Bengals Come Alive in the Fourth Quarter to Maul the Hapless Chargers
Sunday, bloody Sunday. Yep…the Chargers lost again. This time to the Cincinnati Bengals.
It was a dull game, a sleepy game, if I am quite honest. Even though the score in the first half swung back and forth, the game lack a bit of excitement in the second half as both teams found it difficult to move the ball with any consistency. The whole third quarter was an exercise in mistakes and incomplete passes. But when the fourth quarter arrived, Bengal quarterback Andy Dalton engineered a 14 play touchdown drive that consumed 7:42 minutes. With the score, the Bengals led 17 – 13. The ensuing Charger possession ended inauspiciously with a Philip Rivers fumble that was recovered by the Bengals, who would score a field goal four plays later. Down seven points and with less than three minutes left in the game, Rivers drove the Chargers down the field to the Bengal 17 yard line. And wouldn’t you know it, on fourth down Rivers threw an interception that ended the game.
Final Score: Bengals – 20 Chargers – 13.
What more can you say. The Bengals are a good team. The Chargers…not so much.
Since the beginning of last season, no player has turned the ball over more than Philip Rivers. That’s it in a nutshell. With the loss, the Chargers fall to 4 – 8 and fans are desperately looking for something to cling on to, but all hope is lost for this season. Only the prospects of a new coaching staff and a new general manager can breathe new life into this organization. Change that you can believe in. Yeah right…that didn’t work out so well…but I digress.
Well…there is one thing I believe in…THE HOTTEST DANCE TEAM IN THE NFL, YOUR CHARGER GIRLS!
Okay…let’s focus on something positive. Let’s begin this week’s coverage of the AB FAB Charger Girls with the Captains: Marissa, Natalie, Lauren O., and Kara.
Our next segment highlights the Charger Girl of the Day, the cheerleader who gave me the best images of the day. This week we are honoring two worthy candidates. Our first honoree was born and raised in Dana Point, California and is pursuing a degree in Public Relations at SDSU…introducing Hope.
Our second honoree is a Line Captain who hails from a military family…introducing Marissa…who was rocking the big, sexy hair on Sunday.
So, I was watching the movie Sucker Punch as I put together this article because I like the Director Zach Snyder…and I like scantily clad girls. As you may know, Zach Snyder directed 300, one of my favorites and a visually stunning movie…anyway, getting back to Sucker Punch…what the heck is that storyline about? I mean the dream sequences are cool, with a graphic novel look reminiscent of 300 and of course some cute, scantily clad girls who dance…dance and fight…dance and fight gigantic samurai warriors, nazi zombies, and dragons. But that story…too convoluted. Next time, I’ll go back to listening to music when I put together an article. But I digress…
We begin our regular coverage of Charger Girls with Alexa, Tawnie, Alexis L., Starkesha, Allizon, and Rachel.
Up next…Amanda, Paige, Andrea, Nicole, Angela, and Meridith.
We continue our parade of Charger Girls with Anjelica, Lauren P., Ariel, Kylie, Clarisse, and Kayla.
We conclude this week’s coverage with Courtney, Katie, Erin, Katelyn, and CGOTD Hope.
So one of the neat things about going to a Charger game is that occasionally a former Charger Girl will come back and watch their former team from the stands. This week Melissa came back to cheer on her former teammates. Melissa is truly an inspiration, overcoming a severe hearing impairment to become a Charger Girl.
And one of my all time favorite Charger Girls (#3 to be precise) came back and served as a coordinator for one of the Charger Girl lines…Kylette.
Kylette was only on the squad for two years and I always regretted not being able to get more shots of her…she was on the end of the lines both her years and that’s always a difficult position for me to shoot. I remember talking to her at the Bud Light Power Party and her telling me that she didn’t know anyone in San Diego when she came out from New Mexico to tryout for the Charger Girls. Making the squad would mean a whole new life. That impressed me. Still one of my all time favorites to shoot!
Here’s one of my favorite photos of Kylette.
Oh well…back to reality.
There are so many things wrong with the Chargers…so many positions of need..so much that needs to change, one can not imagine that the current staff can make the necessary changes to be competitive again. Let us remember that the Chargers fired a coach, Marty Shottenheimer, who went 14-2 his last season. 14 wins and 2 losses…and he gets fired. I mean…who fires a coach that goes 14 and 2? We fired a 14-2 coach to hire a coach that is 4-8. WTF?
There’s always next year.
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