(Coming from Part 1)A big part of the disastrous Chargers campaign so far has been because the offense depends on a great performance from Rivers in every single game. In part the injuries are another nail, but the players around him and especially his offensive line has not helped protect him correctly in turn his passes lack the same precision they had in the past.
Rookie Melvin Gordon has not been the player that most analysts thought he would become, we have only seen moments of his ´potential´. Often they expect Danny Woodhead to complement the work of Gordon although they clearly have very different styles. Even in this game we saw Donald Brown taking an occasional interesting move but did not move past there.
Well, not much quality in the receiving group having players like Stevie Johnson and his favorite tight end Antonio Gates. Mike McCoy specialty is absent and it shows.
Although San Diego is the 29th defense in points allowed, against Broncos they had a good game and only allowed 10 points in the first half. Throughout the second part of the game they did not allow Osweiler’s offense and company anymore successes and somehow kept the game alive.
Jason Verrett with an interception in the end zone on a pass, Osweiler seeking Sanders. Eric Weddle had some key plays reaching the offensive player to avoid rushing pass reception and also assisted by making the Broncos quarterback very uncomfortable.
Gary Kubiak feels more comfortable with a quarterback who does and can achieve the objective in its own way, a situation that led John Elway to take Osweiler to Denver, that returning to the previous system with Peyton Manning apparently healthy but nevertheless a system which the Broncos Head Coach is not used to run on his teams.
The team is entering an important step towards the playoffs and any significant change to the offensive could spell another disaster for Broncos and Manning in those instances.
The final calendar is a very complicated one, having as opponents the Raiders, Steelers, Bengals and Chargers and the first three at least are still fighting for something towards this season playoffs.
