Packers look to batter the Bolts
The Green Bay Packers will play on the West Coast this Sunday as they face the Los Angeles Chargers at the Dignity Health Sports Park. (Yes, I had to look up the name of the stadium where the Chargers play. It’s hard to keep up with all of the name changes these days.)
Both teams are coming off road victories. The Packers are 7-1 and won 31-24 at Kansas City last Sunday night while the Chargers are 3-5 but defeated the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field when kicker Eddie Pineiro missed a 41-yard field goal on the final play of the game.
Philip Rivers is a veteran quarterback who is still capable of having huge games. Keenan Allen is questionable but I believe he will play. Melvin Gordon, a native of Kenosha, Wisconsin, held out earlier this season in hopes of either getting a huge payday or a trade. The team did neither and Gordon is still a Charger for now. Despite the threat that Gordon can be, they aren’t a strong running team. Their strength is through the air. The Packers have been getting sacks and turnovers, and I do want to see plenty of both, but I also want to see them become more stingy as far as giving up yards.
Aaron Rodgers and Aaron Jones have been excellent these last two games. This might be the week we see Davante Adams play again. If so, the receiving corps will be that much more powerful. The offense has succeeded more often than not during the last two weeks. We need that to keep going.
The Packers are 10-1 all-time vs the Chargers. The lone victory by the Chargers in the series came at Lambeau Field in 1984. Let’s keep it that way.
Even though the Chargers started out in Los Angeles, they had most of their history in San Diego. I do not like the fact that they moved. Despite being in a large metropolitan area, they don’t get a lot of fan support and it shows at their home games. It is not uncommon to see the visiting fans outnumber the Charger fans there. Don’t expect anything different with the Packers in town.
Before the season began, I thought the Chargers would be better than what they have shown so far this year. They haven’t lost a game by more than 7 points this year, but they have had some really deflating losses. They lost at home to struggling teams like Denver and Pittsburgh and had a crushing loss at Tennessee when they had two touchdowns overturned and a stop at the goal line got changed to a lost fumble, all in the final minute of the game. They escaped last Sunday at Chicago on a missed field goal. Someone else finally had a crushing loss for a change.
The Packers played in a hostile atmosphere last week in Kansas City. It will not be the case this Sunday at Los Angeles. In fact, the Packers may actually have the crowd on their side. Let’s give them a good performance and keep those fans cheering all afternoon.
The next win will assure the Packers of a non-losing season. Let’s make it happen this Sunday. Wherever you are, let’s get loud and support our team as they look to “Beat L.A.”
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