This game might not turn out as wild as the teams’ last meeting three years ago, when the Bolts rallied with 42 points in the second-half, but you never know. San Diego has won eight straight games to take sole possession of the AFC?West and has not lost a game in December since 2006. The Chargers have an edge in the passing game while Cincinnati has the edge on the ground, unless LaDainian Tomlinson pulls through with a solid effort. Look for an entertaining contest with turnovers possibly being the key to victory. All-time series: Chargers lead 18-10. Last meeting: San Diego won 49-41 at Cincinnati in 2006. Key stats: Cincinnati’s defense ranked fourth through Week 13, with the lowest points-per-game allowed at 15.6 and fewest rushing yards allowed at 81.8. Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers ranked third in passer rating through Week 13 with a mark of 104.9, right behind Brett Favre and Drew Brees. Tight end Antonio Gates was seventh with 994 receiving yards. Noteworthy: The Bengals will finish the season with a winning record for only the second time in 19 years. Prediction: Chargers 33, Bengals 31 WEEK 15 Cincinnati at San Diego @ Qualcomm Sunday, Dec. 20, 1:05 p.m. TV: CBS<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This game might not turn out as wild as the teams’ last meeting three years ago, when the Bolts rallied with 42 points in the second-half, but you never know. San Diego has won eight straight games to take sole possession of the AFC?West and has not lost a game in December since 2006. The […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":290999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11561","_seopress_titles_title":"Bolts poised for run at 9th straight","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11561,11553],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-peninsula-beacon","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}