Chargers Rip Niners To Close Out NFL Preseason

With three NFL preseason wins under their belt there was every reason to reckon that the San Francisco 49ers would phone in their final exhibition game against the San Diego Chargers. And thats exactly what they did”the Chargers scored at least six points in every quarter against the Niners capital en route to a 26-7 home victory. San Francisco would settle for a 3-1 mark in NFL preseason play, while the Chargers wrapped up their exhibition slate with a 2-2 record.

San Diego’s 19 point margin of victory allowed them to easily cover the pointspread. The Chargers had been installed as -3 point home favorites, and that was covered by halftime when they took a 13-7 lead into the locker room.

The game was such an exercise in irrelevance that Chargers coach Norv Turner called for an onside kick to open the contest in order that his team could practice the circumstances in real world game conditions. San Diego would recover the onside kick, and then quickly score on a 39 yard touchdown pass from QB Billy Volek to Kassim Osgood. Afterwards, Turner clarified the unusual opening kickoff play call:

“It’s a touch we may need in a game. It’s a touch you’ve got to practice. I would despise for a critical circumstances to be the first time we did it in the regular season. We got a chance to work on it.”

The Niners early offense”including QB Shaun Hill”got to play for one series before calling it a night. Hill said that even the minimal bit of playing time was valuable:

“We went the ball a small bit. We weren’t able to get any points, but it was excellent to at least get out there and run some plays and get things started out there. I was pleased that I got the opportunity and I reckon the whole offense felt that way. We reckon it was valuable to get some work tonight. We’ve got a long weekend off, so we were excited about it.”

The backup offense score the Niners only points of the game, as third string QB Nate Davis hit Jason Hill for a 21 yard touchdown pass right before halftime. In addition to their opening drive score, the Chargers got a late game touchdown pass from former Clemson Academe QB Charlie Whitehurst to go with four Nate Kaeding field goals.

The Chargers will start their regular season next Monday night on the road against their despised rivals the Oakland Raiders. San Diego has opened a -9 road pet in that game. The Niners will get their 2009 season underway on the road against the Arizona Cardinals. The Niners are a +6 road runner up in that contest.

Adrian Vega is a part time writer who lives in Europe, he has plenty encounter writing for bodybuilding forum. He is now writing a program on how to lose weight and help people with his nutritional knowledge.

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