They swore it wouldn’t happen this year. They told us throughout the summer, again in training camp, and even more in the preseason: this was the year the Chargers would get out of the gates fast. The focus would be there, the talent would come together…no more stumbling starts.
Fast forward to the start of Week 7 in the NFL. The Chargers are 2-3, 3 1/2 games out in the AFC West, and trailing a 6-0 Broncos team that just beat them on their home field. Even if the San Diego Chargers have made an art form of coming from behind, how are they going to do it this year?
Quarterback Philip Rivers said it plainly enough: maybe they won’t this time.
The day after a loss which again ended with fans calling for his head from the stands, Chargers head coach Norv Turner was asked if he has the horses to compete with the Broncos:
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Philip Rivers Reacts To New Contract
August 25, 2009On getting the contract extension done in the preseason:
“It feels good, it does…I’m very thankful and grateful to the Chargers and the Spanos family first, and to have many more opportunities to suit up, go out there and be the quarterback for the Chargers, and, short term, to do all I can to lead us to a championship, and with it behind us now here in the preseason, we’ll be able to do that.”