hoping to rebound from their divisional home loss to the patriots, the jets flew to qualcomm stadium for a week 3 mnf duel with the san diego chargers. in the first quarter, new york took flight as cb david barrett returned an interception 25 yards for a touchdown. the chargers responded with kicker nate kaeding getting a 36-yard field goal, along with qb philip rivers completing a 1-yard td pass to fb mike tolbert. in the second quarter, san diego increased its lead with cb antonio cromartie returning an interception 52 yards for a touchdown. the jets answered with qb brett favre completing a 3-yard td pass to wr laveranues coles. the turning point in the game occurred on the following kickoff, an on-side kick, which traveled only 15 yards before the chargers picked up the ball. they then added a touchdown, with rivers completing a 27-yard td pass to wr chris chambers. following another interception, the chargers scored again with a 6-yard td pass to te antonio gates.