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yeah i know i talked a lot of crap and deserve to be smacked for it, my team sucked. no it wasn't because they don't have good players, or because they had unprecedented injuries because this year they were relatively healthy, at least twords the end.
here were the issues in my opinion:
mistakes. the chargers have made key mistakes in every game, many lead directly to losing. drive killing penalties, penalties at the end of games (like the Denver game), but most of all the turnovers on offense that have lead to numerous losses.
the chargers are dead last in turnover differential, that is a combination of lots of mistakes on offense and not enough takeaways on defense. I am somewhat happy with how the defense has been but nowhere near enough turnovers and not enough sacks.
even though jerry tillery has gotten better as the season went on, there has not been a good enough push in the middle of the DL. sacks and pressure attribute greatly to causing turnovers and i think that's the biggest issue on defense right now. joey bosa and melvin ingram have both played well this season but the rest on the DL have not.
rivers. he has not had a great season, arguably his worst. he has made a lot of dumb decisions, and his accuracy has been off at times while other times it's been as solid as ever. yes i think he can still play another year and be successful IF some things improve which i will explain below.
the OL is of course another big part of it. if rivers was to play another year, they MUST drastically improve the pass protection and the run blocking. rivers at this stage of his career cannot have success without above average pass protection and a solid running game, he's had neither this season.
I have my serious doubts they can fix this in just one off season, if they can't they should probably move on from rivers.
there is no identity on offense. the chargers must bring in a new offensive mind or at the very least figure out what the hell they are trying to do. if they do the former, that's even more reason to move on from rivers.
to me, all this stuff is fixable and i think they can bounce back. however, making it work with rivers next year might be the hardest path to success in my opinion, even though he brings so much to the team, similar to manning at the end even though he regressed.
we will see what happens, the off season now officially begins.
here were the issues in my opinion:
mistakes. the chargers have made key mistakes in every game, many lead directly to losing. drive killing penalties, penalties at the end of games (like the Denver game), but most of all the turnovers on offense that have lead to numerous losses.
the chargers are dead last in turnover differential, that is a combination of lots of mistakes on offense and not enough takeaways on defense. I am somewhat happy with how the defense has been but nowhere near enough turnovers and not enough sacks.
even though jerry tillery has gotten better as the season went on, there has not been a good enough push in the middle of the DL. sacks and pressure attribute greatly to causing turnovers and i think that's the biggest issue on defense right now. joey bosa and melvin ingram have both played well this season but the rest on the DL have not.
rivers. he has not had a great season, arguably his worst. he has made a lot of dumb decisions, and his accuracy has been off at times while other times it's been as solid as ever. yes i think he can still play another year and be successful IF some things improve which i will explain below.
the OL is of course another big part of it. if rivers was to play another year, they MUST drastically improve the pass protection and the run blocking. rivers at this stage of his career cannot have success without above average pass protection and a solid running game, he's had neither this season.
I have my serious doubts they can fix this in just one off season, if they can't they should probably move on from rivers.
there is no identity on offense. the chargers must bring in a new offensive mind or at the very least figure out what the hell they are trying to do. if they do the former, that's even more reason to move on from rivers.
to me, all this stuff is fixable and i think they can bounce back. however, making it work with rivers next year might be the hardest path to success in my opinion, even though he brings so much to the team, similar to manning at the end even though he regressed.
we will see what happens, the off season now officially begins.
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