Well rested, healthier, home field advantage, no Pats fans need apply for game tickets, bigger, faster, stronger, All Star roster, this years version of the greatest team of all time.
All the Pats had was experience in pressure cooker games, a quarterback who did not make this years Pro Bowl and the advantage in coaching.
Why didn't LT inform Merrimen that it wasn't classy to publicly state he (Merrimen) was going to punch Brady in the mouth and led the chant "Brady sucks" at the victory rally leading up to the game.
Was it classy for the no show 'roid user to do his ridiculous dance when he knocked Brady to the ground? Classy for Charger players to trash talk Caldwell during the week of the game? Classy to verbally taunt the Pats with Lights Out after they took a 21-13 lead? A lecture on what's classy by a steroid cheating freak who shows up on TV wearing a muscle shirt, showing off his gang tattoos, predicting at halftime of the Wild Card game that the Pats would lose to the Jets...and the Chargers DID celebrate on the Pats field when they crushed the Pats 41-17.
The Chargers should look inward to the cause of this defeat and learn from it. They have many talented players and it would be a shame if the window of opportunity closes on them before free agency and salary cap issues break up the team. Show some class, move on and make a stronger run in the playoffs next year.
The chargers should have won. They had every advantage. they started out with the momentum. Their coach made mistakes and team got sloppy, they're just looking to blame.
Quality post, BB.