These Chargers not lucky, they’re good

San Diego Chargers vs. Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. Charger fans lose their minds in the rain as the Chargers defeat the Bengals 27-10.

Fifty years ago Sunday the Chargers rode their magic carpet to San Diegos only major sports championship when they turned the Patriots coats and shredded them in the AFL title game. Then it disappeared into the blue yonder for, oh, about a half-century.

Is it time for more magic? They will tell you: Why not us? These San Diegans seem to know no fear and have shown they can play with anybody, location and weather be damned.

Somehow, someway, the Chargers in early December again found a ticket to the carpet, and theyve have been riding it since, winning five straight and getting incredible service from dame fortune.

They didnt get lucky Sunday. They were good.

Chargers beat Bengals 27-10

The Chargers were 7-point underdogs when they flew the thing into Cincinnati for Sundays AFC Wild Card playoff game, and despite some early turbulence, managed to keep it on course. Dominating as the cold rain began to fall, they took over the second half and swept the Bengals under the rug, 27-10.

How high can the magic carpet fly? Can it get up to 5,280 feet, to sprinkle dust on mile-high Denver? Can it wrap itself around Peyton Mannings long neck?

Why not? It did before, on Dec. 12 to be exact, when San Diego went to Colorado and handed the Broncos and Peyton their only loss at home. The carpet may be a bit fickle, but it probably hasnt forgotten how to get there. And the Chargers over the years have proven to be a pain in that Manning neck.

Anyway, there still life, another day of play ahead. Theyll be in Denver next Sunday to meet the Broncos in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game, and they probably will be a 10-point underdog. But if the Chargers have proven one thing over this crazy season, its that they can beat good teams away from home.

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These Chargers not lucky, they're good