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Schottenheimer has led the Chargers to a careerbest nine straight wins and he has the Bolts atop the AFC at 13-2. It’s tied for his most-ever wins in a season. He’s 6-1 all-time against Arizona. A Chargers win or a Baltimore loss vs. Buffalo will secure home-field advantage for the Bolts in the playoffs. Only two Chargers teams (1979 & ’80) have begun the playoffs as the top seed. San Diego is already assured of a first-round bye and will host a divisional playoff game the weekend of Jan. 13-14. The Chargers are riding an emotional high on the heels of last Sunday’s thrilling 20-17 win over the Seahawks on a rainy day at Qwest Field in Seattle. Philip Rivers showed why he’s the NFL’s leading passer in the fourth quarter by throwing a gamewinning 37-yard touchdown pass to Vincent Jackson with 29 seconds left to help the Bolts secure the win. Arizona, 5-10, struggled early in the season but has won four of its last six. MVP favorite and NFL scoring leader LaDainian Tomlinson (31 TDs) will look to get back in the touchdown column after being held without a TD for the first time in the last 10 games. He leads the NFL with 2,243 total yards from scrimmage and needs just 128 on Sunday to set a new team record and 187 to break Marshall Faulk’s NFL record of 2,429 in 1999. He also needs just four yards to reach 12,000 for his career. Defensive Player of the Year candidate, Shawne "Lights Out" Merriman, is tied for the NFL lead with 15.5 sacks and needs 2.5 to set a new team record.