Nov 17, 2009 3:06 pm US/Pacific
Rivers Delivers Bolts Into First-place Tie
(AP)
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Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers tries to avoid a sack by Raiders linebacker Kalimba Edwards, September 28 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
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The calendar hadn't even gotten to Halloween and the San Diego Chargers already had been knocked 3 1/2 games behind the Denver Broncos in the AFC West race.
Preseason talk of reaching the Super Bowl was replaced by the stunning thought that the Chargers, who have been guilty in the past of fawning over their press clippings, might miss the playoffs entirely.
Yet there was Philip Rivers, telling reporters after a 34-23 loss at home to the Broncos on Oct. 19 that the Chargers needed to simply worry about themselves, focus and hopefully look up in a month and be in it.
It turned out that Rivers was as accurate with his words as he has been with his right arm.
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