Where were the Powder Blues?

God am I sick of this shit.

Sick of getting jobbed by refs in these close games. That PI call was bullshit, as was that premature whistle on a clear fumble which was ours. And the free timeout you gave the Colts as they drove for the winning points was oh so nice of you. Fuck.

I'm sick of having games be close enough where we can get jobbed by refs.

That's 4 games lost in the final 30 seconds. 5 losses by a touchdown or less. 4 by a field goal or less. Its especially sickening to think that LT is fading fast and may never get the ring he so much deserves.

This afternoon, the Raiders- yes, the fucking RAIDERS- gave us an early birthday, Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa gift by going to Denver and beating the cracked leather right off of Shanny's face. And what do we do with this awesome gift? Spit on it by blowing another close game. So now instead of controlling our destiny, once again we need help and plenty off it.

Sigh.

Things aren't getting much easier. We are now in must-win territory, and the first must-win is in one week against Atlanta. When the schedule came out the Falcons at home looked like easy pickings, a sure win. If you had said back in April that one team would be 7-3 and the other 4-7 going into that game, 100% of people would probably think the Chargers would have the winning record. Alas, its not to be, but this is still a winnable, must win game.

We must beat Atlanta, and then we must beat Oakland, and then we must go to Kansas City and beat the Chiefs. There is no negotiation about this, no gray area.

In the meantime, we have to hope that the currently world-beating JETS JETS JETS don't celebrate their new found success by laying an egg against the Donks next week. Doesn't seem like too much to hope for that the surging Jets can beat the reeling Broncos, but then again I've hoped for a lot this year and gotten bupkis. Besides the Jets, the Broncos host Kansas City again, a game I'm not putting a lot of hope on, and then they travel to Carolina. A few weeks ago I would have felt good about that game, but with the way the Panthers are collapsing lately I can't be sure of anything.

Lets just take this one game at a time. Please Norv, Ron, and everyone else: get your shit together before Atlanta comes to town. And whoever keeps sleeping with the referees' wives, cut that crap out.

And seriously, where were the Powder Blues? Big game, Sunday Night Football, Against the Colts, and we come out in the regular jerseys? You wanna tell me that those jerseys aren't worth at least 5 points?