Tom Brady will be facing another star quarterback this weekend. Wenyen Gabriel Jersey . This time, its one he has never lost to. The New England Patriots are 5-0 when Brady has played against Philip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers heading into Sunday nights crucial matchup at Qualcomm Stadium. Watch the game live on TSN1, TSN3, TSN4 and TSN5 with coverage starting at 7pm et/4pm pt. New England (9-3) saw its seven-game winning streak end last Sunday with a 26-21 loss at Green Bay. That marked the first time Brady started in a game against Aaron Rodgers, who was brilliant with 368 passing yards and two touchdowns. I just wish we would have won this one. We put a lot into this one, and this was a great test for us, Brady said. I think the guys knew how important this was for our season. These teams havent met since 2011. New England is 5-1 against San Diego (8-4) since Rivers became the Chargers starter, with the loss coming when Matt Cassel was the Patriots quarterback Oct. 12, 2008. Rivers has five touchdowns, eight interceptions, a 60.8 completion percentage and a 73.4 passer rating in the five games he has opposed Brady, who has 11 TDs, seven interceptions and a 91.4 rating in those matchups. Weve never played this Patriot team, Rivers said. Were 0-0 against this group. Theres a lot of guys in that locker room that have never played the Patriots in their life. You cant really say this team is 1-5 against them. Rivers boasts an AFC-best 69.1 completion percentage and enters after his sixth three-touchdown performance of the season in last Sundays thrilling 34-33 win at Baltimore. He threw a one-yard touchdown to Eddie Royal with 38 seconds left in the Chargers third straight win. Having a franchise quarterback like who he is, he goes out and earns everything he gets, coach Mike McCoy said. Its great to have him on our football team. Hes been very efficient. Hes done a great job of leading not only the team, but the offense week in and week out. Rivers will have to be wary of a new weapon for New England in cornerback Darrelle Revis, who has intercepted the quarterback the last two games he has faced him. Brady threw for two touchdowns last week to bring his season total to 28 - fourth in the NFL. New England has three players with at least six TD catches to tie Denver and Indianapolis for the most in the NFL. Among quarterbacks with at least 25 career starts in December since 1950, Brady has the best record at 45-7 and Rivers the second-best at 30-6. Their passing attacks feature top tight ends. New Englands Rob Gronkowski leads all players at that position with 910 yards receiving and has hauled in nine TDs to match the total of San Diegos Antonio Gates. Rob has done a good job for us and been on the field a lot, plays in a lot of situations, been productive in the passing game and the running game, coach Bill Belichick said. Gates seems timeless. Hes a hard guy to defend. Hes got great size, athleticism, hands, does a real good job setting up his routes, beating man or zone coverage. Rather than have the team return to New England last weekend, Belichick opted to fly directly from Wisconsin to the West Coast. We were able to get in here Sunday night and really have kind of a pretty normal day (Monday) and a normal Tuesday, Belichick said. The Patriots are insisting they will be focused on the Chargers and not by any distractions even though Gronkowski posted a photo to social media of himself with entertainer Justin Bieber from a trip to Los Angeles for Mondays Clippers game. Its important for us to not be distracted by nice weather and things that are going on out here and realize that we have a job to do this week, left guard Dan Connolly said. We have to treat it as much like a regular week as we can. San Diegos win streak has coincided with the return of Ryan Mathews, who has 215 rushing yards and two scores after missing seven games with a sprained knee. Its great to have him back, McCoy said. Hes worked extremely hard to get back where he is today. He does everything the way you want him to do it. The Patriots have given the bulk of the carries the last two weeks to LeGarrette Blount, who has 136 yards and two scores with them since being released Nov. 18 by Pittsburgh. The Chargers are one game behind the AFC West-leading Broncos, who visit San Diego next week. The East-leading Patriots have the same record as Denver but own the tiebreaker for the No. 1 seed in the conference. Guy Rodgers Jersey . - Connor Brown and Dane Fox both scored in regulation and in the shootout, as the Erie Otters extended their win streak to 10 games by defeating the London Knights 4-3 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Metta World Peace Jersey . During halftime, Love told The Associated Press he would