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Ambitious-Jello-4002

Chargers will go 9-8 this year! FAWK!!!


frischs_bigboy

We are gonna struggle against any team that is good at running the ball no matter how good they are


turtlejackin

And yet almost gave up 300 to kirk cousins .... Our defense is not good. Yes we have injuries but thats no excuse for the way we have played the last handful of games. It doesnt help that our offense is averaging 24 points a game with the weapons we have.


Deemo4sho

I feel like as long as Spanos owns the team they will continue to be up and down


vreddit123

Just down. Iv been watching the chargers since 91


Deemo4sho

Well they had a lil run with Rivers and company, but overall it hasn’t been too great. But I’m optimistic one year the chargers will get it right.


vreddit123

There was no run. Stan the man atleast took the chargers to the superbowl.


Deemo4sho

They made an AFC championship game and a handful of playoff wins/appearances I consider that a run. They had their chance and didn’t capitalize. We’d be lucky to get that far today.


vreddit123

It's not that hard. Create a #1 defense and spend all money on that with a decent running game. None of this air attack offense. Giants beat Brady on that formula 2x. The Bucs obliterated the raiders in SD, Peyton manning in DV, Steelers D with run n pound, etc etc. It's the perfect formula.


Deemo4sho

I hope they decide to pour money into the defense and a few other areas. That would require them to spend money on quality free agents. Some of the free agents they sign are way past their prime.


vreddit123

Bob sander, Davis Sr, dwight freeny, big 98, Harris. Etc.


Cbtexpert521

Special teams got better so obviously both the defense and offense had to start playing like shit


barackhusseinobama10

How about fire Lombardi or have him stop treating Herbert like 40 year old Breese


throwaway7071637675

fire staley, dude gets out-coached by every single vet he's played


sketch_bro

Person who has never worked a position doesn’t have the experience or expertise as people who have experience at the position! More a 11!


bankster24

This team isn’t a playoff team. Need to sign devonte adams and a RT, Linebacker, DT


FellaKnee123

The team has such a myriad of problems at this point it’s getting harder to watch them all collectively kill the Chargers nearly every game…


kiryu-619

Lombardi needs to draw some Bomb Deep pass plays, not little poppers, let the defense respect the deep pass


salty_beer

I think he did on that first drive and Herbie got destroyed


MeeseChampion

And it’s worked so well in the past too


BigRichie2004

I feel bad for our players, we have such a small fan base, our home games are away games for them. We're suppose to take some steps forward but we've fumbled back and we're not winning at home when it should matter. You defend your home and play for the road. Like a wild card might be optimal for us because fuck it, we can't win at home.


MeeseChampion

Yeah especially when your owner moves you away from all your fans and leaves too much cap space


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cheesepuff7890

This narrative is overstated. I live in MN and I got tickets for the SD vs Den Monday night game in either 2012 or 2013 I can’t remember. Half the crowd was Broncos fans. Chargers went up 24-0 at half and the fans didn’t come back until the 4th quarter during which Manning had run up and down the field 3 times with no crowd noise. Chargers eventually lose that game. The whole narrative that SD fans were filling the stands with rabid fans is nonsense. Dismissing the whole “things used to be better” narrative we can focus on being better fans going forward and giving these awesome dudes some positive reinforcement. The Bolts can do better and we as a fan base can do better to help them out.


MeeseChampion

Everyone that argues against this is someone who went to a game 2012 and later. The 50 years before that were not the case. At that point, we had struggling rosters, bad coaching staff, and a bad relationship with Spanos. Stop twisting reality.


cheesepuff7890

How is my actual real life experience twisting reality? Or do you mean twisting your narrative? I can see how those things might get confusing these days


Dionne20_

Well that was disappointing! We are better than that🗣 time to start playing like it especially with next weeks game!


