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“CHARGERS-PLAYOFFS–WHAT DID YOU EXPECT”
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It ended the way I thought it would.
It was like I was like a lone wolf out on the prairies.

The Chargers got to the playoffs because they beat up alot of bad teams.
When they played good teams, they got punched in the mouth.

The scoreboard did not lie, this (32-12) beat down in Houston against the Texans.

Justin Herbert had an exceptionally bad day, because he had no help.
He threw four picks in the game, pressured, hits, no throwing rhythm.
No run game, in fact hasn’t had one since early in the season.
No protection, four sacks, 11-hits, something that has gone on alot this year
No consistent receiving game with dropped passes by receivers and tight ends

The country is now battering him nationally for being (0-2) in the playoffs.  Weeks ago they heaped praise on him for having thrown for the most yards of any quarterback over his first five years in the league.  Now they are jumping all over him career.  Bit unfair, bit of a reach.

This is an organizational deficiency, not a QB making bad reads, or forcing throws, or not getting enough help.  Sunday scar tissue will continue to ache until he wins.

The defense tried hard, but as the game wore on, they wore down and they were done in.

Even with a flurry of Houston turnovers, botched plays, and 6-stupid major penalties, the Chargers would not take advantage.

The Texans kept making plays to overcome the mess they created.
And then they took over the game by pounding it with Joe Mixon.

No more tent revival speeches from Jim Harbaugh.  As dynamic as his quarterback could be, they never did a consistent job to help him.  And yes Harbaugh has a track record of fixing ailing teams, but he didn’t this year, yet.  Another draft may help.

3-number 1-draft picks upfront and Herbert wound up getting pounded in the pocket way too much.  And all those bluechip lineman didn’t run block very well either.

Enough about the greatness of playcaller Greg Roman.  How many second half games did they go scoreless?  How awful was Herbert’s stretch of 1-for-9 throwing the ball in the  Houston game in the second half?  Where was the max protection plan that would have helped Herbert in the pocket?  The run game, with who and when?

Jess Minter’s defense may have piled up great stats against rookie QBs and journeyman backups.  But where was the creative juice and the blitz rush when they needed to destroy the momentum that QB-CJ Stroud was building?  The Bolts got blasted by another good team, things that always happened during the season when they played better teams.  The Texans piled up (429Y) in the lopsided loss

Sorry to be so down about this, but I kept projecting all this while the LA media and the national guys were praising all the things Happy Harbaugh was saying.  A very unimpressive 11-win season.

They need another good draft, some free agent upgrades, and will have to get some cap relief too.

Bad day at the office for the kid quarterback.  Hell, Dan Fouts threw 5-interceptions in a playoff game against Houston, so this four pick day goes down in the record book too as one of those days.

I didn’t expect greatness this past weekend.  I didn’t see greatness all season long.  Greatness is in Kansas City, Buffalo, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Detroit.

The Chargers have work to do to help the kid QB.  The fans and media have work to do to understand what it takes to become upper echelon in the NFL.  This team is farther away right now than anyone realizes.

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