receive treatment Saturday night and hoped to play Monday night against Houston. "I knew that my quad was bothering me pretty bad so I went out there and tried to move around a little bit and it just wasnt quite right," Love said. https://www.cheapkingsbasketball.com/1072b-spud-webb-jersey-kings.html . According to the sportsbook BoDog, the Stampeders are 8/5 favourites to take home the Grey Cup at Mosaic Stadium in Regina on November 24.SAN FRANCISCO - He vowed to stick with his struggling leadoff man, and it worked. He let a rookie reliever challenge Bryce Harper and wasnt daunted when the ball splashed into McCovey Cove. And he made the difficult decision to banish Tim Lincecum to the bullpen.Bruce Bochy is clearly in charge of these Giants. Now, as he guides San Francisco into the World Series for the third time in five years, he could soon join some elite company.He is trying to become just the 10th manager with three rings. Every manager in that group is in the Hall of Fame, a small club that includes recently enshrined Tony La Russa and Joe Torre, and old greats Casey Stengel and Connie Mack.Bochy insists he doesnt dwell on his accomplishments.Im not just trying to be the humble guy. Im fortunate that I have a great club here, a gritty club with a lot of character that plays to win, he said. They seem to thrive on these type of games. Its all about makeup guys and ownership and giving us the resources to hopefully get here. Theyve given me the tools, and thats how this works.Bochy knows Kansas Citys George Bretts family, too, having earned his first managerial gig with brother Bobby Brett in 1989, when he managed the Class A Spokane Indians to the Northwest League title.Theres a popular Bay Area phrase these days, Boch Genius. He just shrugs it off.The 59-year-old is determined not to jinx a good thing.Its always those players on how they perform, he said. Its a gutty group. I dont know whats going to happen, but I will say that they will leave it all out on the field for you.Bochy was a backup catcher during his entire nine-year career, hardly the kind of player anyone would consider a Hall of Famer. Now making another run at a title, Bochy has established himself as one of the best in the business.Im glad Im playing for a guy like him, for sure, said Travis Ishikawa, the journeyman who hit the pennant-winning three-run homer Thursday night. He just seems to have the right intuition with every move he makes.Through injuries, slumps in June and September and wacky playoff wins, Bochy has remained even-keeled. Its something his players can appreciate, because it helps them sttay poised. Oscar Robertson Jersey. hortstop Brandon Crawford cant recall Bochy raising his voice in a team meeting — the dugout is another matter. Hunter Pence points specifically to one Bochy pep talk early in the right fielders tenure with the Giants after the 2012 trade deadline that really changed who our team was.Before he arrived in San Francisco in 2007, Bochy was known for his post-season failures with the Padres. His San Diego team was swept in the 1998 World Series and eliminated in the minimum three games in the 2005 Division Series by St. Louis, then lost in four games to the Cardinals in the first round the next year. That 98 team was Bochys lone pennant in 12 seasons as Padres skipper before his move to Northern California.Youre always learning from your past experiences, whether its during the season or post-season. The one thing I think Ive learned is its different, the post-season. Its not the regular season, Bochy said. You dont have that margin of error to make up for these games. You lose a game in May, and you still have 100-plus games to make that up.Gregor Blanco has stayed in the leadoff spot and come around offensively in recent games as Bochy remained confident he could snap out of a funk. Reliever Hunter Strickland is still getting his chances despite the longballs by Harper.The manager allows them to do their thing, the manager allows them to let it rip, said third-base coach Tim Flannery, who accompanied Bochy from San Diego. Its just how he is. I sometimes scratch my head and say, You know, I think his strength is his weakness, but it always turns out to be his strength. Hell trust the guys. Hell always put them in that position to do it again.Many of Bochys little moves — not to mention those he hasnt made — have carried the Giants this far.We have a tremendous amount of confidence in Bochy, Pence said. We know how invested he is, we understand hes been through. It takes a lot of courage to make a lot of these decisions because youre going to answer to everything you do through hindsight, which isnt always necessarily fair. As a team, playing behind him, his guts and his heart and his determination leaks into us. ' ' '