Once again, the San Diego Chargers offense failed to get going against a division rival.
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-Quarterback Peyton Manning will miss at least one more game because of a plantar fascia tear.
Denver has a +2 turnover differential on the season, which, no doubt, has positively impacted their success.
Osweiler helped lead the Broncos to a 30-24 overtime victory against New England last Sunday night.
“The main thing was to start fast”, Thomas said. “I was not used to that”.
Those cheering the Chargers have seen them lose five of their past seven games against AFC West foes.
This isn’t the first time the Chargers have felt like the road team in their own stadium. Even if the “rivalry” between Denver and San Diego has dimmed over the years, the detest for Rivers’ trash-talking and whining will never go away. That conspired to turn the Chargers’ home stadium into Mile High West, with Broncos fans appearing to outnumber Chargers backers. Proilonging the drive, Osweiler threw a strike under pressure from his end zone, and Thomas held on to convert the third-and-6 play.
“We’ve just got to do a better job of being there for Philip”, Floyd said. We are week to week and doing everything we can to win the next football game. I feel like we just stuck with it. We didn’t blink. “At times we moved the ball and got into their territory. If we can do that more often, it will be big for our offense”.
Osweiler was OK for what the Broncos asked him to do, completing 16 of 25 passes for 166 yards, with one touchdown and one interception.
Rivers, under duress, delivered his pass early and linebacker Danny Trevathan broke to the ball.
Quarterback Philip Rivers was 18 of 35 for 202 yards. Lambo was wide right on a 48-yard attempt earlier in the second quarter. At games end, Miller cleanly tackled Rivers to the ground after a throw; Rivers jawed at Miller while no Chargers blockers defended Rivers. “Just a bad play all the way around”.
The Broncos pushed it to 17-0 on Brandon McManus’ 23-yard field goal late in the second quarter.
Denver’s Omar Bolden had returns of 33 and 21 yards to give his team good field position, something Herndon has not been able to provide for San Diego. CB Brandon Flower exited with a first-quarter knee injury…. And Thomas has 5 catches for 51 yards. As if this writing, head coach Mike McCoy said initial tests on Inman were encouraging and that he was moving his hands and feet, a positive sign on a bad day.
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On the same play that Ward was hurt against New England, defensive tackle Sylvester Williams went down with an ankle injury. He too was taken off the field on a cart. Gordon leads the league this season in lost fumbles among running backs. He has lost four of his five fumbles and has yet to score a touchdown.
