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Originally Posted by lcarus
It's starting to work too. The last week or two online I've seen a shitload of "Chargers fans" coming out of the woodwork everywhere.
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Depends...are these NEW LA Charger fans? I mean the type to buy seat licenses and support them locally? Doubt it...
Rams will own that market...they've already sold out the Coliseum. Chargers cant fill a 30k soccer stadium. They have a home grown, Californian QB...who was the #1 pick.
Rivers was an afterthought until this year...his team hadn't even been a wildcard in 5 years. Now...out of nowhere, he's a HOF QB and MVP candidate. Truth is...without the officials helping them...they are an 8-8/9-7 borderline play-off team. Just like every other year of his career...they should have lost both the Steelers/Chiefs games. It took overcoming back-to back 1-174 and 1-250 odds for them to pull it off...in 3 weeks!
It's SUCH a transparent sham...they only beat one team with a winning record last year. It was a TNF game against the 9-7 Cowboys...who had to travel on a short week.
IMO...the only way the NFL can reasonably try to pull this off is a LAC SB. If the Rams go...they can forget about anyone ever caring about the Chargers. Like I said earlier...have Brees beat the Rams....then have Rivers avenge that loss in the SB. That's really the only play here...
They tried to do this same thing with the Raiders in 2016...crappy team that out of nowhere (with a new stadium in play) suddenly become good. Karma and divine intervention took that sham out with a broken leg on Christmas. It was the only sack given up by their LT all season...very apropos...and wouldn't be surprised is something similar happens to the Chargers. Not wishing it...just saying...you reap what you sow.