Patriots gun for Chargers and MVP LaDainian Tomlinson

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is 7-2 against MVPs.

Yup, that is the score whenever Bill Belichick faces these NFL MVPs in the post-season. In this AFC Divisional Playoff weekend, Belichick's New England Patriots will be facing this season's monster MVP LaDainian Tomlinson and the rest of the San Diego Chargers.

For the Patriots' sake, Belichick is hoping Tomlinson will be the eight MVP to go down Sunday.

Bill Belichick has already defeated his former protoge last week when the New England Patriots literally destroyed Eric Mangini and his New York Jets, 37-16, to advance to the AFC Divisional Playoffs. It was an NFL Football playoff game played at Foxboro, a place where the Patriots always play at a high level.

On Sunday, they will visit this season's no.1 seeded team in the AFC at San Diego. Playing away from home against now one of the most dominating running backs the league has ever seen, a playoff win Sunday will be as hard as ever. Yep, even for wonder boy Tom Brady.

After all, LaDainian Tomlinson is not just any other player NFL Football has awarded its MVP trophy. Tomlinson, the league's scoring leader, rushing leader, total yardage leader, Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year, (whew!) has had a couple of good days at the office against the Patriots.

In his last two games against them, he has rushed for 217 and 134 yards and scored twice in each contest, both Chargers victories. Last season, San Diego routed New England 41-17 at Gillette Stadium, prompting San Diego Chargers head coach Marty Schottenheimer to question whether the ever-resilient Patriots had sustained one loss too many.

''They came in and did what they wanted to do,'' recalled New England Patriots nose tackle Vince Wilfork after Sunday's wild-card win over Eric Mangini and the Jets. ''And it's not like anything has changed. They're still rolling.''

Hmm... Perhaps Wilfork has given it up already even before he gets the chance to play these red hot Chargers eh? The New England Patriots visit the hottest team in the AFC, the San Diego Chargers, in the AFC Divisional Playoffs. The Chargers are heavy favorites coming into this one but as we all know, anything can happen ANY GIVEN SUNDAY. (Just wanted to let that one out for Mr. Al Pacino...)

Can Tom Brady lead the New England Patriots pass the San Diego Chargers? Here are the odds on this huge AFC Divisional Playoff game.

New England Patriots +5

San Diego Chargers -5

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