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THURSDAY NOTES

By Christopher Smith
DenverBroncos.com

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Heading into September, few thought the Chargers and Broncos would be playing an October game with five losses between the teams.

The Chargers already surpassed their loss total from last season in the fourth week. With LaDainian Tomlinson, Shawne Merriman and most of last year’s 14-2 team back, many predicted a Super Bowl run for San Diego. And all the moves the Broncos made in the offseason had talk radio shows and message boards full of hopeful excitement.

There’s plenty of time for the excitement to turn into a memorable autumn, but this game is a pivotal matchup for two teams that hold themselves to high standards.

While there’s no such thing as a must-win at this point, each game does not count the same. A win over the Chargers would, as John Lynch explains, count double.

“I think it’s early to be talking about must-wins, but bottom line is we’re 2-2 and a lot of things feel like they’re not going the way we want. But we’re still on top of the division, and any time you have a division game as we’ve said often, it counts double,” Lynch said. “(We can) put ourselves up a game and put the Chargers down a game, and I’m sure they’re thinking the same way.”