarter and it will just be Rivers trying to sling it around the yard. LT is gonna be PISSED by the end of the game.
by Chiefsfan1970 on Oct 23, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chiefs +6
I’m not touching that.
"What?!?! I aint no Obama for the weed!"
-Turk McBride
by HIV 2 Elway on Oct 23, 2009 1:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Chiefs win big baby 27-10
Mortensen picked us and he actually has the most games picked correctly out of all the ESPN ‘experts’
by SayHeyWerd on Oct 23, 2009 2:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully he keeps it rolling
I think that if the Chargers beat us its because of Rivers….man I hate that guy
A man who says he can, and a man who says he can't are both right. Which one are you?
by Bashman on Oct 23, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
AFC West
Too bad we havent had our bye week yet, otherwise if we beet san diego, oakland looses we could go into a 3 way tie for second in afc west at 2-4. But bye week is next week. so if we win , 2-5 we are, 1 game loss from second. Oh well I’m still happy with our bye week placement, after our NFC East schedule and before our more relaxed side of the sched, excluding Pittsburgh.
"Larry Fitzgerald, move over because there's another young gun, and his name is Dwayne Bowe from Kansas City" - 2009 Cris Carter Hall of Fame WR
In Pioli We Trust! Right?
by KC Nate on Oct 23, 2009 8:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
HAHA
the position analasys gives us the advantage at oline……things must be REALLY bad in SD
by Hendrix on Oct 24, 2009 3:08 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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