Not Enough Sproles Magic Against the Baltimore Ravens for the San Diego Chargers

To win in this league a few things are clear; you have to be able to run the ball and stop the run. The San Diego Chargers weren't able to do either in their home opener, losing 31-28 to the Baltimore Ravens despite huge days from Philip Rivers and Darren Sproles. I was at the game and it was obvious, outside of Rivers and Sproles, the Chargers didn't have much. So on a day when the Bolts lost the turnover battle and mustered only one sack they still were in a position to win the game on the Ravens' 15-yard line with 37 seconds remaining in the game. The 4th-and-2 call to run Sproles, who Ray Lewis destroyed in the backfield to end the game, was a bit of a headscratcher. Why try to run on the Ravens with the game on the line when your QB is having a career day? Yeah, bad idea. Both fullback Jacob Hester and pulling guard Kris Dielman missed Lewis as he shot between back-up's Scott Mruczkowski and Brandyn Dombrowski en route to blowing up Sproles. I guess that one...