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[I-10east]

This week, San Diego is gonna have the first NFL blackout of the year (vs the Bengals).

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/28/bengals-chargers-becomes-first-blackout-of-the-2013-season/

[Keith-N-Jax]

No ESPN to buy tickets this time eh? Watch how this goes under the radar.

[thelakelander]

Broncos RB Knowshon Moreno cries giant tears

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24310799/broncos-rb-knowshon-moreno-has-cries-giant-tears

[JRuscitti]

Broncos RB Knowshon Moreno cries giant tears

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24310799/broncos-rb-knowshon-moreno-has-cries-giant-tears

I don't know if it was because I saw it in slow motion, or that he has this dazed look on his face, but that scene looked kind of weird...

[JayBird]

One thing I love about NYC sports writers, what they wrote yesterday has no bearing whatsoever on their thought process today.

Believe It - JETS Would Be Better With Tebow
For a few days in April the Jets had six quarterbacks on their roster: Mark Sanchez, Geno Smith, David Garrard, Matt Simms, Greg McElroy and Tim Tebow.
Only one of those guys is the best fit for the Jets offense as it is currently configured — Tebow.
I know saying something positive about Tebow has become as popular as canceling Christmas. I know he is the most limited passer among those six limited passers. And I know the Jets and Tebow had to part ways after the disaster that was 2012.
But hear me out on this.
The Jets have no weapons at wide receiver or tight end. That has been well established. They struggle in pass protection. They have a pretty good defense, and they have a running game that is strong when it has a chance to get going.
So what is the best offense for a team constructed like this? The one the 2011 Broncos built around Tebow for the final two months of the season. It's hard to remember now, after all the Tebow bashing of the last two years, but it worked. If the Jets had Tebow lined up in the backfield with Chris Ivory, they could run a zone-read offense that would wear other teams out, and they could play a ball-possession game that would complement their defense.

For the rest of the editorial:
http://nypost.com/2013/12/03/jets-would-be-better-with-tebow-really/

[fsujax]

Yes, this Chargers blackout will kept quiet as much as possible, hard to believe since they just beat the Chiefs and they are in playoff contention. Can only imagine if it were Jax, we would be plastered on ESPN's top news stories.

[funwithteeth]

Unless my quick math is wrong, San Diego's playoff chances hinge entirely on their winning all their remaining games and Kansas City losing all their remaining games. This won't happen.

[Keith-N-Jax]

That loss to the Bengals should be the final nail.

[I-10east]

Yes, this Chargers blackout will kept quiet as much as possible, hard to believe since they just beat the Chiefs and they are in playoff contention. Can only imagine if it were Jax, we would be plastered on ESPN's top news stories.

Of course Buffalo's upcoming blackout is gonna be under the radar also... 

[funwithteeth]

That loss to the Bengals should be the final nail.

There are other factors that would keep the Chargers out of the playoffs that I haven't taken the time to figure out, but yeah, none of that will matter if the scenario I described above doesn't happen.

I'm sure if an actual playoff contender—not San Diego and not Buffalo—got a blackout, that'd make news.

[Keith-N-Jax]

Really? Jags were not playoff contenders many times during black outs, but you would have thought they were undefeated based on the many articles that were written. 

[funwithteeth]

I meant that an isolated blackout isn't likely to get mentioned. A serious of them like the Jags went through? Sure.

[funwithteeth]

Also, for what it's worth, I first heard about the San Diego blackout on ESPN, so it isn't as if this is being totally ignored by the national media.

[Keith-N-Jax]

Yeah but was it followed by the team is moving, fans don't show up. I think not. Chargers also have stadium issues, but yet the Jags are moving to LA/London .

[I-10east]

I meant that an isolated blackout isn't likely to get mentioned. A serious of them like the Jags went through? Sure.

The national media's 'noise' wasn't too clamorous during those string of Buccaneers blackouts in 2010. Oakland had been routinely getting blackout-strings in recent years. Detroit had some linked blackouts in the recent past as well. IMO comparing those situations with Jax is not even close. In 2009 (to present in some instances) the "Jags blackout" was like a phenomenon that swept the country; We were like an internet meme. From the talk show circuit with Jay Leno, to every third-rate sports website, everyone wanted to talk about how the Jags didn't have anyone coming to the home games. All of the noise the nation media made the the Jags in 2010, compared to any other blackout-string issues that I know, would be like comparing a construction site with jackhammers, to a pin drop; Not even comparable.