NFL Playoffs.... Titans vs Chargers

Welcome to San Diego, where the temperature stays warm, the beaches are beautiful, and a monster of a football team awaits the Tennessee Titans at Qualcom Staduium. The San Diego Chargers, had some lofty expectations coming into this season after a posting a 14-2 regular season record in 2006. Despite that great record, they were booted out of the playoffs by New England on their home field, and left with a sour taste in their mouths. Norv Turner has taken over the reigns from Marty Schottenheimer and the expectation was to go deep into the playoffs. In order to do so, the first step is to defeat a pesky Tennessee team that plays fantastic defense, and does just enough on offense to beat you. These two teams played each other in week 14, a 23-17 overtime victory for the Chargers.
The big question mark for this game is the health of the Titans. Vince Young is going to be a game time decision, if he can't go it will be up to the veteran, Kerry Collins to get the job done. Either way, the offense will be without TE Bo Scaife, and WRs Roydell Williams and Brandon Jones. More importantly for the Titans, will be to lock down the San Diego offense. It will be up to defensive studs tackle Albert Haynesworth and linebacker Keith Bullock to do the heavy lifting. The bad news is Big Al has been having hamstring issues, and it will take away some of his explosiveness, and ability to stuff the run. After the Chargers had an early season slump, Norv Turner finally figured out, just give the ball to Ladanian Tomlinson and good things will happen. This game plan has resulted in a six game win streak, in which they are averaging 31 points per game. The Chargers also added WR Chris Chambers midseason, to provide another option when defenses double team TE Antonio Gates. That's before even mentioning the San Diego defense, which has playmakers at Linebacker in Shawne Merriman and Shaun Phillips, DT Jamaal Williams, and a stud in the making in former Florida State standout Antonio Cromartie. All of these things are bad news for Tennessee, who have never beat San Diego, and that trend will continue Saturday with the Titans having too many injuries to win this one. Final score 32-20 in favor of the Chargers.