This will be a determined team comming in here.. if we go 3-0, there can't be a single "Ya-but" as Warhawk says left around. We will have earned the 3-0 or even 2-1 record if we play with this team next week.
Any given Sunday... it is a truth. See Brownies vs Bengals..
http://www.chargers.com/news/headlines/bolts-vow-to.htm
Bolts vow to return to winning ways
No excuses, no fingers pointed, just a promise to pick up the pieces and play much better throughout a season that is still very young. That was the message in the Chargers locker room following Sunday night’s 38-14 to the New England Patriots.
“We got beat on all sides of that ball, but we’ve got 14 more games to go in this regular season,” defensive end Luis Castillo said. “We’re going to get back in the classroom. We’re going to get better. We’re going to get back on the field and improve. We’re going to get back to work and we’ll get back to where we were.”
Several players used the word “humbling” to describe how they felt following the defeat. The Chargers were well aware of who they were playing and where they were playing, but they believed with their talent they were going to be in a battle. That was never the case.
“We thought we were going to come in and win and play well,” quarterback Philip Rivers said. “We did just the opposite. This is a good old fashioned whoopin’ we took. We’ve got to get over this one in a hurry.”
Another feeling heard around the locker room Sunday night was that the team didn’t play “Charger ball.” That phrase means protecting the football, and the Bolts turned it over three times Sunday night. It means stopping the run, and New England rushed for 144 yards in the victory. It means capitalizing on the opponent’s miscues, and the Chargers were unable to score following two Patriot turnovers, one of which gave the Bolts the ball at the New England 31 yard line.
“We did a lot of things tonight that are just out of our character,” cornerback Quentin Jammer said. “We know we’re better than that. We’ve just got to correct a lot of the mistakes and show people that we’re capable of much more.”
Fortunately, there was accountability. Members of the secondary discussed how they need to communicate better. Linebackers talked about the need to tackle better. On a night when he threw a pair of interceptions and lost a fumble, Rivers shouldered his share of the blame.
“We’re going to look at the tape and we’re going to see that we didn’t play very well,” Rivers said. “I know I can speak for myself, I didn’t play very well. We all need to get better.”
There are several areas where the Chargers believe they can and will be much better when they take the field next week. That was the promise of the players and coaches.
“I think the key for every team in this league is improving throughout the year,” Head Coach Norv Turner said. “Certainly we have a lot of improving to do. To be the team we’re capable of being, we’re going to have to play at a high level in all three phases. We came on the road and we didn’t play the way we wanted to play.”
The Chargers voiced a sense of urgency as they filed out of Gillette Stadium Sunday night. On Friday, they’ll travel to Wisconsin to face a Green Bay Packers team that has come
out of the gate strong.
“We’ve got to stay together,” running back LaDainian Tomlinson said. “We’ve got to find ourselves. Going to Lambeau, it’s going to be a tough game. Green Bay is 2-0. We’re going to get their best shot.
We’re going to see what we’re made of.”
Throughout the week, the Bolts knew that a Week 2 game would not make or break their season. While extremely disappointed following the loss, they stood by that Sunday night. They said they would remember the way they felt and allow that to help them get ready for the Packers.
“You don’t want to downplay the meaning of this game,” Rivers said. “It meant a lot to all of us and we’re sick to lose it. At the same time, we’ve got a long way to go and a lot we can improve on. It kind of lets you know that we’ve got to get it going. We’re going to do everything we can to do that.”