Chargers hope for late season playoff push

by ArkLaTex | 8 years ago | 4 Comments

The San Diego Chargers got off to great start in the first 7 weeks of the season going 5-2. After the Bye week 8, the Chargers are 2-3 in their last 5, 7-5 overall. They still hold first place in the AFC West over Denver but a loss last week to Denver did them ZERO favors for keeping that lead.

The Chargers will have to make this playoff push without star WR, Keenan Allen. He suffered a shoulder injury against Denver and will miss 4 weeks. IF San Diego can make the playoffs they will welcome back their star WR for the first round. 

If they hope to make this playoff push and run to the Super Bowl, the offense will have to cut down on the turnovers and get much better in the Red Zone. Rivers has thrown 39 INTs on the season and only 22 TD's. With Allen out and Rivers favorite targert, someone will have to step up in the Chargers WR core to help ease the loss. Reports close to the team say that Dontrelle Inman has had a great season and works hard every week. Expect Inman to get pushed into a starting role this week and see if he can flourish. 

The defense was once ranked #2 in the league but after a blowout loss to the Eagles, they have seemed to lose their swag. Gave up 36 in the loss to Denver last week. The Chargers defense will have to get back to old form in the final 4 games if they want to win the AFC West and get in the playoffs. 

The final 4 regular season games for the Chargers are against the Giants, Bills, Broncos, and Ravens. Ideally the Chargers need to go 4-0 to ensure AFC West title and no wild card spot. Time will tell how the season shakes out for the San Diego Chargers.