Colts Lose but Chargers Still Going Downhill

Adam Vinateri, the rock, can’t get it done for the colts. He like, Vanderjagt joins the ranks of Indy kickers you can’t get it done for Peyton Manning and the Colts when they need them most. The Colts however will be fine, assuming they can get healthy, and are still due to battle the New England Patriots in the adjusted Super Bowl. The Sandiego Chargers however still seem to be traveling in a different direction. Although they pulled out a win to remain atop the worst division in the AFC, Norv Turner still has his team spinning downward. Tonight’s match up remained me of a Pats vs. Dolphins battle from a few years back in Foxborough. The only differences were instead of snow we had rain, and instead of an Adam Vinateri field goal we had an uncharacteristic miss. But the plot is the same. Like Wanstaat’s Dolphins Norv Turner was backed up to his own goaline at a critical juncture in the game. Like the Dolphin's Ricky Williams, the Chargers have a superior Running Back in Ladanian Tomlinson, and like Wanstaat, for some unknown reason, Turner calls for Rivers to drop back and pass. The result is the same, a defensive touchdown and a turning point in the game. Tuner’s saving grace thus far in Sandiego is that his entire division has collapsed and his team is so talented they refuse to be basement dwellers. But it is too tough for an NFL team to succeed when they have to overcome the adversity of poor play calling in addition to the normal rigors of the NFL