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Originally Posted by BuckinKaeding
Really? Sure they were fine in the regular season but in the playoffs, Rivers played with a torn ACL, I thought this was common knowledge?
Tomlinson had to sit out both years in the playoffs because of a Sprained Knee in 07, and a TORN GROIN in 08. Gates had a sprained toe in the 07 playoffs (hard to run), and a case of plantar fasciitis last year. Merriman was obviously out all year last year.
Our injuries have hit us during the playoffs the last 2 years.
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I'm aware of all of what you've typed...
In that 07 loss to NE, VJ and Chambers still had over 90 yards each... Rivers threw for more than 200 yds and what cost him were the 2 INTs.
SD's defense let Maroney nearly avg 5 yds a run, going for 122 yds in that game. Turner started for SD, but it's not like he was some spare...
The NE defense was just that good. Add in the near 150 yards rushing... and that's why SD lost.
In the Divisional game the previous week, SD gave up 24 points... similar to the production that NE had the next week. SD won by 4... the difference being the 58 yd TD catch from Sproles.
Otherwise, it was a similar game by SD in those 2 weeks. Rivers had TDs of 30 and 56 yds in that win over Indy... he was hurt, but he was playing fine.
They were just beat by the better team against NE.