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"San Diego Chargers vs Denver Broncos (11-17-1985) "Louis Wright Scoops And Scores The Winner In OT"
From Sports Odyssey
From 1978 to 1987, which was the last 10 years of San Diego Chargers QB Dan Fouts career and where Don Coryell was the Chargers head coach from 1978-86, I don't think there was a more interesting team in the NFL, than the Chargers, perhaps especially in the American Football Conference. I might consider the Cincinnati Bengals from the 1980s as well, but you always knew regardless of how the Chargers were playing and who they were playing against, that the game would be interesting.
From 1978 to 1987, which was the last 10 years of San Diego Chargers QB Dan Fouts career and where Don Coryell was the Chargers head coach from 1978-86, I don't think there was a more interesting team in the NFL, than the Chargers, perhaps especially in the American Football Conference. I might consider the Cincinnati Bengals from the 1980s as well, but you always knew regardless of how the Chargers were playing and who they were playing against, that the game would be interesting.
The reason why the Chargers were so interesting and fun to watch, is because they not just threw the ball a lot, but threw it all over the field, to every eligible position and threw the ball deep a lot and scored a lot of points. And if Dan Fouts had time to throw the ball, the Chargers were in every game that they played, because Don Coryell and Fouts had all of those weapons on offense and the greatest defenses in the NFL couldn't cover all of those Chargers receivers, and Fouts was such an accurate passer as well.
The reason why the Chargers din't win more games in the 1980s, at least after 1982 which was their last playoff appearance of that decade and last winning season of that decade as well, unless you count their 8-7 season during the strike season of 1987, is because they gave up more points than they scored and Dan Fouts was dealing with one injury after another after the 82 season.
So when the Chargers played a good, balanced team like the Denver Broncos, that could get stops on defense and move the ball and score against the Chargers vulnerable defense, the Chargers would either struggle or lose very close, exciting games, to teams like the Broncos.
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