San Diego to Only Give it About 60% Tomorrow vs. the Raiders

The San Diego Chargers have admitted that they plan to only give it about 60-70% effort tomorrow against the Raiders, as they will save up some energy for Week 9. The Chargers plan on taking out most of their starters at halftime when they have a commanding lead. The Chargers face a very good Giants team in Week 9 and hope to be rested for the big game.

"Contrary to what Pop Warner coaches tell their teams, we don't need to give it our all on every play" said Chargers Head Coach, Norv Turner. "We don't want to embarrass our opponents so I always tell our players to give it our all in the first half, then take it easy once we have a commanding lead."

Since the Chargers plan to not use 30-40% of their strength tomorrow against the Raiders, they are planning to use that unused effort to give it a full 130-140% next week against the Giants. Since the Giants will be using all 100% of their effort against the Eagles tomorrow, they will only have 100% left over for the game against the Chargers. With the additional effort compared to the Giants, the Chargers feel as though they have an edge over the NFC powerhouse.