biggie. