New England Patriots Avoid Defeat With 23-20 Win Over San Diego Chargers

October 24, 2010   ·   Ryan Cook   ·   Jump to comments

Crisp, cool and fine.  Typical San Diego weather for a football game between two fierce AFC rivals, the New England Patriots and the San Diego Chargers.
In a game that was highlighted by past experiences, the Patriots visiting San Diego on Sunday afternoon marked a monumental trip to the nations west, as Bill Belichick looked to push his team into the "Super Bowl Contenders" argument, that has seemingly forgotten about New England in the past few weeks.
While the Patriots were striving for success over yet another AFC juggernaut, San Diego's 2-4 record on the season appeared almost irrelevant heading into a tight fixture, and although most Charger faithfuls were aware of the dire strait situation - a win over New England certainly would have cleared the tension.
From the game's opening kickoff, most of us got the feeling that this one was going to be an instant classic.  Unfortunately, nobody expected to see a sloppy performance laced with errors and dropped ba...

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