The Official Game Day Thread: Chargers - Bucs 1 pm

[Morgan]

Bucs fav by 3

[Morgan]

http://forums.chargers.com/showthread.php?t=96084&page=14

[bucinsouthFL]

This is going to be a tough game for sure. I know he's having a bad year, but Rivers is a great QB who is in a slump. I'm scared of what he can do to this pass defense. I see this game looking a lot like the Oakland game. We are going to have to put up a lot of points and cause timely turnovers. Hopefully some sort of pass rush shows up, but I don't see us pulling this game out. I would love love love love to be proven wrong however.

Chargers 31-21

[Morgan]

No predictions from me. Keeping the low expectations. Makes watching the games at RayJay more enjoyable for me.

But I am worried about the Swiss cheese defensive backfield. Need to figure out things quickly.

[Pewter Pirate]

This is going to be a tough game for sure. I know he's having a bad year, but Rivers is a great QB who is in a slump. I'm scared of what he can do to this pass defense. I see this game looking a lot like the Oakland game. We are going to have to put up a lot of points and cause timely turnovers. Hopefully some sort of pass rush shows up, but I don't see us pulling this game out. I would love love love love to be proven wrong however.

Chargers 31-21

Rivers v. Our secondary will decide this game.  We need to score our points......but slowly and grind it.    Bucs 30 Chargers 24

[BucNY]

Any team with a strong passing game scares me. That being said, the Chargers passing game is in the bottom half. Get Eric Wright healthy, and Leo Johnson another week to prepare and I hope we'll be okay. We give up a lot of yardage but our redzone has been good and we do create turnovers. That is how we've done it on defense.

[ufojoe]

This is going to be a tough game for sure. I know he's having a bad year, but Rivers is a great QB who is in a slump.

Rivers completed 90% of his passes and threw for 2 TDs on Sunday. Granted it was against KC but that's not too shabby.

[BucNY]

I love when teams try to run against us. It's like they are just conceding a down. So many times I say to myself, why don't they just forget about running it and pass it. It's open all day.

[Supreme]

I'm picturing another shootout. According to Charger fans, Cason and Jammer have been playing pretty bad this season. Let's hope the offense can continue their excellent play cause I don't trust the secondary to stop anyone.

Bucs 35 Chargers 31

[wreck ship]

Rivers is gonna slip our secondary a roofie and have his way with them. Gonna be another offensive shootout.

[chace1986]

The Bucs are hot offensively, and terrible defensively.

I have a feeling that in this one, the roles will be reversed. I think the offense will struggle and the defense will come out and have one of their better games this season.

Unfortunately, I feel that Bucs continue their struggles at home and will fail to energize a fanbase with a key home victory...once again.

Chargers 16 - Bucs 14

[sandogbuc]

Living in San Diego I've been watching the Chargers and this game will not be close. The Chargers are a soft, poorly coached team lacking weapons on offense and a suspect secondary with a pass rush that makes ours look like the Steel Curtain. Rivers misses VJax and Gates is a shell of his former self. The Bucs are a physical team that will punch the Chargers in the mouth all day.

Don't let that Thursday night game against the Chiefs fool you. The Chargers are not a good football team and I'll be shocked if the law offices of Freeman, Martin, Jackson & Williams put up less than 30 points.

Bucs 34 Chargers 17

[TBayXXXVII]

I think the Bucs win this game pretty easily... but about 2 TD's or more.  I'm thinking along the lines of 31-14.  The Chargers really aren't that good of a team.  They've had a very easy schedule and only have 4 wins to show for it.  They're pretty bad on the road over the last 3 years and are currently 0-5 in non-conference road games since 2010.  Also, this is the classic sandwich game for them.  Last week vs KC and next week in Denver... with a road game at the Bucs thrown in for good measure.  Nothing like a cross-country non-conference road game before a huge divisional road game the following week.  I think this game is over already and the Bucs very well could be up 14-0 in the first quarter on Sunday.

[ccch]

Two brothers coaching against each other...Ron and Norv Turner.

[deadzone]

So, Rivers suddenly finds another receiver other that a fat Antonio Gates and puts up 500yds?