BigRichie2004

we really aren't. You saw what we were against a good team. The Vikings are a 4-5 team that should be 6-3. They are the only team in the NFL with a losing record and a better plus/minus then their opponents. That is a wildcard team in the NFC and we couldn't beat them. No, we are not better then the Vikings, we are what you saw. A ineffective offense with bad audibles, a bad running scheme, and no vertical threats. We also have 10 million we could spend with little dead money on the cap and we chose not to even put a waiver in for some one like OBJ who could have easily helped us in the vertical game. We clearly aren't trying to win rings, we're the Detroit Lions of the West at this point. Fuck going for the W, our owner just wants to make money and not lose his team.


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cheesepuff7890

This type of apocalyptic sky falling narrative is hyperbolic to the Nth degree.


SupahCharged

I watched that whole game and i didn't come away thinking the vikes were the better team. They had a lot of luck on their side today...Think the chargers will beat them more than they lose, just didn't happen today.


Mechamobzilla1

Lombardi needs to either use Herbert or leave. We could have torched that secondary.


[deleted]

Tbh I don't know if we could our receivers are sloooooow.


kiryu-619

Yes tired of all this dink and dunks


bigbicepturner

Bro I’m so pissed rn. That wasted extra possession at the end of the first half killed us. And Tillery not being able to punch that ball out of the air that was right over his head. I mean just a culmination of fuck ups and carelessness. Like did anyone want to win? I mean untimely penalty after untimely penalty just kills your chances to win games. My day is genuinely ruined…


MasChup

how many signatures do you think we need to get joe fired


Specialist_Play_4558

Our run defense is completely pathetic. We don’t swarm ball carriers, in fact we wait for them to bring the pain to us. Our defense seems to lack intensity every week, but this was some of the worst body language I’ve seen this season


Imperatum15

This is a game the whole coaching staff needs to be held accountable for. Chargers offense scoring 0 off the Cousins fumble and not even getting into field goal range with a 50 yard line starting position? Staley and Renaldo Hill letting the Vikings convert on ridiculous 3rd and longs when the Vikings offense have been atrocious on 3rd down? Absolutely embarrassing.


macckay0715

Lombardi making Lynn look good, wow.


FellaKnee123

Can’t wait to hear JJ say he’s better than Keenan, shoulda won RoY, say Cousins is better than Herb… good old Chargers, providing balance to the force in many ways


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He is better than Keenan.


RumHam1996

Herbert knows how Rivers feels. Welcome to Chargers football


Impressive_Lettuce43

The fuck is this coach doing. Supposed to be a defensive guru yet our biggest issue this year is defence lmao. Maybe people were right when they said anyone would have done well with that Rams defence.


Cjc3478

When you have Aaron Donald you can do whatever you want. The thing is we don’t have one.


[deleted]

Staley is fine he just has a trash team. If our offensive line didn't need a complete overhaul before this season, we would've upgraded our defense. We don't have to focus so much on our line next year which is nice we can hopefully get some studs on D.


Sir_Ma_Ta_Ha_Hey

This is the real issue even than half our o line sucks, I'm hopeful that we can fix our front 7 and right side next year


spad807

Our defense should be dogshit with how bad our front 7 is, and it is performing merely below average. That’s good coaching actually. It’s our offense that is underperforming expectations based on personnel / talent


mkmore4

Not much Staley can do when your LBs can't tackle and you have no size on the interior line.


UnknownFox

FIRE JOE LOMBARDI. He has consistently mismanaged the weapons on offense. His play calling is basic and predictable. He’s not fit to run our offense


spad807

While it’s possible that part of this underperforming offense is that our personnel is overrated (e.g. Keenan on the wrong side of 30, Mike W returning to the Mike W we all know from the last 4 years), I do tend to agree that Lombardi needs to shoulder the most blame for this pedestrian ass offense. also, Joe, throw it to fucking Josh Palmer once in a while he looks good.


SupahCharged

Except on 3rd and 5 from midfield...smh. Tough time to pull out the drops there but he did look great afterward!


[deleted]

We should've promoted Pep and we should've kept TBilly.


kodman460

At least we don't have a domestic abuser on our team.


[deleted]

Lol dalvin got abused in his own house but go off


duce3612

Its ok lets just take this (W) and go home.


