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If you watched then you already know that without the two dropped passes in the red zone that traded touchdowns for field goals, the Jaguars would have most likely won the game. The Jags somehow managed to forget who they were playing going for FGs late in the fourth quarter anyway. It was a huge mistake in judgement not to go for those on fourth down.
What the refs towards the end of the half today that robbed the Chargers of Cromartie's interception and runback is inexcusable. This season has been the worst ever for incompetent officiating.
Towards the end of the half, Manning had already gone to a receiver matched up with Cromartie covering on one throw. I thought to myself that it wasn't wise of him to do that. Then I thought, well, Manning is sort of chippy, I bet he challenges Cromartie again, and if he does, it'd be great if Cromartie runs it back for a TD.
So, as you know, this actually happens on the next play, but then notorious back judge Phil Luckett calls a non-existent holding penalty on Weddle. Dierdorf announced that he didn't see holding; the whole CBS crew at the break commented that they didn't see the holding. In short, this game could easily be 21-7 or 14-7 Chargers right now instead of 7-10 Colts. Oh, and of course Kaeding missed that field goal. He's not a good kicker, horrible in the playoffs, and why the Chargers ever got him or have held on to him is a bit of a mystery. Scifres, as you may know, is probably the best punter in the league though.
In the Pats at Giants game when Brady went for Moss and didn't connect, I knew that the next play was going to be the same thing because it was the final game of the season. Since both Brady and Moss desperately wanted their records and since Moss had been shut down for most of the game in which time was running out it seemed like a no-brainer to me that the next play would be the same play. Also, Moss won't get as winded as Springs if a second sprint is run. So they indeed do run the same play again and Springs is trailing Randy by at least five yards and the Pats go up top in that game. As will long be remembered in NFL lore, it was a historic play with Brady beating Manning's season TD pass record at fifty and Moss edging out Rice's record for TD receptions (even though Rice did it in a strike season with less games.)
Well it's 14-10 Chargers now.
Cool, Weddle sees some justice with his pick of the tip. But nothing comes of it.
28-24. Well, now I'm glad the Jags lost to the Pats last week; it'll be just that much more glory for the Chargers when they win the AFC championship against the Patriots.
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