Legend of Favre meets the Curse of Turner

After three weeks in the NFL, things seem to be moving along as can be expected. The colts are still the colts, The Pats are the Pats plus Moss, and the rest of the league is a jumble. I hold to my maxim the picture doesn’t clarify really until week 5, but there is one story from week 3 that peaks my interest.

Brett Favre is a legend, and as he led his young charges to a 3- 0 start by defeating last year’s winningest regular season club, the Chargers, he showed that with Favre at the helm, victory is always plausible. In an epic 2 minute drill drive, Brett Favre hits Donald Driver in stride on a slant route, letting him glide to the end zone. A game winning TD which ties him with Marino's all time TD mark. And as my heart goes out to the Packers, as they are poised to make a playoff run as Favre's last hoorah, it absolutely abysmal that the Chargers could not put that game away.

With 11 probowlers from a year ago, all of which returned, the only changes made were with the coaching staff. Pitt seems to have rebounded well after losing cower. They simply didn’t change anything. If I am Sandiego management, I am looking to drop the hammer early season on a head coach and staff that has taken a contender and turned them into a laugher. Just look at the drive charts and make a few tweaks, to see that the play calling just isn’t working. Tomlinson, Gates, turner, are all having success up the middle. Yet they insist on throwing and running to the edges. The edges are sealed!! Tomlinson is great not because he gets around the corner, but because he can start up the gut and then bounce out and get the corner when they collapse. He was also the 2nd leading receiver on the team for a number of years, and he isn’t even getting fed screen passes to get him open in space. They still have the talent to contend in this league, they may be the most all around talented team out there, but if this staff can’t figure out how to call games in a hurry, the chargers may be looking at a long disappointing year, and a lot of angry probowl caliber players wanting out. This week they start division play against the lowly chiefs, and should be walking away with an easy victory, which hopefully will spell the beginning of an early season turnaround for a very talented football team.