Ya know who thought the referees did a heckuva job in Denver…?

…Mike Shanahan, that’s who?

"This was the best crew that we have had in the last 20 crews I have graded," Shanahan said. "They did a heck of a job. Every game that you see that is within a point or a field goal over the last couple years, it may be a call or a non-call that wasn't right, but that is the nature of this game. You have to find a way to win.

"We still had the ball at third-and-10 and had to get it into the end zone. Third-and-10 and then fourth-and-4. We still had to make a 2-point conversion," Shanahan said. "It wasn't like somebody gave us the touchdown. You have to go out there and still get it done."

Actually, Shanahan, you little chop-block teaching, rat-faced punk, they did give you a touchdown (and a turnover on a non-fumble in the 1st quarter, which in reality, overshadows the blown fumble call in terms of egregiounsness). When you get an extra opportunity against that sieve known as the Charger D on Sunday, you were technically “given” that score.

And speaking of sieves, with everybody tripping all over themselves to congratulate rat-boy for going for 2 points at the end of the game (again, like they weren’t going to score?) and all the hoopla surrounding the biggest refereeing botch-job in memory, our man Ted Cottrell, the defensive coordinator is, for the most part, getting off the hook.

The apologists at the San Diego U-T, finally acknowledge that perhaps Cottrell might want to inspire his unit to perform a tad better. Here’s Nick Canepa today:

“Now Norv Turner can get back to coaching an mending. So can defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell, who has to find a way to stop somebody when the game’s on the line. Its called finishing, and bad calls or not, the Chargers allowed Carolina and Denver to drive and score at the end to beat them.”

Whoa, Nick! Don’t strain yourself, there. And “Mending…?” How about “Resigning?”

But, wait. It gets better. A Defense that could be coined Los Matadoros for their 4th quarter performances will face Captain Comeback, himself, Brett Favre and the New York Jets next Monday night. Wonderful. Can’t wait.