Chargers won ninth straight game by beating Bengals 27-24

The San Diego Chargers kicker Nate Kaeding kicked a 52-yard field goal when it was only three seconds before game ended, and the playoff-bound Chargers pulled out a tight 27-24 win over the grieving Cincinnati Bengals, who entered Sunday’s game three days after losing wide receiver Chris Henry.




The winning kick came after Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers moved the Chargers 46 yards in 51 seconds with no timeouts and backup center Dennis Norman snapping after Scott Mruckzkowski was injured. A few minutes after the final gun, the Chargers clinched their fourth straight AFC West title when Denver lost 20-19 to Oakland.

Thus the Chargers won their ninth straight game and clinched a playoff spot before halftime because of other results. The Bolts improved to 17-0 in December dating to 2006.

Wide receiver Chad Ochocinco caught a 49-yard touchdown pass from Carson Palmer to give the Bengals a 10-7 lead early in the second quarter, then the receiver wearing his No.85 Bengals jersey got down on both knees and touched his heart with his right hand. However, the Bengals finally only tied the game at 24 on Shayne Graham’s 34-yard field goal with 54 seconds left.

Several players was fined by league

On Friday, the NFL fined several players of different teams for violating league rules. These players include the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco, Tennessee Titans safety Chris Hope, San Diego Chargers rookie linebacker Larry English and the New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma.




Ochocinco was fined $10,000 for wearing the wrong colored chin strap (black) during the Bengals’ loss to the Houston Texans last Sunday; Hope was fined $10,000 too, for roughing-the-passer against New England in a 59-0 loss during which Tom Brady threw for six touchdowns; English was fined less, $7,500, for a horse collar tackle in the Chargers’ loss to the Denver Broncos on Monday night. Vilma was fined as much as Ochocinco and Hope, for his helmet-to-helmet hit on the quarterback in Giants jersey-Eli Manning.

The league suspended the Carolina Cardinals safety Dante Wesley earlier this week for one game because the league deemed that Wesley launched himself into defenseless Tampa Bay Buccaneers returner Clifton Smith. The suspension caused Wesley to lose $36,000 in salary.