Chargers takes out defending champions Colts

 

It seems like a story hard to believe, but yes, the defending NFL champions, Indianapolis fell to San Diego 28-24 on Sunday night. It is amazing how a team can come from the bottom and make it to the playoffs, as the Chargers had a really unstable season, they lost 3 of their first 4 games and started to look better by November, when they won 8 in a row.

It is more surprising to know that the Chargers defeated the Colts without one of their most important starters, Antonio Gates, who was down due to a bad toe and NFL’s rushing leader LaDainian Tomlinson hurting with a knee injury saw little action.

The task of taking the Chargers down came in the hands of people like quarterback Billy Volek and tailback Michael Turner who helped their team to keep alive for next weekend's AFC title game.

"Michael stepped up and was great, Billy stepped up and was great. The guts and poise of this team really showed. I was hoping the ups and downs of this season would pay off for us, and I think they did. We handled it great, and we just kept playing." Philip Rivers said. Rivers had a decent night and threw for 264 yards and three touchdowns despite injuries.

This will be the first time that Chargers coach Norv Turner, takes a team to a conference championship game and it will be against a team that is currently undefeated, the Patriots, in one of the best games of the season.