The San Diego Chargers sit at 3-5 at the midway point of the season, but Philip Rivers' goose isn't cooked. The Chargers are one of two teams with a positive point differential (+13) and losing record -- currently better than their division counterpart, the Oakland Raiders (+12). San Diego blew several games early in the season, but have since stabilized their charge. Joey Bosa turned an already solid defense into a stout force and Rivers continues to fly under the radar as a top-five NFL quarterback. Injuries have been brutal, but the Chargers have the talent of a 6-2 team. In the second half, the record will even out. San Diego's two remaining division games are at home (vs. Raiders, Chiefs). They face bottom-five teams in the Bucs and Browns and an overrated Texans team. The next two weeks will tell the story. Wins at Tennessee and at home against the Dolphins will vault the Chargers back into the wild-card picture in a muddled AFC. Rivers will head to a Week 17 showdown against the Chiefs with a playoff berth on the line. The narratives will be off the charts for that New Year's Day game: Mike McCoy coming back from the dead to save his job, will they/won't they move to L.A., Rivers' legacy as an all-time great. By golly, a Chargers team laughed at, scoffed at, demeaned on the regular, will shut the world up and blast their way into the playoffs. (Dean Scream).