For Turner and Chargers, Manhandled Is Just a Loss

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Published: October 6, 2009

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... bad losses as turning the page.

Chargers head coach Norv Turner prefers denial.

"I would not use that word," Turner said to reporters when asked if the Steelers had manhandled his team. "I don't think that's fair."

In war, love and often, too, in football, all is fair and yes, coach, your team was manhandled.

Beaten, bullied, shoved, and pushed around even.

And had it not been for Philip Rivers finding his rhythm in the second half against a sagging Steelers defense, the score would have more accurately reflected how one-sided Sunday’s 38-28 loss was for the Chargers.

So, what do Turner and his Chargers do next?

What exactly is the encore to a routine schooling by the defending Super Bowl Champs with the surprising and AFC West-leading Denver Broncos coming to town up next on the schedule?

Certainly those claims of the Chargers being one of the NFL’s elite have been thoroughly discredited with losses already against last year...

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