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Dec 29, 2013; San Diego, CA, USA; San Diego Chargers running back Danny Woodhead (39) carries the ball in overtime during the Chargers 27-24 overtime win over the Kansas City Chiefs at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Stan Liu-USA TODAY Sports

Chargers hope hot finish translates to playoffs
USA TODAY
Now the Chargers prepare to face the Bengals, the AFC North champions, on Sunday in the wild-card round of the playoffs. San Diego hasn’t lost since that 17-10 defeat five weeks ago – and their four-game winning streak is the longest in the AFC.

Chargers-Bengals Capsule
Washington Post
Bengals beat Chargers in San Diego on Dec. 1 by rushing for 164 yards, their second-highest total of season. Bengals also won in San Diego 20-13 in 2012. … Chargers won last four games after loss to Cincinnati, reaching playoffs for first time since …

Weddle: Chargers ‘ecstatic’ to be in playoffs
Washington Post
The Chargers haven’t been in the playoffs since 2009, when they were 13-3 and earned the AFC’s No. 2 seed before being embarrassed at home in a 17-14 loss to the New York Jets in the divisional round. Norv Turner was in his third year as San Diego’s …

Chargers video motivates Bengals
ESPN
SAN DIEGO — Don’t expect the Cincinnati Bengals to be overconfident as seven-point favorites in an AFC wild-card matchup Sunday against a San Diego Chargers team that they have already beaten this season. “ Lewis Listening to them in the locker room …

Chargers Linebacker Back at Practice after Arrest
NBC 7 San Diego
San Diego Chargers‘ Linebacker Thomas Keiser practiced with the team Wednesday, three days after he was arrested for misdemeanor battery. NBC 7’s Rory Devine has response from the team’s coaches as they prep for the big playoff game. Charger Back …

Chargers post-game video revs up Bengals
ESPN (blog)
Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis said his team received a bit of motivation from watching aChargers‘ post-game locker room video led by San Diego coach Mike McCoy after his team clinched a spot in the postseason with an overtime win over Kansas City.

If the Broncos play … the Chargers
ESPN (blog)
Memory bank: It is a testament to the kind of remember-when season the Broncos have had on offense when an eight-point win over the Chargers as well a seven-point loss to San Diego five weeks later constitutes the most troublesome team for the Broncos.

CHARGERS: Facing the Bengals again
NBC 7 San Diego
The Chargers faced the Bengals less than a month ago, in a 17-10 loss at Qualcomm Stadium. So, what did they learn from that encounter? “[Bengals head coach] Marvin [Lewis] does a phenomenal job coaching that team and all the coordinators have done …

Chargers go back to work
U-T San Diego
By today, Chargers Park figured to be quiet. Players would have packed their locker-room items Monday in cardboard boxes, lugging them to the parking lot. Those who don’t live in San Diego would’ve flown back home. Many would’ve had or be scheduled to …
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