Rivers’ 4 TD passes lead Chargers past Jaguars, 31-25

They’re not much better this year, and on Sunday it cost them a chance to beat the San Diego Chargers and earn their first three-game winning streak in two years.

Gates will be honest – so was some luck.

Just like that, the Jacksonville Jaguars find their playoffs hope on life-support following a brutal 31-25 loss to the San Diego Chargers this past Sunday. He threw for 300 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions against the Jaguars. One of the two calls erased a touchdown to Julius Thomas. Fluker had started the previous eight games since being inactive for the Cincinnati game. He was later released, and the team said an update would be provided Monday. “We got some turnovers”. The front four failed to get pressure for the majority of the game and the secondary allowed for easy touchdown scores in coverage.

FYI: Former Broncos’ offensive coordinator and current Chargers head coach Mike McCoy is 1-3 against his former team.

Bortles showed off his skills Sunday, but was ineffective in the red zone as the Bolts held the Jaguars to four field goals in the first three quarters.

Rivers’ biggest play may have come with his feet. He was one of Peyton Manning’s top targets in Denver and he was seen as a reliable target in the red zone. “The attitude, the effort, the want-to, it’s a phenomenal group of guys that we have”.

Two of those drives ended with short kicks after Bortles scrambled on third down and was flagged for throwing passes beyond the line of scrimmage. Roberts caught a 10-yard touchdown pass that gave the Raiders a 17-6 lead in the third quarter. “They have a great quarterback”, said Bradley, speaking of Rivers. “I think he’s doing a really good job”.

Fitzpatrick also connected with rookie Devin Smith and Eric Decker in New Yorks fourth win in the last five meetings with Miami.

“We’re just in the driver’s seat right now”, Redskins defensive end Jason Hatcher said. Bortles was being kind to himself in that last comment, because he went more than two yards too far, on one of those plays. I tell you guys all the time, it’s not going to happen overnight. “You have to play good, and you have to win”. “There were plays out there and we left them out there”.

Seahawks quarterback Tarvaris Jackson (Sidney Lanier, Alabama State) did not play. Against one of the worst run defenses in the league, that is unacceptable. But, a day later, Bradley said he doesn’t worry the loss will affect players’ motivation.

Thomas signed a five-year, $46 million contract with Jacksonville in March and looked like he would make an immediate impact in the offseason.