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Pretty painful loss but we have a very young team with a lot of talent. Shore up the O Line and add some LBs, get our CBs back (maybe shore that up a bit as well) and we're back in the hunt. Rivers has 3-4 years left in him barring an injury that takes him out.
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4 hours ago, GoPats said:
I think it was a bit of a perfect storm here. Chargers had to play on the East Coast twice in two weeks while the Patriots had the bye. The weather also couldn't have helped. No matter what anyone says, I have a hard time believing that playing and practicing in the cold every day isn't an advantage for the cold-weather-climate team. (Much like the teams based in the South have an advantage early on in the season.)
Agreed. If I were Coach Lynn, I would make arrangements with a hotel & a northern college (outside the North East) but in the cold belt, to practice the weeks of the playoffs if needed. Have a plan in place that can be canceled if not needed. The breathing alone in cold is enough to disrupt every other part of your body.
The last time that the Patriots played the Chargers in San Diego in a heat wave, Belicheck kept the team in Cali for the week to adjust.
We were getting beat up the final 4 weeks - a bye week would have meant a lot. I trust that Coach Lynn is learning for future runs. He's a very good coach.
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5 hours ago, JimJaime said:
The Chargers are a good team.. they just ran into a very very angry Patriots team that’s been hearing how bad they are and that they would get crushed by the Chargers.
only thing I found odd was the lack of in game adjustments by the Chargers. I am pretty sure the Pats could have dropped 60 on them if they had decided to keep pressing.
This year 3/4 of the season we did pretty darn well against the injury bug but the 4th quarter it hit us pretty hard.
We started the year light on LBs, and then lost our best. So there weren't really any major adjustments we could make. The 7 swarming DBs were to cover for that lack - worked on Baltimore, wasn't ever going to work on NE because they have an experienced coach and a QB that can make the adjustment on the field and just killed us with the dink and dunk passes and an occasional pass downfield that made us play honest.
Defensive key injuries(all starters):11/21 Placed Corey Liuget (DT) on Reserve/Injured
11/13 Placed Denzel Perryman (LB) on Reserve/Injured. (THIS REALLY HURT)
11/03 Placed Kyzir White (LB) on Reserve/Injured.
9/15 Placed Craig Mager (CB) on Reserve/Injured.
LOST Jason Verett in camp (CB)
Our O-line degraded at the end of the season. Joe Barksdale was cut for unrevealed issues. Our Center Pouncey had constant injury issues from about week 14 on. Our blocking TE Culkin the same. Both running backs were out over the same period. We couldn't adjust much on Offense because we couldn't get our running game going to make NE play honest. Rivers was getting killed back there.
Tom Telesco signed 4 or 5 UDFAs each of the past 2 years, many of whom are starting. That increase in depth is what let us complete this year. The only area he "failed" significantly is in O Line draft picks. Forest Lamp didn't play much if any this second year. His first, first round draft pick was D.J. Fluker and he was a bust. We had 2 centers drafted that are no longer with us. Tom has mostly been a draft genius, but O Line not so much. MUST protect Rivers. With a young hungry team, and him at the helm we have a 3 year window barring any injuries. (Rivers was hurt Sunday, don't know how much, but OLine failure was the reason).
Oh well.... It was a very fun year right up until the end.
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I knew in my hesrt of hearts that BB was going to take what the Ravens did and adapt. Our Oline was pathetic. I think Gordon was more hurt than the team let on.
A one-sided offense will never beat the Patriots. Brady was picking his nose behind his line.
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Or not... Rams hold on for the win.
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7 minutes ago, oldunclemark said:
We're seeing today how valuable getting the bye week and a home game is....
We fought like heck to get it. Next year we have to start more quickly.
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5 minutes ago, RollerColt said:
I think most of Indiana will join me in saying, we will be praying for you and Rivers tomorrow.
Chiefs vs Chargers would make for a very nice championship game.
Thanks. I've always rooted for the Colts when we are not in the playoffs. Easy team to like ♡
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If he does, i will miss it (DARN!!!) I will be watching delayed after going to early service at church ;-)
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He practiced limited this week, but is active for tomorrow so he should be a go. We're pretty healthy. Can't wait. Thanks for rooting for us ♡
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Moot point now. KC it will be if we get past New England. Can't help but think KC would prefer the Patriots.
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I'm over the SD vs. LA thing. Living out of area is a big part of it. SD fans are returning to the fold rapidly. Winnimg does that.
Win or lose tomorrow this has been a fun season and as an oldster, I have been enjoying every second of it ♡♡♡
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With as many games as hubby and I have watched this season, I just realized that a Colts' game hasn't been one of them! We will be watching this afternoon and rooting for you guys. Good luck!
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Los Angeles
annnnnnnd we're tougher than you think.
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Ending the revolving door that is the Brown HC job is the best move. A young QB that is doing well doesn't need the chaos of a new system to learn.
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44 minutes ago, Valpo2004 said:
Have not heard about this but obviously terrible news. With 3 kids of my own all I can say is that losing a child is your worst nightmare.
