Recap San Diego Chargers vs Cincinnati Bengals

Chargers - 20
Bengals - Who cares

Here is the recap but not really a recap, but more of me whining and complaining.
OK, well that was an interesting ball game, no superstar WR's and the Bengals put up 34 points and Carson goes for 16 of 21 for 269 yards and 4 TD's.
Like I said before, you don't need big time RB's or WR's to win football games, all you need a good coach, good QB, good O and D line.
Anyway thanks to the Bengals, now the the fans will hope for a successful season next year. But failing 18 out of 20 years does not tempt me.
But I will say this, Jerome Simpson just proved me wrong and many other people in and around Cincinnati.
Sometimes people just need a chance to show what they got and sometimes the coach's take out the old and put in something new.
If only this coaching staff could adjust during game time and game plan better, I wonder where this team could of have been.
Even with this win, I'm still disappointed in this team and in this season. Wish they would of figured things around sooner rather than later.

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Bengals vs. Chargers re-cap Week 15

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Oh Andre Caldwell  why do you make me hate you so much? This is your second strike, you already screwed up once against the Raiders, now you do it again against another AFC West team. Why do you do this to us us Andre?
Should I say the Bengals fell just short of winning a game against the Chargers and clinching the AFC North or would that be an understatement. Seems like we cant beat any playoff contenting team outside of AFC North.
I honestly think this game can be summarized by the last two minutes, we have a chance to win the game, but we end up almost loosing a fumble which puts us at 2 and 36. Then our defense gives them too much room for them to march down the field and kick a game winning field goal. Why did we play there wide outs so loose in the last minute, I understand the theory of if you play them on a real tight coverage that they might beat us on a deep ball. But the truth of the matter is we lost the game because we played it safe.
Take this as an example, the Chargers with a 21-yard scoring pass from Rivers to Vincent Jackson with 3:12 remaining in the half. That gave the Chargers a 14-10 lead. Then the Bengals marched to the San Diego 7 yard-line, having a first down in the half's final 40 seconds. But three incompletion's later, one when Palmer spiked the ball and Cincinnati had to settle for Shayne Graham's 25-yard. That right there is the difference between really good teams and the Bengals, we have our chances but we don't take advantage of them, we are lacking that fire which puts teams over the hump.
Bengals 24 - Chargers 27

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