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Week 15 AFC West Roundup

By Justin Smith

Dec 18, 2016; San Diego, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders cornerback David Amerson (29) celebrates with strong safety T.J. Carrie (38) outside linebacker Bruce Irvin (51) and defensive tackle Darius Latham (75) after stopping San Diego Chargers wide receiver Tyrell Williams (16) short of a first down during the fourth quarter at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 18, 2016; San Diego, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders cornerback David Amerson (29) celebrates with strong safety T.J. Carrie (38) outside linebacker Bruce Irvin (51) and defensive tackle Darius Latham (75) after stopping San Diego Chargers wide receiver Tyrell Williams (16) short of a first down during the fourth quarter at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 18, 2016; San Diego, CA, USA; San Diego Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa (99) looks across the line during the third quarter against the Oakland Raiders at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 18, 2016; San Diego, CA, USA; San Diego Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa (99) looks across the line during the third quarter against the Oakland Raiders at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports /

San Diego Chargers

4th Place – AFC West

Last game: Lost to Oakland Raiders (11-3) 19-16 in San Diego
Next game: at Cleveland Browns (0-14) Sat, Dec 24 – 1 pm EST

The Chargers just can’t get anything going this season. Injuries, poor line play, turnovers and strange mistakes at inopportune times have cost this team an entire season.

Having the chance to play spoiler against the Raiders on Sunday, the Chargers instead stagnated in the fourth quarter and squandered yet another late lead to have the Raiders march out victorious.

At this point it looks like San Diego is going to lose the Chargers. There are some Charger fans that are extremely loyal and hardcore – they will be sad. There are others — say 99% of the football population — that really could care less.

However, losing San Diego to LA is garbage. The Oakland Raiders vs. the LA Chargers. The former LA Raiders vs the current LA Chargers. The LV Raiders vs the LA Chargers.

None of it works as well as Oak vs SD.

The Chargers can still be players in the AFC West race in week 17, when they host the KC Chiefs. With the Raiders playing in Denver that night, divisional games will decide the AFC West champion.

Rivers used a silent snap count against the Raiders. At home. Raider plays were roundly cheered, Charger plays roundly golf-clapped. It was a Raider home game. Who wants to play in that environment, anyway?

Philip Rivers doesn’t want to uproot his 93 children at this point which is understandable, and his 50’s soda jerk routine doesn’t have a lot of cache in a place like L.A. Rivers hokey, nice-guy persona just doesn’t work in a city that devours the tears of failed actresses faster than the heroin that caused them.

This weekend will go a long way to clarifying the AFC playoff picture, but there is one thing we know for certain: the Raiders are in already.

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