WARNING:   

                                                                                     Do not  assume there is any logic in this post.

  I will try not to exude too much irrational exuberance on this upcoming shoot-out.  Most of you know that I try to keep a positive outlook for both upcoming and games in progress, but I am human, and  shaken by what happened last Sunday. The way we dominated Buffalo the first half we should have started the second half 21-3 not 13-10. We should have started the second half with the Bills just wanting to go home, but we didn't--and this is old news--well covered by many of the great contributors at this site.    Old news is just that--old news. What happened Sunday must be forgotten.  Therefore I move forward and have come to this conclusion:

                                                                                                          We Will Beat San Diego!

                                                                                                                          Period!

     This is what we will see this next week. Ridicule of us getting into this situation, endless number of Jekyll and Hyde stories, and adulation of San Diego staying the course. There will be stories of all our injuries, Jay's inconsistancey, how good we will be next year, and why San Diego will whip us. The unlearned bloggers at D-Post and RMN will begin their regular chants for Shanny's head, Slowik's head, and any other head they can decapitate to vent their unlearned frustration. None of this will matter, none of these stories will be relevant after the shoot-out--the reason being:

                                                                                                          We Will Beat San Diego!

                                                                                                                          Period!

     This is going to be a shoot-out, an 'OK Coral' caliber shoot out, and when you have a shoot-out like like this anything can happen. Few teams have had trouble scoring on the Chargers. Few teams have had problems scoring on us. This is going to be a really fun game--I don't blame NFL execs for moving it to 8:15..... 

     In a shoot-out like this you have to look at the chips--not where chips fall-- chips on shoulders. San Diego has a pretty big chip, they feel that the 'fumble/incomplete pass/blown dead/sack/bad call' is the only reason we won our first meeting. Pretty big chip--and they are right--but oh well. Great catch  Eddie--by the way--on that two point conversion! 

     Before we look at others chips, let's look at  gunslingers, all good shoot-outs need gunslingers.  When it comes to gun slingers--they know they are good. Most will mouth they are good--that is why they are gunslingers. The big difference in gunslingers is that some have class...and some don't.

     Back to chips, not where chips fall, chips on shoulders.  San Diego has a big chip, bad call...but on who's shoulder? No-one and everyone at the same time....thus nobody! This is why we will win!   A young gunslinger, hired by a group called the Broncos a few years ago,  knowing he wasn't feeling well, went into a house last year, got slapped down, embarrassed and then ridiculed by the house's resident gunslinger.

    This Gunslinger has a lot of class, in know way would ever think vengence--but he still sees the chip on his shoulder.

                                                                                                           We Will Beat San Diego!

                                                                                                                            Period!