Quick Hit – The Chargers Want to Lose

Just had ESPN on while working on today’s Top 10, and Jim Trotter of the San Diego Union-Tribune says that Chargers G.M. A.J. Smith wouldn’t mind finishing with a 9-7 record and Wild Card berth. In fact, it almost seems that he likes the idea. Here are Trotter’s words:

“In two of the past three seasons, the Chargers have won at least 12 games and the Division Title, and yet when they opened the playoffs at home they lost both games. Smith told me that he believes that this team can go out on the road, have an “us against them” attitude; that they can win a game and generate some momentum that can carry them deep into the playoffs. And right now the other recipe hasn’t worked, so you have to wonder if he may be right.”

This is the funniest thing I’ve heard all week… why don’t you just admit, Mr. Smith, that your home field advantage sucks? If you’d rather play somewhere else than at home, you’re nuts. The 2005 Steelers are such a remarkable story BECAUSE they did it on the road… just like the 1997 Broncos had to play in Arrowhead, in Three Rivers Stadium to get back to the Super Bowl. It’s not the kind of thing you count on happening every time you make the playoffs as a 6th seed.

If you want to gift wrap the AFC West for us, Mr. Smith, I won’t complain. We were taking it from you anyway. It’s just another example of a losing culture in San Diego that doesn’t know how to win championships.