San Diego Chargers at Carolina Panthers Preview

            The Carolina Panthers (4-8) will play San Diego Chargers (5-7) Sunday afternoon. Both teams have a losing record and are in last place in their divisions. The Panthers will try to overcome a two-game losing streak and an embarrassing national televise lost to the Seattle Seahawks 41 to 7. While San Diego has lost two out of their last three games. The Carolina Panthers are 0 and 3 against AFC West teams this year, while the Chargers are 1 and 2 against NFC South teams this year.

Star linebacker Luke Kuechly, safety Kurt Coleman and rookie cornerback Daryl Worley are still under concussion protocol and are listed as questionable for Sunday’s game. Both starting Defensive ends for the Panthers are injured, Mario Addison is listed as questionable with a foot injury while Charles Johnson could be week-to-week due to a hamstring injury. Because of this Ron Rivera has said that Kawann Short might have to take snaps at defensive end Sunday. San Diego cornerback Bradon Flowers is in the concussion protocol and did not practice Thursday.

San Diego starting quarterback Philip Rivers is coming back to North Carolina where he was the star quarterback at NC State in college. It’s been a rocky year for him so far throwing 14 interceptions which is second most in the NFL. It’s also a homecoming for San Diego head coach Mike McCoy who spent nine seasons as a receiver’s coach, quarterback coach and a passing game coordinator. Panthers head coach Ron Rivera was Chargers linebacker coach in 2007 and then became the defensive coordinator the next year during his four seasons in San Diego. The last time these two teams played against each other the Panthers won 31 to 7 in San Diego in 2012, the Panthers won the four of five all time meetings against the Chargers. Make sure to watch the game this Sunday at 1 o’clock at Bank America Stadium.