Tomorrow's the AFC championship game and I have tried to avoid reading articles about why the New England Patriots are going to lose to the "charged" San Diego Chargers. A teenager from my daughter's youth group even made a bet with me that the Patriots would lose to the Chargers. $5. I told him if the Patriots lose I will give him $10 and if the Chargers lose, well, he can keep his money. Obviously, there are no 100% guarantees in life, but I feel confident that the New England Patriots will be 18-0 after tomorrow's game at Gillette stadium.
Somehow in my attempt to avoid reading articles about why the Chargers will beat the Patriots, I inexplicably found myself drawn to a few..... mostly reminders of the times the Chargers have beaten the Patriots, like back in 1964 (before the days the AFL played teams in the NFL and there was no Superbowl.) The Patriots had a great team back then and the Chargers shocked all the fans with a blowout victory of 51-10 and this compares to today's Patriots and Chargers AFC championship because the Patriots are on the verge of a perfect season and no one is expecting a blowout by the San Diego Chargers.
Okay, I just need to say this: There will be no blowout tomorrow by the San Diego Chargers. And in the less than one percent chance of a Chargers victory, it will be by only a field goal. All the congratulations in the world should go out to Billy Volek and Michael Turner and the other backups who led the Chargers to victory against the Colts in Indianapolis last week, but it won't be happening at Gillette Stadium. The road to a Chargers Superbowl ends in Gillette Stadium, because New England is on the road to 19-0.
Read all the history you want. So the Chargers of 1964 beat the then Boston Patriots. The teams are completely different today. And the same goes for the Chargers team in 2005 that came to Gillette stadium and beat the Patriots, 41-17. I read another article that was all about that game in 2005 and how this AFC Championship could be the revenge game of the century. The Chargers came to Gillette Stadium in 2005 and won and it can happen again! Here's a dose of reality, the New England Patriots of 2005 were seriously injured and did not have the offensive weapons of the 2007 Patriots like Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth and Wes Welker! And here's another dose of reality, Philip Rivers wasn't San Diego's quarterback, Drew Brees was. So where's the real comparison? There is no comparison. The End!
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