My cousin lost her 8 year old daughter to a unknown at the time brain tumor. There is nothing more depressing then a child's funeral. I hope I never have to go to one again.
It's particularly close to my heart as well. We lost a great-nephew in September at 6 months old. He had been born with an extremely rare genetic liver issue that was mis-diagnosed as there are only 2 other cases in the world. He had a transplant and all was looking well but he suddenly crashed. They discovered he had a nicked intestine from the surgery which is the most common complication due to the minuscule space they have to work in. I was/am heartbroken for his mom, who is a single mother.
I'm very proud of the Chargers organization and how they have supported his family. Hopefully he will be able to escape a bit and pound some of his grief and frustration out on the Patriots this Sunday
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The Chargers Nose Tackle, Brandon Mebane, has missed several games since December 5th as his daughter had been fighting for her life. Charger's ownership has been completely supportive of his stepping away to serve his family in their time of crisis and have provided him their own private jet to take him back and forth from Omaha Nebraska where she was being treated for trisomy 13 issues.
https://www.ocregister.com/2018/12/05/chargers-brandon-mebane-by-daughters-side-during-absence/
I was heartbroken to read a few minutes ago that Brandon Mebane's daughter Makenna passed away last Thursday.
A tweet by a local reporter this afternoon announced on Twitter:Mike DiGiovanna 12:12 PM January 9th, 2019
Brandon Mebane’s daughter passed away Thursday. He said he will play Sunday.
Second tweet:
Mebane’s daughter was born with a rare chromosome disorder and the outlook was never good for her.For those of you who believe in the power of prayer to comfort the hearts of those that grieve, please pray for his family.
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1 hour ago, chad72 said:
What you are saying is eerily possible, much to the chagrin of this Colts fan!!!
Russell Okung touched on it:
https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/chargers-lt-russell-okung-takes-shot-roger-goodell/story?id=60214851
By making sure the Chiefs win, the NFL is guaranteed the playoffs go through KC and not through the Chargers' stadium since the Chargers game is not till Sunday.
Cue that to the conspiracy theories floating around. We still have 2 teams with owners that died in running for the SB (Jared's dead owner theory that a team with a dead owner wins the SB, lol
) - Chargers and Saints. Seahawks and Texans were eliminated in the wild card round.
Never heard the "dead owner theory" before... I wonder if it keeps owners up at night, bwahahaha!
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Thank you, Indy for solving our kicking woes... FINALLY ♡ Who would have believed we would win our 1st playoff game on the strength of our kicker's leg?
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I think we had dropped 9 in a row to KC prior to our win. Didn't affect the team's attitude going into KC and winning on their home field.
In all honesty this team is not a team you can judge by any Charger's team in the past. They are game plan flexible, fierce, fearless and focussed. They love being underestimated and they have shown peeks of their best game in various areas all year long but are just now getting closer to playing their best game across the board to peak at the right time.
I'm not afraid. I think it's a year of exorcizing all of the demons of the Chargers' past.
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I would bet they would shift one of the games to the other day. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't already rules/guidance in place for just such as scenario.
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39 minutes ago, dgambill said:
Because then you give the Rams 3 years head start in winning over the LA fan base. Best to get there and start competing for those LA marketing dollars and fans. That said they should never left San Diego. When they have more opposing fans then their own that is sad. Same thing will happen when the Raiders move to Vegas. How many away fans are going to take a cheap flight and weekend in Vegas and take in a game? I know I will...wife is actually more excited than me.
Can't argue with any of your points, San Diego didn't deserve the Chargers. They didn't have a choice in the end... however a Superbowl win would go a long way to win San Diegans back and new fans in L.A.
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KC's D is not elite caliber. Their QB can kill you if he gets loose or makes those insane throws he is capable of. Colts D will be tested. Good luck, (but then you have LUCK!)
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Well... we are heading to Foxborough. I can't wait for the game. We just played the toughest D match up and got 23 points out of a really scrappy, hard fought game. Patriots D isn't nearly that tough, especially the secondary.
Brady is a lot more wily than the rookie Jackson, but he can't out run our pass rush like him either. I love Gus Bradley's game scheming, so I'm looking forward to seeing what he puts together to stop Tom.
For years the Charger's biggest rap was we were a finesse team and we weren't tough. Well... we're scrappy, have a lot of fight and confidence and win the ugly, TOUGH games now!
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Well... it was a slugfest. It was butt ugly, but it was a win in another very HOSTILE environment. In all honesty, I was surprised that I wasn't worried. I knew the D would hold in the end. We have to tighten things up. Gus Bradley has built quite a D.
Thank you Andrew!
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I thought of all my Colts' fan friends yesterday when I heard the news. I would be utterly devestated if Philip Rivers had announced something similar!
Andrew has been a great player when healthy. He's also been a highly respected face of the franchise and a good man. It's a wise decision for his future life, wife and kids (to come). Blessings to him.