San Diego Chargers @ Jacksonville Jaguars Monday Night Football Pick

San Diego Chargers @ Jacksonville Jaguars Monday Night Football Pick: I can’t think of anything exciting to say about this game. It’s a Monday Night Football game which means it’s almost surely going to be close – but it’s a game between two teams that couldn’t possibly disappoint anymore than they have. The Jaguars finally fired their head coach, Jack Del Rio, a move that should have been made 7 years ago, or whenever they hired him. That’s about the only thing I’m excited about in this game – will the new guy use Maurice Jones-Drew in the passing game? Will the new guy be smarter?

And on the other side of the football, here’s Norv Turner, a flat out guaranteed firing by the end of the season. Phillip Rivers is either hurt, which everyone denies, or he’s regressed into a bad quarterback that steps off his back foot and throws terribly soft balls late in plays to the middle of the field. My respect for Rivers as a good player and competitor makes me think he’s lying, but hell, he might just be bad. His offensive line has been brutal most of the year, but now he’s stepping back and running out of the pocket even when there’s no pressure. It’s ugly. And there aren’t many guys that do less out side the pocket than Rivers. He absolutely won’t run, and that’s probably because he’s slow, he just throws the ball away and makes a scrunchy face. It’s hard to watch.

So… In review, a coach filling in for the last few weeks of the season against a coach that is getting fired. Two ugly offenses with quarterback displaying how not to step into your throw. Monday Night game. Hopefully there’s a good movie on HBO5 Monday Night, because otherwise I’ll have to watch this.

San Diego Chargers(-3) @ Jacksonville Jaguars