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Team History
The San Diego Chargers have had several periods of success since the team’s inception in 1960, but the longest and most successful era was in the AFL. The Chargers immediately began to win in the newly formed football league, taking five AFC West titles in six years. The Chargers took one AFL Championship that period, but always seemed to be in the championship mix.
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About The San Diego Chargers
The club was a high scoring team led by Lance Alworth, Paul Lowe, Keith Lincoln, and John Hadl. Those players took the 1963 team to the championship game and humiliated the Boston Patriots 51-10. The offense was coupled with a defensive line nicknamed the “Fearsome Foursome.” Defensive end Earl Faison and Ernie Ladd anchored the line that put constant pressure on the quarterback and was able to get the running back before he had a chance to push forward.
The team would find intermittent success in the early ‘80s and early’90s, but never really established themselves as one the elite teams in the league, despite a Super Bowl appearance in 1994.
In the last couple of years, that lack of dominance looks to have changed.
The Chargers finished the season challenging the Patriots in the Super Bowl. They look to pick up from there in 2008. The talented team has Phillip Rivers as an established Pro Bowl quarterback, the unstoppable LaDainian Tomlinson, and the best receiving tight end in the league in Antonio Gates. The knock on the team all last season was that they did not have a good enough receiving corps, but Vincent Jackson’s emergence in the playoffs puts that argument to rest.
The only place the Chargers really can improve is on defense. The secondary was exposed as a weakness last year in the playoffs and the Chargers hope to address that concern with the 27th pick in the draft.
The Chargers will bring plenty of excitement and plenty of offense to Qualcomm Stadium in 2008. The schedule is in their favor with a weak AFC West schedule.
