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Earl_from_PA

(118 posts)
1. Earl_from_PA
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 01:05 AM
Oct 2023

Is actually Earl in CA. While it's true I grew up in west central Pennsylvania, I lived the last 35 years in San Diego county. And as a casual observer, I've noticed the Los Amgeles Chargers, (formally, the San Diego Chargers) have a knack for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory...

Earl_from_PA

(118 posts)
3. The Chargers from that Era won games
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 01:19 AM
Oct 2023

Decided by one score. They beat opponents 42-40. The post Stan Humphries Chargers activly find ways to lose...

Best_man23

(5,119 posts)
7. The Dan Fouts Chargers of the late 70s and 1980s won games with their offense
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 06:54 AM
Oct 2023

Their defenses during that time period left a LOT to be desired.

The 1982 game vs the 49ers was an all time classic if you love offense.

RockRaven

(16,207 posts)
4. People said the same of Philip Rivers for nearly two decades. It isn't particular to Herbert.
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 01:39 AM
Oct 2023

Seems like a Chargers problem more than anything...

brush

(57,361 posts)
5. Guess it's the team then. Not in its DNA.
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 02:46 AM
Oct 2023

People were right about Rivers, though.

We'll see about Herbert. It's time

True Dough

(20,110 posts)
6. Herbert was drafted 6th in 2020, behind Burrow and Tua.
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 03:22 AM
Oct 2023

But Jalen Hurts was taken 53rd in the second round. Makes you wonder how the Chargers' fate would have changed if they had Hurts behind center.

Best_man23

(5,119 posts)
8. Still blows me away that so many in the media continue to hype up Herbert
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 07:03 AM
Oct 2023

Yet those same media heads talk down on Tua Tagovailoa as being not as good as Herbert. They continue to do this despite the fact Tua QBs the current #1 offense in the NFL. Perhaps if Tua were 6-5, had blond locks, and was named say, Mac Jones, he would get the same level of love Herbert enjoys from the media. The only legitimate beef about Tua is his inability to stay healthy for an entire season (hopefully, that changes this year).

When a game gets tight, Herbert consistency vapor locks like a 1977 Buick on a hot Arizona day.

brush

(57,361 posts)
13. Heehee. "...vapor locks like a 1977 Buick on a hot Arizona day."
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 09:48 AM
Oct 2023

I see you've had some experience with those hot, AZ days.

Me too. I grew up in Tucson and had an old, vintage Ford that victimized me more than once with a vapor lock, and all you could do was wait until 'effin' car decided to start.

gibraltar72

(7,629 posts)
9. Jesus the man has no running game to support him.
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 07:26 AM
Oct 2023

I am afraid he will never have the support it takes to win.

gibraltar72

(7,629 posts)
11. Tell me what he did last night.
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 08:34 AM
Oct 2023

I thought he was maybe it's run blocking. There was no running game last night. I saw it all in Detroit. Same shit different place.

brush

(57,361 posts)
12. Well, I have to admit...you got me there.
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 09:39 AM
Oct 2023

Shannon Sharp was just talking about it on "First Take", he said can't have a 124 lb running back in the NFL when you a back on third and two of fourth and one run the ball up into the line.

You need a back with some weight and power.

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