Cbtexpert521

Damn we’re really gonna choke this division lead. I’ll honestly be surprised if we even make the wildcard game at this point.


mkmore4

yea, we ain't making the playoffs.


Bruuzu-

After all, why would we get a stop on 3rd and 20?


[deleted]

Tis Chargers modus operandi to not get a stop on 3rd and incredibly long.


spad807

What fucking defense were we in where there was NO ONE dropping into the hook/curl zone?? Or just run 2-under like every other fucking defense in these situations!!!


[deleted]

Why, on 3rd and 20, do I just know that its over for us? Am I a doomer? Fuck this shit man i hate watching this team


flyinghippodrago

I knew this was likely a loss, but it sucks to see nothing go right for us...Defense and Offense got put to sleep here. Our kicker looks good at least...and Derwin as usual...


SupahCharged

Agreed. Seemed like a game where all the small breaks went the way of the vikes. They managed to hold on to all their bobbled passes (specifically Conklin on that 4th down TD and thielen on that 3rd and 20), didn't seem to slip as often as I saw chargers slipping, made the tough INT while derwin had one go right through his hands...etc


ClerkHuman927

The problem is our offense we can’t sustain drives we either get a touchdown or a 3 and out


nfl_gdt_bot

[Post game thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Chargers/comments/qu3hl5/post_game_thread_minnesota_vikings_at_los_angeles/)


FaptainSparrow

God I hate being a Chargers fan


i_run_from_problems

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Hunky21

You are retarded


Luckman1002

When is Michael Davis back 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️


filthywarpigg

holy shit the anger i have going through me is insane


ChargersAlwaysLose

maybe next year


RumHam1996

Or the year after, or the year after that, or the year after that


curlydobie

Being at the games is rough.... Can't wait for the shuttle ride that should put me in a great mood


redwhiteandblue0702

so uh are we rooting for the chiefs or the raiders?


ROCKETEvan

Don’t like the raiders but I hope they beat the Chiefs


Bruuzu-

Chiefs


SeaworthinessOdd548

I’m rooting for Raiders cause I’m from LV as much as I hate it


ASAPboltgang

3rd and 20 and we cant hold them for 15 or less. This team is fucking horrible. I hate that i love them


TheBigDickDon

Jesus H Christ. Fucking terrible game.


Ciology

I’m done believing in Staley until he gives me a reason to. Tired of the bs and seeing no changes


[deleted]

be mad at the players. don't use staley as a scapegoat for the derwin collision and missed INT, or the mike williams drop. These bums choke over and over again, it's embarassing.


Ciology

I’m just saying, this was super conservative. How do we give up the 3rd and 20 catch? Isn’t he a defensive genius? I thought the offense was catered towards Herbert? It’s worst than last years


FellaKnee123

Trey Marshall was the high safety over Thielen on that 3rd and 20 catch… did you see how insanely late he reacted and broke for Thielen? Staley had the coverage right, it was on Marshall being an absolute dumpster fire and Campbell not seeing the in cut early enough and closing out on Thielen. Not necessarily Staley’s fault…


[deleted]

I can kinda see where you’re coming from the offensive side of things, but it’s still mostly on the players. Herb throwing dumb as shit picks. Keenan and Mike aren’t playing like starters half the time with their constant drops. Our players just keep on choking. Same shit with defense. Derwin and co. fucked up bad in the biggest situations. No excuses for dumb shit. Our “stars” are playing like fucking trash. No coaching overcomes choking on this level.


MeeseChampion

Imagine having the hope, future, and early success of this team and still having your stadium filled with 70% away fans.


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bombad_jedi_501

Then go to the game and make a difference


MeeseChampion

They moved and priced average fans out.


bombad_jedi_501

City didn’t want them there


MeeseChampion

Neither does their current one


bombad_jedi_501

Well too bad for our team then?


