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After years of serving as a lovable underdog, the Chargers have made aggressive changes this offseason that could cast them as the heel of the NFL The Chargers have enjoyed a long career of being a flavor-of-the-week scheduling quirk for most NFL fans. Save for the AFC West, not too many fan bases give much thought to the Chargers. They are a team that doesn’t make too much impact year-to-year, for better and for worse.
One thing that the Chargers have long been known for, however, is that team from San Diego. That’s now in the past. They don’t even have the beachy-Southern-California market cornered any more. The other thing that the Chargers represent to the bulk of NFL fans is the idea that they are a perennial underdog. They aren’t on anyone’s radar for Superbowl odds. They’re a scrappy little team from down-west that most everyone and their mother would cheer for over one of the usual dynasty teams. They represent all that is good and fun about the sport— that anyone can win if the
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One thing that the Chargers have long been known for, however, is that team from San Diego. That’s now in the past. They don’t even have the beachy-Southern-California market cornered any more. The other thing that the Chargers represent to the bulk of NFL fans is the idea that they are a perennial underdog. They aren’t on anyone’s radar for Superbowl odds. They’re a scrappy little team from down-west that most everyone and their mother would cheer for over one of the usual dynasty teams. They represent all that is good and fun about the sport— that anyone can win if the
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