1-Man’s Opinion-Tuesday-10/13 “Chargers Loss-Not Just a Normal Setback”

Posted by on October 13th, 2015  •  1 Comment  • 

Devastating.  That’s about the only way to describe lasts night’s loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, this last second setback to a team that didn’t have its star quarterback, and doesn’t have much of a defense either.

But then again, the Chargers don’t have much of a team either.

If this franchise didn’t have bad luck, it would have no luck at all.  The body bag count of injured players is mounting.  The poor play of a number of veteran players is alarming.

Philip Rivers hung in there to throw for 365-yards and a couple of scores.  Antonio Gates, coming off his four game suspension, caught 9-for-92.

Virtually no one else contributed with any consistency, and that’s why this team is in trouble.

The refugee offensive line took 6-penalties, allowed 2-sacks, and 5-hits on Rivers.  There was virtually no running game, and there was another Melvin Gordon fumble.  Rivers threw another pick six interception under enormous pressure from the rush.

The secondary broke down.   Brandon Flowers, who appears to have woken up this season as an old man, can no longer run.  He gave up a TD pass to Marcus Wheaton, got beat on the goaline by Heath Miller’s last second catch, and gave up 5-other catches.

It was gruesome to watch San Diego struggle so badly around Rivers.

This is a roster problem, an injury problem, a leadership problem.  It’s not likely to be a playoff team either.

The roster is flawed, its hurt, the schemes don’t work on defense.

So it begs the question, do the Chargers have the right General Manager?  Is Mike McCoy overwhelmed as the coach?

Will the fans walk away from the team as the owner continues his drive to relocate to LA?

Good teams beat up bad teams, and take advantage of injured teams. The Chargers haven’t done that this season, and Green Bay awaits.  The Chargers aren’t a good team.

This was devastating on many fronts.

 

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One Response to “1-Man’s Opinion-Tuesday-10/13 “Chargers Loss-Not Just a Normal Setback””

  1. John Hopkins says:

    Sadly this team has no heart…and it hasn’t had one since Spanos fired Marty Schottenheimer. Only Rivers and Gates seem to have a pulse.
    Whether by design or fate, this team will be hard pressed to win four more games…and could go 0 for the division…winless against the Raiders, Chiefs, and Broncos.
    The reality is, come January, the Chargers will apply for relocation, negotiate a lease with the Coliseum, and fight it out with Stan Kroenke about whether they play in Carson or Hollywood Park.
    Meanwhile, San Diego will be just fine without the Chargers…the Aztecs will hopefully see more fans…our beaches aren’t going anywhere….and everyone from Jon Gruden to Tony Kornheiser will be wondering why the NFL isn’t in San Diego.

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