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1 bold prediction for each NFL team in 2018

By John Buhler

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 06: Jared Goff No. 16 of the Los Angeles Rams during the NFC Wild Card Playoff Game against the Atlanta Falcons at the Los Angeles Coliseum on January 6, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Josh Lefkowitz/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 06: Jared Goff No. 16 of the Los Angeles Rams during the NFC Wild Card Playoff Game against the Atlanta Falcons at the Los Angeles Coliseum on January 6, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Josh Lefkowitz/Getty Images) /
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – DECEMBER 24: Quarterback Philip Rivers No. 17 of the Los Angeles Chargers in action against the New York Jets in an NFL game at MetLife Stadium on December 24, 2017 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images)
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – DECEMBER 24: Quarterback Philip Rivers No. 17 of the Los Angeles Chargers in action against the New York Jets in an NFL game at MetLife Stadium on December 24, 2017 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images) /

Los Angeles Chargers: Bad September costs Philip Rivers playoff berth

It’ll be déjà vu all over again for the

San Diego

Los Angeles soccer stadium football Chargers. Not long after Thanksgiving will we all be drinking the Philip Rivers is going to take the Chargers to a Super Bowl Kool-Aid. Outside of the AFC West, we will all want it so bad. Too bad the Chargers have another Charger-y what on Planet Earth were you doing September.

Could it be picking the wrong kicker again? Well, the Josh Lambo curse is real. Turns out losing to the Cleveland Browns was the best thing for the Jacksonville field goal kicking phenomenon. Duval! No, that narrative is too tired. Will it be receivers and their inability to catch? Could the injury bug wreck the Los Angeles locker room before the autumnal equinox? It could very well happen.

No, it does not matter if Rivers plays his best ball of his lengthy NFL career and loses one game post Halloween. The Chargers will inevitably shoot themselves in the foot in September and cost themselves a shot at the playoffs. Los Angeles will be the best team that doesn’t make the NFL playoffs for the second straight season. That has to be a record, right?

So here is how it could go. The first loss, well, that comes on something dumb Al Riveron comes up with in the New York office. It’ll be on par with some Fail Mary extravaganza. Week 2’s loss, well, that’s on the kicker. The Curse of Josh Lambo is real. Week 3 is Rivers trying to break a Nathan Peterman record for throwing picks. Sadly, Week 4 will be a clock management miscue even Andy Reid couldn’t make. An 0-4 hole causes the Chargers to miss out on the playoffs again.