peteralan71;197348
Additionally, our defense may give up a lot of yards, but we don't give up a lot of points.
Even though our D is ranked #28 to their #6, we still give up 2.6 less PPG to the opposing offense (20.1 and 22.7).

Yeah, one thing I noticed there about the ratings, really shows how absolutely useless rating O/D by yards is. SD is top 6 in both but dead average in points scored for/against.

The packers are almost last in defense, but 9 in yards. Hey, maybe stopping the run really is important?

earthquake;197484The packers are almost last in defense, but 9 in yards. Hey, maybe stopping the run really is important?

Wait, what?

Dexter_Sinister;197463I would hold the ref more accountable for that loss than Rivers. They should have been up by 4 at the point he fumbled the snap. That OPI penalty on Gates in the endzone was just a totally blown call. If anything, it should have gone the other way.

They were both playing a little shoving match. Calling that either way would have been a petty call. Unfortunately, it went to Gates and he probably didn't even need to touch the DB to make a play.

After the BYE
week I sure am looking forward to the Packers playing against the Chargers. It is a late game, but hey, at least it is a game!

I've grown to DETEST the 4:15 estn game times.
I pay for NFL Sunday Ticket, yet I miss at least the entire first drive or more of the 4:15 pm games because of the 1:00 games running over.
A few games ago, I missed the entire first drive that resulted in a Finley touchdown and Vikings week it didn't cut in until the 2ndish play of the Packers first drive, after the Vikings touchdown.

I want more 1:00 pm games!!

doddpower;197507I've grown to DETEST the 4:15 estn game times.
I pay for NFL Sunday Ticket, yet I miss at least the entire first drive or more of the 4:15 pm games because of the 1:00 games running over.
A few games ago, I missed the entire first drive that resulted in a Finley touchdown and Vikings week it didn't cut in until the 2ndish play of the Packers first drive, after the Vikings touchdown.

I want more 1:00 pm games!!

I hate 4:15 games too, but for different reasons. 1 PM games are easy, because they start at 8 PM local time and end at approximately 11 PM, after which I can go to sleep. 8 PM games are fine too because it starts at 3:00 local time and I catch enough sleep before the game, and when it ends I can go straight to work. But 4 PM games? Can't sleep before them, and can't stay up and alert without coffee or energy drinks, which in turn messes up my whole night's sleep.

nerdmann;197371This teams is worse than ours when it comes to underperforming and going into lulls.
They usually greatly underwhelm in the first part of the season.

Still running with the slow start thing, eh?
Despite, you know...oh forget it.

Personally, I don't like 4:15 starts because I'm a geezer with blood sugar issues, and so I'm always feeling like a bit of a nap latter part of Sunday afternoon.

But at least 4:15 isn't 7:30 or 8:30.
Because that means I have to deal with Motormouth Collinsworth or completely useless ESPN types.
The only good thing about evening NFL football (other than the Packers, of course) is Faith Hill's legs.

Wade;197534Personally, I don't like 4:15 starts because I'm a geezer with blood sugar issues, and so I'm always feeling like a bit of a nap latter part of Sunday afternoon.

But at least 4:15 isn't 7:30 or 8:30.
Because that means I have to deal with Motormouth Collinsworth or completely useless ESPN types.
The only good thing about evening NFL football (other than the Packers, of course) is Faith Hill's legs.

Nor do I.

Means the game starts at 22:15. Not that great a deal when you have to get up at 5:30.

Anyway, I reckon we'll win this win. If Rivers keeps on throwing like he has been, that is. If we run into some bad luck and Rivers regains form, I could actually see us take our first loss of the season.

Dexter_Sinister;197463I would hold the ref more accountable for that loss than Rivers. They should have been up by 4 at the point he fumbled the snap. That OPI penalty on Gates in the endzone was just a totally blown call. If anything, it should have gone the other way.

Based your argument it would have been 7 as the Chargers missed the field goal on that drive.
That said the refs botched a fumble call on the Chiefs in the first quarter when they were inside the Chargers 30.
McCluster (I think) had his but, back and shoulders all on the ground before the ball came out and they still, after reviewing it, called it a fumble.
Unless there was some secret view we never saw (and I doubt that since they supposedly get the same video replay angles we do), then that was one of the worst calls of the year and very easily could have taken points off the board for the Chiefs.
The refs were terrible both ways.