My Favorite NFL Team Ever: The 2006 San Diego Chargers

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Published: May 18, 2009

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... San Diego Chargers, is not one of those franchises, although their 16 playoff berths and 1963 AFL Championship are worth mentioning. Therefore, my favorite team ever is one that failed to reach the summit of professional football.

Ask most Chargers fans about their favorite team and you'll get a few different answers. Is it the 1981-82 team that won the epic in Miami? Or is it the scrappy 1994-95 team that reached the franchise's only Super Bowl? While I remember Dennis Gibson's pass deflection in Pittsburgh like it was yesterday, I was still only seven years old when it happened, a bit too young to fully embrace being in the Super Bowl.

The 2004 Chargers season was a complete shock to me, from the 12-4 regular season to the tragic way it ended. But 2006 was different. The Chargers had been criticized for letting Drew Brees leave via free agency and putting their trust into talented but untested Philip Rivers.

Sure, the team was stacked. But there was still an air...

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