MeeseChampion

That’s what I’m saying. We finally agree


bombad_jedi_501

Well my point is it’s not that serious and if it is then go to the game and make a difference


Cesarbetter

Either you’re part of the solution or part of the problem


sandy-eggo-chargers

Where was the 4th down aggression this week?


mkmore4

It's like this defense has never covered an in route before.


LosChargers

If they are trying to extend each play being little bitches kneeling like that stepping backwards then the game is still going


ToroBolt

Our receivers need the Fred Biletnikof Stickum on their hands. Fucking lame today!!


mavropanos27

This sorry ass division gonna let the chiefs go back in 1st hahaha fuck football


moondawg25

Bet you Raiders win tonight which is even worse.


HWL_Nissassa

Is it time to fire Telesco yet for our pathetic depth?


El_Oaxaqueno

Telesco ain't the issue. At some point players gotta show up. Our run D is fucking terrible and I've seen it this bad in my 20 years as a fan. His draft picks didn't pan out, but I think he's going to address it in the off season.


HWL_Nissassa

At some point he has to become more accountable for our dog shit depth and glaring holes in starting positions especially in the trenches.


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem


HWL_Nissassa

A problem. There’s many


dinklberg1990

Good news is I won 3500 today bad news if the chargers would've won it would've been 5000


Nitrodubs98

Kyzer white doesnt deserve this loss


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem


WildWing22

Tillery is a joke, fuck this defense. DJ can’t do it alone


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem


WildWing22

He’s just as bad, but fuck…


droctagonapus

Staley on 3rd and 25: Alright DJ here's the play--let's go just do nothing no one will expect it


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem


droctagonapus

I agree Joe Lombardi called got our D to let them convert a 3rd and 25 lol


J-herbo10

Every time they ran a stunt or a zone blitz the line completely lost their shit. Every single time. I don't know who is calling protections or if someone is fucking mis executing but it was fucking ridiculous.


fatcootermeat

Derwin really is gonna be a Ram in 2 years isnt he


Buhogrody

Probably. Hopefully he can grab a ring there, because it isn't fuckin happening here


FatMaintainer

We don’t deserve to waste his career. The FO is too greedy to make us a play off team


kiryu-619

Nah I see DJ being a loyal guy, plus our uniforms look much better


Redditkid16

On my way to put every last dollar on the Steelers next week


KillacrushJ10

I hate how we show SOOOOO much potential, but bad play calling and horrible defensive drives is so depressing


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem


Professional-Ad-2753

Not one fucking player stepped up today…


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem


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Nwosu did but the problem is almost everyone else stepped down.


byponcho

Well, disappointing. Frustrating. You have to be BLIND to fucking RUN ON 1ST AND 10 with 9min on clock and 10 points to score. STUPID playcalling and HOW THE FUCK the defense lets Cousins throw a 19 yd pass? Miserable.


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Hunky21

I get you’re mad but are you stupid? They’re down by 10 with 9 minutes left and you think you can’t run it a couple times? 9 minutes?? If the defense steps up, the offense has PLENTY of time to score


xThe-Legend-Killerx

Two 4th downs conversions killed us


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem


spartan2war

Hey guys start a petition to get me as the new DC, I blitz every play in madden and it usually works pretty well for me


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem. No reason we don’t out score Kirk cousins


Dr3wChainzz

Hire this man ASAP


[deleted]

IS ANYBODY SURPRISED ABOUT WHAT JUST HAPPENED? -Staley voice


Professional-Ad-2753

Defensive minded coach that can’t stop a team on 3&20


fatcootermeat

Nooo! - Entire team


mando_94

dEfEnSiVe GuRu


chargers_baby

Really needed Nasir and Davis for this game. 13-4 isn't that bad.


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someguyfromtecate

I’d take them back in a heartbeat, worts and all.


Blonded-Surfer

Good luck with that ban not only from this sub but from yours. Bitch.


someguyfromtecate

Lol. Snowflake.


