They had to go though the colts, {no easy task} to get to the championship game. And they gave us all we could handle. Out of their 4 FG if just one of them was a TD it may have been a different game. Their defense took away our greatest strength, the deep pass, and they put up a decent fight against our dink and dunk plays. Thank God Mulroney really stepped up, along w/ faulk. Welker made some decent contributions as well. The chargers made the Pats earn this one. The chargers looked alot like last years team when they may of had the best defense in the league, and their offense moved the ball well despite not having LT. While I think that the Patriots are clearly the better team, there is little doubt that SD is a formidable oppent.