Los Angeles Times
California's two undefeated teams stumbled to humiliating losses, the 49ers losing at Minnesota to the Vikings , 24-13, and the Chargers falling at home to the Atlanta Falcons , 27-3. The Raiders, who had lost six of seven dating to last season,...
Charlotte Observer Online
Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan turned in one of the greatest days of his five-year NFL career on Sunday against the Chargers in a battle of unbeaten teams. With Ryan operating at near peak performance and the defense confounding San Diego's offense,...
San Diego Union-Tribune
37 p.m., Sept. 23, 2012 The Chargers weren't caught with their slips showing...Except there was no chance of anything this ugly going viral. Sunday afternoon the blacked-out Chargers chose to wear their all-white flags. If they didn't surrender in...
San Diego Union-Tribune
Tony Gonzalez tugged and tugged at Chargers strong safety Atari Bigby's arm. The 36-year-old Falcons tight end has been in the NFL a long time...Gonzalez drew a critical defensive holding call against Bigby in the second quarter, erasing an Antwan...
San Diego Union-Tribune
As we were saying, don't blame Chargers fans for the blackout...Chargers fans by the thousands made the right call when they held on to their money instead of buying tickets to Sunday's showdown against the Falcons. Turns out, they did fellow local...
San Diego Union-Tribune
It seems unfair to single out one facet that let the Chargers down Sunday...In winning their first two games, the Chargers defense was mostly dominant and the special teams mostly special, both allowing the offense to just do its thing...Rather than...