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Chargers make big plays at the right time

Bill Williamson, AFC West

...a perfect day for San Diego. The Chargers won and Denver, the second-place team in the AFC West, and Cincinnati, the Chargers' competition for the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in...

Blog | December 13, 2009

Dumervil's sack totals are no small feat

Bill Williamson, AFC West

...issues: Go small. Mike Shanahan's staff was given a Hawaiian consolation prize for losing the AFC Championship Game to the Pittsburgh Steelers to end their 2005 season. The staff made the best out...

Blog | December 11, 2009

Sound-off responses

Bill Williamson, AFC West

...pro bowlers. Yes, NY won a Super Bowl but lets be honest, if NY played in the AFC they wouldnt have even made the playoffs that year. Manning is good but I dont think he...

Blog | November 12, 2009

Five keys to the game for Denver

Bill Williamson, AFC West

...so the Broncos must take the Steelers fans out of the game early. In the 2005 AFC Championship Game, the Steelers took early control of the game and their fans took over the stadium...

Blog | November 08, 2009

AFC West notes: More on Cable

Bill Williamson, AFC West

...charge Oakland coach Tom Cable on assault charges to an official's call in the 1977 AFC championship game between the Raiders and the Broncos. OK. Meanwhile, here is a look at DA's...

Blog | October 23, 2009

Seymour gets handful of hair in Oakland

Bill Williamson, AFC West

...jumped up, angry. San Diego center Nick Hardwick called out Seymour for being dirty after the AFC championship game in Jan. 2008 when Seymour was with New England. Seymour has been getting double teamed...

Blog | September 27, 2009

Pre-game notes from Oakland

Bill Williamson, AFC West

...against San Diego center Nick Hardwick. Hardwick criticized Seymour for being a dirty player after the AFC championship game in Jan. 2008. Both teams are wearing their throwback AFL uniforms. All of the Chargers...

Blog | September 14, 2009

Camp Confidential: Chargers assume nothing

Bill Williamson, AFC West

...won three straight AFC West crowns, they haven't been able to get past the AFC Championship Game. Last season, San Diego's year ended in the divisional playoffs after a gallant...

Blog | August 04, 2009

Around the AFC West: Hunt gets HOF wing

Bill Williamson, AFC West

...Steve McNair's grit in Tennessee's loss to the Raiders in the 2002 AFC Championship Game. Inman also cleans out his mailbox. San Diego Chargers San Diego has passed new restrictions...

Blog | July 07, 2009

AFC West all-decade honors

Bill Williamson, AFC West

...in the NFL with 58. This team has won three straight AFC West titles, made the AFC Championship Game in 2007 and advanced to the AFC divisional round last season. It hasn't...

Blog | June 26, 2009

Chargers don't want to be the best of the rest

Bill Williamson, AFC West

...the 2006 season. The Chargers have been knocking on the door. They won the past three AFC West championships. San Diego made it to the AFC Championship Game in 2007 and the divisional round last...

Blog | May 29, 2009

You pick it responses

Bill Williamson, AFC West

...he has been injured. I still believe that if we had a healthy LT in the AFC Championship game against the Patriots we win that game. In a league that we have seen JR...

Blog | January 30, 2009

Only ring separates Rivers from draft classmates

Bill Williamson, AFC West

...in December in his three seasons as a starter is 14-0. He competed in an AFC Championship Game on a torn ACL last season. Earlier this month, he outplayed Peyton Manning when it...

Blog | January 28, 2009

Rapid Reaction: Steelers 35, Chargers 24

Bill Williamson, AFC West

Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson PITTSBURGH -- With the opportunity to host the AFC Championship Game at home, the San Diego Chargers were unable to recover from a strange third quarter...

Blog | January 11, 2009

Early notes from Pittsburgh

Bill Williamson, AFC West

...likely would not be able to play. The Chargers are hopeful he could return for the AFC Championship Game against Baltimore if they win at Pittsburgh on Sunday. The Chargers spent all week preparing...

Blog | January 11, 2009