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This is a great time of year to be thankful for what we have Jason Verrett Color Rush Jersey , where we have been, and what the future holds. Although the Chargers have lost their way a bit in recent years, the month of December still holds such incredible promise! This advent calendar is an attempt to hearken back to these days of December joy. Each day will bring a new advent from the Bolts’ history that makes it wonderful to be a Chargers fan.Dec. 10: New football leagues are coming!California is a pretty big place. That is why three NFL teams can call it home and still feel like they represent different geographical regions and populations. Four, evidently, is a bit pushing it for one league, so the Raiders are jumping out and heading for the desert.The NFL has had to the game to itself once it ate its only real competitor: The AFL.There have only been two competitors in recent decades: The XFL (1.0), and the UFL. Neither seriously challenged The Shield, though the XFL was the only recent attempt to even try to.Whether Southern California wants it or not, there is a lot of football coming in the next few years:1.The Alliance of American Football (AAF)This league seemed to pop up overnight to try and steal the thunder from the XFL’s resurgence. It has a few advantages, as well. The biggest advantage of note is that it will start playing in just a few short months, directly after the Super Bowl when non-basketball fans experience the ‘doldrums’ between seasons. This league could make some serious waves because it is directly complimentary to the NFL, adding an immediate source of games when football interest is at its highest annually. It also has some big names to carry it through the challenging first year: Bill Polian, Justin Tuck, and Steelers’ icons Troy Polamalu and Hines Ward. The AAF should be the most intriguing to Chargers fans because the San Diego Fleet is one of eight teams in the league, and they will be playing in SDCCU Stadium (The Murph, the Q). They are the first major football league to try and capitalize on the Chargers’ old turf, and they just might succeed in that. The AAF is aggressively shy of directly competing with the NFL, which, along with its head start, is why it might just survive long enough to be eaten by the National Football League.2.The XFL (2.0)Ah, the good old XFL. For all of its failures and follies, it did have some great ideas that are now added to the NFL broadcasts. The first time the XFL came around, it tried to do too much too quickly (and football was an afterthought). Vince McMahon is the personality and money behind this resurgence, and he feels that he learned his lessons from nearly twenty years ago. Careful planning might actually the the XFL 2.0’s fatal flaw, because the nearly three years between its announcement and their first game gave enough time for the AAF to beat them to the punch. Still Denzel Perryman Color Rush Jersey , there’s every reason to believe that the XFL will fare better this time around. For one, it’s entertainment first and sports second, which is a fairly staunchly American business strategy. With the added development, there should be stronger ties to communities (and their big spenders) that will make it less susceptible to an early crumble. Perhaps most crucial, the XFL is actually testing out its concept changes with real players in community colleges in Mississippi. This crazy thing might just work after all!And, of course, there’s interest in the XFL because they will be launching with a team headquartered in Carson, CA. They will play their inaugural season out of StubHub Center just months after the Chargers hope to vacate in 2020. The XFL’s previous LA team, the LA XTreme, won their Million Dollar Game back in 2001, so they might just catch a few headlines this time around as well.3. The Professional Football League (PFL)After realizing the need for a developmental Spring league, California businessman Jerry C. Craig began to plan for a league that w——Nope, it looks like that one already bit the dust. The PFL was another developmental league that was set to be centered in Newport Beach, CA. They boasted some interesting support from former coaches, including Dave Campo and Dick Vermeil, but it just goes to show that talk is cheap and results are hard to come by in this business. The PFL was supposed to kick off in spring of 2018, but no games have yet been played.For the here-and-now, it looks like the NFL has only two newcomers to really worry about before the next media agreements. Both of these new leagues have a lot of potential interest for southern California fans, and that should bode well for everyone in the Golden State!