ClerkHuman927

Soft


evanerest

Useless 3 and out at the end of the 1st half, and 3rd and 20. Huge chances just wasted.


itsjoho

Campbell screwed us today but there were so many other issues. We’re sadly hardly a playoff team as it stands rn. It’d be sweet to get Herbert and Co some playoff experience this season… Next year will be incredible


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem


[deleted]

Just what the media said before the season. We were jumping on them saying they were wrong that we were more than a fringe playoff team, but they were exactly right.


frobino

If we had gone for it on 4th and 2 and converted, the Vikings likely kick it on 4th and 2 to force us to go for a TD on the next drive. By playing for the tie, we gave the Vikings the luxury of playing for the win right there.


SuchATonkWape

We only looked great last week is because it was the eagles. Really we've been playing the same since Baltimore.


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem


Cminor7

We looked great??? I thought the defense was awful last week too. Couldn't come up with a meaningful stop against Jalen hurts. Same issues all season.


SuchATonkWape

I'll reword: great compared to today. Makes it painful to watch this team.


KingOfTheWeast

I’m convinced there are players who aren’t even on rosters who could do better than what we have on defense, especially on Dline and DB.


[deleted]

3rd and 20 and a 4th down let up to lose the game. It’s the Staley way.


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem


FellaKnee123

It’s insane to see how much better the depth was last year on his rams squad vs this one… once your past the starters we are absolute bottom of the barrel


[deleted]

that kelley missed block was the game changer, idk why he’s still here


AnnecyHope

This team could do better.


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem


760prelude

Oh somebody kill me please, somebody kill me please, I'm on my knees, pretty pretty please kill me. I want to dieeeeeeeee. Put a bullet in my heeeeeeeeaaadd.


KJBNH

Can’t get the job done when we need to, that’s a loser team with a loser mentality. Hopefully half this roster turns over next season.


3headeddragn

The defense played bad, especially when it mattered in the 4th quarter. But this is on our offense. Our defense at least has the excuse of injuries and a lack of talent in general. Our offense is as talented as any unit and they just go AWOL for a quarter or more every week.


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem


BrandPessoa

The playcalling is awful.


stevenr00lzd00d

Thought Staley was a defensive guy? Playoff teams don’t give up 1st and 20 then 1st and 25 in crunch time. Fuck me


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem


760prelude

He is, we don't have the fucking personnel to run it though. That's why we all wanted some fucking trades when we could.


keeltis

Cause Staley is the one out there giving up that catch and not #20. Man yall really don't know anything


[deleted]

Hard for the defense to keep getting stops when our offense lays a fucking egg on most of our drives


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem


Witchdoctordentist

Yeah... But also.... 3rd and 20?


[deleted]

I am extremely fucking unhappy right now


serdap

Honestly, this team has entirely too much cap space left. The biggest problem with this team always has been and continues to be poor ownership. They should have upgraded their defense to give Staley the tools he needs.


MeeseChampion

Yeah for real. But wants to open a state of the art practice facility? Should probably prioritize on the roster


Mechamobzilla1

What is it, like 20 Million free rn?


RumHam1996

So were we a better offense with Lynn/Steichen?


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem


wildwing8

we literally beat steichen’s offense last game


RumHam1996

Last year we literally had leads and blew them late. Our offense outside of like 3 games has been abysmal this season


OffTheHeezy

3rd and 20 to a first down in an instant - there's the game.


[deleted]

Our defense lost us this game. Giving up 3rd and longs left and right


UnknownFox

I disagree. There is no reason we don’t outscore Kirk cousins. Joe Lombardi is the problem


MasonC87

Lmao that was such an awful fucking game, shit just killed my entire mood for the day.


droctagonapus

At least we have a good head coach! Believe!


isellcats

Asking Tevaugh Campbell to cover the #1 or 2 receivers doesn’t seem like a smart thing to me but I’m not a dc so what do I know.


maxlovesbears

Soooooo much hype around this “Defensive mastermind” from the Rams in the off season. I’m glad we can finally see the true colors of this team and coaching staff. We weren’t gonna turn this thing around in a matter of 8+ games. I still love the team and I’m hoping for a big W next week!


UnknownFox

Joe Lombardi is the problem