Know Your Enemy: San Diego Chargers

He held up through the season last year (which is the most important thing), but has gotten dinged up prior to the beginning of both. He’s probably a 2/3 back — he can run, he can catch, but he’s lacking in pass protection. He’s working on it, though. No reason not to believe he won’t get it figured out, but he definitely hasn’t yet.

Nobody knows why the team gets off to slow starts. The correlation is injuries. This is a team that seems to lose 6-7 starters to injury in the beginning of every season. Last year I blamed Norv running a soft camp, might as well stay consistent….

Through the first 3 weeks of the season, the Chargers have had the worst kick and punt coverage in the league. It’s been historically bad. McCluster ran back a TD and Javier Arenas almost ran back 2 more, but was stopped by the punter each time. Washington ran back 2 and almost ran back a 3rd on a punt return. Special Teams and turnovers has made a good team 1-2 against three bad teams.

Is it acceptable to refer to Rivers as, " a whiny punk?"
No. I always thought of Horse Balls as an endearing nickname. It showed how little fear Anderson had.

Do you regret trading up to get Mathews and getting minimal production out of him so far and an ankle sprain which shows that he could be prone to injury?
I don’t regret the pick yet because I think he’s the most talented, and best-fit for this system, RB in the draft. Am I a little concerned about the injury-prone possibility? Yes. Am I a little concerned that in his first game he was benched after a fumble, only to fumble again in the beginning of the second game? Yes. But I won’t say regret yet, the guy has played less than 2 games and has some good numbers and runs.

He takes hits and plays harder than the vast majority of players in the NFL. Norv Has been good so far, like John said, just bad offseasons, maybe. Mathews will come on strong once he’s used to the NFL level.

I don’t understand where the hate is coming from. Was I rude in some way?

Dont worry john, you are welcome here. It must be a combo of the heat and his senile state that is making him so sour.

Has looked like a bust. I think most Charger fans would agree with that. I regret the chargers picking him greatly, even when healthy he hasnt shown anything.

On Butler, he was injured on like the second day during training camp is IR.

I do not think the Chargers are in the market for a Tight End.

How well does your offensive line pass protect? I’ve heard there have been some problems on your line. Is that true? What kind of performance do you expect of them next sunday?

Q1: I think it is possible he gets one but I think there will be so much emphasis on the ST this week in training coupled with the fact that they have added 2 players to the roster that are very strong on ST’s means that I think they won’t give up a return TD this week

Q2: We have been solid against the run. R1 against Chiefs we gave up 135 yds (56 on one play). R2 against Jax we gave up 71 yds and held MJD well. R3 against Seahawks 68 yds. So apart from 1 long run this year we have held the run really well.

Q3: Our pass rush is not great. We have 6 sacks so far this year. Due to the fact we are at home and facing Derek Anderson it’s quite possible we will run a few more blitzes from the secondary. Our interior line has held up well, but our LB’s need to get a bit more pressure. Phillips is our best pass rusher at the moment with 2 sacks. I expect we might get a couple of sacks this weekend.

this is what i have been sayin…………how do you do side to side cheers in text format?

A1. Where did horse balls come from?
It came from here.

Q1. What’s the over – under on LaRod Stephens-Howling taking a kick return to the house on the Chargers?
It’s probably even money on him taking back one. You might be able to make some money betting on him to take back two. Seriously.

Q2. How has your defense looked against the run?
Really, really, surprisingly, great. Antonio Garay has suddenly turned into an All-Pro Nose Tackle at the ripe age of 34 and it’s made a world of difference. If Brandon Siler plays in place of Stephen Cooper again, the run D is even better.

Q3. How is San Diego’s pass rush?
So far this year it’s looked good when Merriman is on the field (which has been for less than 4 quarters so far, I believe), and pretty awful when he isn’t.

I ALWAYS enjoyed the nickname “Horseballs”.

Beanie is a beast, and I doubt many Cardinals fans would regret drafting him. All RBs have minor injuries, and the upside of this guy is through the roof.

We loved Kurt, he almost won us a superbowl, and we all want him back. That said, I’m glad he isn’t pulling a Favre and outplaying his welcome and abilities. i respect Kurt’s decision to retire when he did.

I have yet to watch a Chargers game this season. How has your team looked overall?
Like a really good team that is killing itself with turnovers and penalties, which is how we seem to look at the beginning of every year. This might sound crazy, but another 11 game winning streak really wouldn’t surprise me.

Is KC for real or did they catch you off guard?
A little of both. Play that game at a neutral site, or take out the pouring rain, and the Chargers probably win. However, KC is on it’s way up. Possibly the best special teams in the league, lots of speed on both sides of the ball and good coordinators. If they had a decent QB, they’d be really scary.

Do you hate the Broncos as much as I do?
I’m sure I do. I really hate the Broncos.

Do you guys miss LT?
Sure, but it was never going to work with him here. He didn’t want to take a demotion and basically play the role he’s playing now for the Jets. I would’ve loved to have him get some carries and be the backup/mentor to Mathews, I think Ryan would’ve loved that too (he’s a huge LT fan), but he flat-out refused it as an option.

u hate DENVER hun enjoy week 14

They looked well-coached, but they looked like they missed Beanie and Warner.

I almost cried I was laughing so hard

for his fantastic letter. Real or not.

Although I think the Cowboys 3 RBs are a little bit better.

from grocery shopping to picking out his sometimes goofy outfits, to his demeanor. Confusing in nature, never budges from his point of view, and makes some people go WTF???
AJ Smith’s Ego is half of AJ Smith. Its hard to understand, but some day it will be a Charger related meme. We’re working on it.