New England Patriots Ride Comeback Wave To Win 23-14

New England Patriots look sharp in late game comeback against San Diego Chargers

In yet another down to the wire finish, the New England Patriots surge past the San Diego Chargers to pull off a resounding 23-14 victory, pulling ahead to 10-3 on the season and making up for last week’s disappointing loss at Lambeau.

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Both teams came in to this game with strong, playoff-qualifying records (and, so it seems, a significant number of fans present in San Diego). It came as a surprise, then, when both teams started off the game slower than expected; the first quarter failed to see the Chargers even announce their presence on the scoreboard, despite a seemingly steady progresssion down the field on more than one instance.

The Chargers picked up steam to finish off the first half, pushing ahead of the Patriots with  two touchdowns for a 14-10 lead heading into the third quarter; the host team would fail to score beyond this quarter, though, and this became their ultimate downfall.

After a frustrating third quarter for both squads, the Patriots finally came alive in the final fifteen minutes of play. Brady managed to completely turn the score around and New England dominated play for the final home stretch to pick off Philip Rivers and the Chargers with ten unanswered points on the board.

The entire game was run by both teams’ defense, though; Brady can only be credited with so much in a game that saw interceptions on both sides and a New England offense that struggled to complete clean passing routes. The final score was almost too high, considering the play seen out of both teams from start to finish.

With this loss, the Chargers have fallen to a somewhat-respectable 8 and 5 on the season, and will look to turn this around next week as they take on Peyton Manning and his Denver Broncos. Luckily, both teams that played tonight have a history of finishing December out strong; this should help out San Diego.