BOLD PREDICTION RAIDERS WIN AFC WEST 2011..

BOLD PREDICTION - RAIDERS WIN AFC WEST 2011..
 After tonight's opening night Thursday's night games,its clear the Chargers are not a good team. They cant run when they need to , they cant pass unless they have great protection and the ball is perfectly thrown to pass catchers. The offensive line , starters or replacements cant block and Rivers gets sacked 6 times, and hurt numerous times, rivers looked frustrated and pissed off. Why? He's running for his life, that's the reason he has thrown so many picks this year, he's afraid of getting killed. He has a hurt sternum , and various problems with his hands , but he plays despite the pain, unlike Ryan Leaf Mathews , or Malcolm ouch I'm hurt again Floyd,, The offensive line was pathetic and the defense is just as bad, Every time Michael Bush ran, he looked like Eric Dickerson, if that was RUN DMC - DARREN MCFADDEN, those long runs become touch downs.. The Raiders dominated the line of scrimmage , and give credit to Philip rivers making the game close, but guess what? Close , doesn't mean a win, The Chargers play good enough just to lose,, I hate to say it, But the chargers are playing like the Raiders of the past few years, tons of penalties, bone headed plays , and lack of effort. 
 I still recall 5 years ago when they announced the hiring of Nervous Norv Turner , complete silence in the news room.. and guess what? The same reaction now.. He's a loser coach, sure he took the chargers to the AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 2007- but that was remnants of Marty's team and a still great LT. 
 Chargers fans lets face reality , that 14-2 team with LT 's record breaking year and Rivers playing like a true champion , that was the year , we had it all great defense , great offense, special teams.. blow out wins, come form behind wins,.,. but.. we fell short , and ever since that time, we have never come close. Its a haunting or bad omen or what, we just never recovered! 
 Check the trends. the Chargers have progressively gone worse every year and done worse in the playoffs every year. Last year was a disaster , special teams was lousy , running game was average and our passing game was pretty good. But we failed to make playoffs. I hate to say it, but this team will struggle to finish 8-8, the team has a depleted offensive line , we have no play makers on defense, and jammer has gotten old. The team has aged , the offensive line is no longer the power house it was years ago , and the defensive line is a work in progress. 
 But the worst deal about this team is the Head coach, he doesn't command leadership , or demand accountability , he;s a nice guy ,.but not respected or feared. Every year his team starts slow and finish fast,. This year the started fast and the way its going going to fade fast. They have a poor offensive line , they have inconsistent pass catchers ,and you have ball carriers that take days off every other week. We have special teams that have issues , they still give up tds and great field position , and the defense , cant make stops late in the game. We all have seen this movie this year , start out fast or slow , finish fast , but come up short. Its predictable , it;s laughable, its losing football. 
 The only remedy is for the owner to realize , he made mistake and he needs to find a new general manager players can work with and a head coach that commands respect and can instill passion in a team. This team has no passion or emotion, and its showing they have no heart. They are getting hurt and quiting on plays. For example Vincent Jackson , not trying hard enough on that long pass into the end zone. The Chargers are getting hurt because they don't have that mental toughness to play through pain, its easier to get carted of the field then to play on and fight. In other words, they don't believe in the head coach and what style of play they are doing. 9 weeks into the season , and we still don't know exactly the formula for this charger team. We miss Darren sproles , he was a great returner , gave us great field position , and is a great 3rd down back. We miss Cromartie' sure he gets beat once n while , but at least not all the time like cason and gilchrest do. It's a bad deal for the bolts. Many injuries , and many questions remain. 
 Bottomline.. the chargers are not a good team , and they lack mental toughness or desire, They wait until the pressure is on and then they play hard , but often times 5 times they lost , it was too little too late. We don't have a " loaded team:" like years past, and the star players we have are getting old??gates . Jackson, jammer , now Rivers.. ?? Unless we fix the offensive line issues , the Bolts will struggle to win games and rivers will get hit more this year than the previous 5 years. He takes chances because he rarely has time to stand back and view the field. He has become Brett Favre
 Raider nation should be proud because they are playing winning football again. On this full moon cloudy night, the raider nation have arisen and are paying homage to Mr. Raider Al Davis , what a tribute if they can win the division , sin the AFC conference and play in the Super bowl.. Don't laugh folks,, This team put a beat down on the NY jets and are more than capable of beating any of the elite teams in the AFC, STEELERS, RAVENS , JETS , PATRIOTS. TEXANS. The door mats of the AFC WEST for so many years is over, and the raider nation has a smash mouth football that is consistent with winning games, but can they win a championship.. Well , you have to be in playoffs to have a chance, and the way the are playing , well at least tonight , they have the tools for success. 
Everyone Mark your calendar New Years day 2012, Sunday , at Oakland , Alameda ,, That final game will decide who wins the division, and based on tonight's presentation. I see raiders with RUN DMC AND BUSH, run wild on the over rated , over exaggerated band of players , whom after another disappointing season . wonder if Coach Turner is the guy to take them to the Big game?? THE SOURCE PRODUCTIONS @ 2011