SAN DIEGO — Leave it to Norv.
Old Norv Turner was at it again yesterday, finding ways to screw up. A day filled with questionable calls by the Chargers coach — from leaning on the running game to using timeouts — was capped by his decision to try an onside kick with 2:20 left in the game.
The Chargers had just scored a touchdown to make the score 17-14. Instead of booting it deep and putting the pressure on the Jets to make some plays, he had punter/kickoff man Mike Scifres kick it 10 yards, where Kerry Rhodes recovered the ball for the Jets.
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“That’s the one you have to make a call on and that’s always a tough call,” Turner said. “We’ve been successful. We got a very good kick. We got big tall guys that have a chance to get it.
“Either way we were going to have to stop them. Obviously, if we kick it deep they have three downs to get it. If you kick it deep, their play selection might be a little different.”