Reality Bites

It was an ugly game for my beloved Chargers. Brees was inept but I must admit he came around and had a respectable 2nd half. We were buried early and it looked hopeless blue faithful untill Tim Dwight's 87 yd kickoff return brought us back into it. That guy has wheels and it was beautiful to watch. Did he even catch a pass though? Can't remember, but if he did it was non eventful. TE Gates was absent. I swear there was one ball at fingertip length he didn't even try for! LT was again, solid and was the only thing going for us at times. He had one great long run after a reception. I sat at Claudia's Sports bar here in Portland, Oregon with not Charger fans, but a bunch of Purdue grads who were Brees fans! Not Charger fans, Brees fans! One guy had a serious man crush on Brees! His buddies kept saying if Brees went to the CFL and was a Toronto Argonaut, he would be an Argonaut fan. He paced back and forth, dropping f bombs like crazy, as did his wife! The Old Style tall boys were flowing with the Cubs logo on the can for these boys. I was mellow on this day, RC Cola was my beverage of choice and I met a very beautiful, single Cleveland Brown fan, sitting by herself. I'm drifting off the game cause it was painful to watch and the bar activities were more entertaining! The turnovers were devastating. Momentum killers for sure. The one punt return fumble (was it Caldwell, not sure) where it was ran backwards and the player was falling and fumbled destroyed great field position and a chance at the lead. The Brees pass into the end zone to Reche was textbook and brought me back to the game, but not for long. The Bree's bees all freaked when on the next series Flutie replaced Drew after Brees had done so well the previous series. The volume was down on the TV so none of us knew Drew had a concussion. When Flutie came in they all split! Talk about fantasy league type fans! I knew it was a stretch to pull out a victory at this point but Flutie did manage to confuse NY and managed to put it in the end zone with around 30 ticks left on the clock. I crossed fingers for the ensuing onside kick. No Marty didn't kick it long and put the dee on the field to try and hold'em! It failed...GAME OVER. The defense rose a bit in the 2nd half but not the secondary, AWFUL...the whole game pretty much. Loved the play where Jammer committed a pass interference and the Jet reciever still caught the ball for a long gain and the penalty was declined. We did get screwed and were called for a pass interference on a picture perfect bat down, that was lame. But for the most part the pass dee sucked! Jammer is young and inexperienced and it showed. Brought back memories Of Elvis "Toast" Patterson he got burned so many times! Get ready for a visit to mile high next week for a classic AFC West showdown, Chargers at Broncos, always exciting to watch whatever the outcome. I'm going out on a limb, cause I hate calling wins and losses for the Bolts. I see in the crystal ball...Rivers or Flutie starting and the change of QB either way will confuse Denver and we will win a close one. Anyone who is a fan ever remember a recent Charger blowout of any team except recieving one? Nuff said. If Denver prepares for Drew and he starts, I feel we will have a rough go unless Brees has one of his rare pre season preformances in the regular season. Oh and by the way, I got that Cleveland hotties number. And I thought all Cleveland girls looked like that chick from the Drew Carey show, was I ever wrong. Hopefully my passes will be recieved better by her than the way they were by the Charger recievers this last Sunday! Keep the faith Charger fans.