-Jason “If at first not succeed...” Michaels Sunday night is going to pit two of the top teams in the NFL against each other in primetime with the Chargers traveling to the east coast to take on the Steelers at frigid Heinz Field.Both team’s possess explosive offenses with a plethora of play-makers scattered throughout each roster.This game, however, is special for a few other reasons.Sunday night’s matchup also includes two sets of brothers: The Watt brothers and the Pouncey brothers.Mike Pouncey is the Chargers’ newest pivot while Maurkice has been the Steelers’ starting center since he was drafted. Derek Watt was drafted in the sixth-round by the Chargers in 2016 while T.J was selected in the first round of the 2017 draft. This will be the first time that the Watt brothers have played against each other as professionals.You also can’t forget that Sunday’s quarterback matchup is another battle between two of the top quarterbacks drafted back in that vaunted 2004 draft class with Philip Rivers facing off against Ben Roethlisberger.The last time these two teams met was also during primetime but the Steelers were being led by Michael Vick instead of Big Ben. That game was a heart-breaker in the truest sense for Chargers fans.After Josh Lambo hit a career-long 54-yard field goal to give the Chargers the lead, Vick, along with Le’Veon Bell, marched right down the field before Bell took in the walk-off touchdown to elevate the Steelers over the Bolts.For the most part, that game is still seared into my memory and this week’s game has obviously brought up some unwanted nostalgia. But everyone knows that the best way to forget bad memories is to replace them with better ones. This Sunday Antonio Gates Color Rush Jersey , I hope to do just that.1.) Will the Steelers get back to James Connor and the ground game?Through the first nine games of the season, it seemed like the Steelers were willing to run Connor into the ground in order to prove a point to spite Le’Veon Bell. From weeks one through 10, Connor received 18.8 carries a game with a high of 31 during their week one matchup against the Cleveland Browns.Following their week nine bye week, there was a significant drop-off in his totes per game as he has only averaged 11.6 carries in his last three games. In those games Connor has only scored a single touchdown while averaging just 44.3 rushing yards per game.Although the Chargers’ run defense has improved quite a bit since last season, they were exploited in the red zone against the Broncos who scored three times on the ground. That literally doubled the amount of rushing touchdowns allowed by the Bolts on the season. Even after that down performance, the Chargers are still tied with the Minnesota Vikings for the fourth-least amount of rushing scores allowed with six.The Chargers unfortunately rank a bit lower in rushing yards allowed per game as they let up 107.5 yards per game which is good for 13th-best in the NFL.The team might be in for another game of keep-away if the Steelers decide to keep themselves ahead of the chains while converting third-and-short after third-and-short, which are situations where Connor’s skill-set can really flourish.2.) How will the secondary handle one of the best WR duos in the league in Antonio Brown and Juju Smith-Schuster?It’s been well-documented this season that the secondary has had their fair share of struggles following a stellar 2017 season.After collecting 11 interceptions over the last two seasons, Casey Hayward has yet to record a single pick through the team’s first 11 games of this year. Trevor Williams, the usual starter across from Hayward, has been dealing with a nagging injury over the past couple weeks but was in Coach Lynn’s doghouse prior to that when he was benched for second-year cornerback Michael Davis.Williams had a an interception earlier in the year but the majority of their interceptions stem from some of their youngest players on the team like Desmond King, who leads the team with three picks, and Derwin James, who snagged his second interception last week against the Arizona Cardinals.Brown and Smith-Schuster are both among the top-20 in a plethora of receiving categories, which include catches of over 25 yards, yards after catch, and receiving yards per game.Luckily for the Chargers, they are tied for sixth in the league with three other teams in passing touchdowns allowed with 16. They are also eighth in the league in terms of passing yards allowed per game with 227.The difference here will be how Big Ben performs while in the red zone. He currently leads the NFL with four interceptions thrown in the red zone while having the third-worst passer rating from inside the 20-yard line (72.4).3.) Will the offense look much different without Melvin Gordon?The biggest theme of this week’s game has been the ensuing absence of Melvin Gordon for at least a few weeks after he suffered a MCL sprain against the Cardinals.Many have pondered how the offense is going to look and how much is actually going to change without the team’s workhorse back. If I had to put money on it, I do not believe Coach Lynn will have to change much at all with Ekeler as his starting back. If there is anything to take away from the Titans game in London, it’s that Ekeler wasn’t able to flourish in a prominent role and like much of us expected.Ekeler is more than capable of doing everything that Gordon can. He is among the top-5 in yards after contact and can be a hassle on the ground and through the air. Some may argue that Ekeler’s efficiency stems from his complimentary role to Gordon. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the coaching staff give rookies Justin Jackson and Detrez Newsome a good amount of carries while still utilizing Ekeler around the formation. In the end, I feel pretty good about Jackson stepping into a much larger role after lengthy career of running the ball in the Big Ten. After all, he was a four-year starter at Northwestern where he became one of nine players in conference history to run for 1,000+ yards in each of his our seasons on campus.I like his experience and I don’t believe the stage will be too big for the rookie.
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