The Chargers Will Be In The Playoffs This Season

[Grinners]

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[Grinners]

2013 NFL Preview: AFC West
The west seems to have a very defined pecking order. Denver is heads and heels above the rest. KC is very talented. San Diego is mediocre. And Oakland is brutal. Can Manning continue his run of dominance? Can KC make a huge one year turnaround? Can Rivers regain his form of the late 2000’s? And, can Oakland win a game?



Denver Broncos

2012 Record: 13-3; 1st Place

2013 Prediction: 14-2

Confidence in Pick: 80%

Losses: Elvis Dumervil, Von Miller (6 games), Tracy Porter, Jason Hunter, Brandon Stokley, Willis McGahee

Pickups: Wes Welker, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Shaun Phillips, Quentin Jammer, Louis Vasquez, Terrance Knighton

Reasons for Optimism:

Peyton Manning – If Manning wasn’t good enough with Thomas and Decker, now he has Welker. I am really excited to see these two play together and what type of numbers they can put up. I believe this offense may be the most potent and most balance offense Manning has ever played with. That is a scary thought for a QB 3rd all-time on the passing yards list, 2nd all-time in TDs, 3rd all-time in rating and 5th all-time in completion percentage. If Manning had 37 TDs and 4,600+ yards in 2012 without Welker, imagine what those numbers may be in 2013?

Wide Receivers – There is not a better set of WRs in the league. In fact, these 3 could be one of the best trio of WRs ever. Add in Jacob Tamme and Joel Dreesen at TE, and it is impossible to cover them all…and Manning will find the guy that is open.

Running Backs – The Broncos elected not to bring back their top RB from 2012 (McGahee) and are better off because of it. Expect to see Montee Ball as the main back, and why not? Ball had 77 TDs in his college career. Over his last two years at Wisconsin, Ball had 55 TDs and 3,753 yards. He doesn’t offer much receiving out of the backfield, but with this passing attack, he should find plenty of room to run, especially off play-action fakes.

Defense – They lost Dumervil and Miller is out for the first 6 games, but Miller will be replaced by Shuan Phillips (9.5 sacks) and the Denver secondary (though old), should be solid with Bailey, DRC and Quentin Jammer.
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[Grinners]

two sides to every coin.

[TTK]

Playoffs is a very bold statement but if you have a QB you always have a chance. Sorry to all the #17 haters but we have a QB. Hopefully this is a fun ride this season.

[Beerman]

Going to come down to health, specifically on defense. We aren't doing shit without a top D this year to keep games close enough for us to kick enough FG's to win. Secondary is going to need to grow up quickly and improve significantly on the 18th rank from last year. We have a ton of talent on D, they need to show it on the field.

[Grinners]

Going to come down to health, specifically on defense. We aren't doing shit without a top D this year to keep games close enough for us to kick enough FG's to win. Secondary is going to need to grow up quickly and improve significantly on the 18th rank from last year. We have a ton of talent on D, they need to show it on the field.

That is one of the most accurate comments that I have heard on this board since I "singed" in.
The Defense will be the key to a winning season. Forth Quarter stops at the goal line, something lacking in some of our most recent seasons.

[Big Dog]

Bartender, I'll have whatever Grinners is drinking .... but make mine a double...

[Antonio's Gates]

if it comes down to health, you have no chance. sorry but injuries will happen. its just football. depth is the downfall of this team right now. give telesco another offseason or two and im confident they will right the ship

[QSmokey]

QSmokey Will Run A Sub-4:00 Minute Mile This Season.

[Buck]

QSmokey Will Run A Sub-4:00 Minute Mile This Season.

Congrats Q, Lots of hard work must have gone into that.

[Boltx]

QSmokey Will Run A Sub-4:00 Minute Mile This Season.

Get running!

[thelightningwill]

The Chargers Will Be In The Playoffs This Season

I don’t understand why there are so many people down on this team. People look at the preseason and see that we got worked. Did we really? Do you want to watch the 49ers game all over again? Who started that game for us? Were there any starters in the game for us? ANY?!

Remember how we drove down the field against the Seattle Seahawks in the first game of the preseason and locked down the Seahawks offense in their first 2 drives? The Chicago Bears did put a number on us and we found a few pieces on the roster that did not belong because of it. Against the Arizona Cardinals, we moved the ball well and put up points on the board. We looked good. Our starters can compete in this league.

Just look at the starters for the Chargers. We know the depth looked terrible, but look at the first team. On defense, we have Corey Liuget, Donald Butler, Dwight Freeney, Eric Weddle and some solid pieces around all of them. On offense we have Philip Rivers, a running back with something to prove in Ryan Mathews, Antonio Gates and a decent group of receivers.

The depth on this roster is a work in progress and will be worked on during the whole season. With some good health and better play at quarterback, we will be competing for a spot in the playoffs. We won’t have all those 2nd and 3rd team players on the field all at the same time like the preseason. We have playmakers on our roster that will make those other guys better.

Plus, the AFC is wide open this year. The top teams are not that strong and any team can work their way into the wildcard spot. We will be in this race. I won’t sit back and believe that this team is 7-9 at best. There is talent on this roster. There is a new atmosphere on this team. We can be back in that tournament. I won’t claim us to be a Super Bowl team, but our first team should be able to compete with everyone else.

http://boltbeat.com/2013/09/03/charg...ayoffs-season/

Good call.