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| Chargers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) |
19 Nov 2009 at 9:06pm
Say, didn't you used to be the high-flying Denver Broncos?
That's the Chargers' question as they head to Denver to face their longtime AFC West foe Sunday.
It wasn't that long ago—Oct. 19—that the Broncos left San Diego after taking the Chargers to the woodshed and building a 3 1/2-game lead.
The Broncos haven't won a game since and the Chargers are riding a four-game winning streak to knot these two talented teams at 6-3 and atop the AFC West.
"I don't think 'tank' is the word," Philip Rivers said, when asked if this Broncos team is tanking like last year's, which squandered away the division lead to San Diego in the last four weeks.
"Teams go through ups and downs; we went through a downer earlier in the year and now we're winning. |
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| Hardwick still not ready to return to Chargers (AP) |
19 Nov 2009 at 7:40pm
| San Diego Chargers center Nick Hardwick will not play against the Broncos on Sunday in the showdown between AFC West leaders in Denver. Hardwick, out since having ankle surgery following the season opener, missed practice on Thursday. The former Pro Bowler returned to practice four weeks ago but he hasn't practiced since a setback last Wednesday. |
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| Bolts put Tucker on injured reserve (AP) |
18 Nov 2009 at 6:47pm
| The San Diego Chargers have placed linebacker Jyles Tucker on the injured reserve list, meaning he's finished for the season. Tucker suffered an ankle injury in a win at the New York Giants two weeks ago. He appeared in seven games as a reserve and was inactive for two others. Tucker was given a five-year contract before the 2008 season despite having played in only six career regular-season... |
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| Rivers sends Bolts into 1st-place tie in AFC West (AP) |
18 Nov 2009 at 2:14am
| 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. Fans were jumping off the bandwagon rather than ride out what appeared to be a spectacular crash in the making. The Bolts were being written off in the media. |
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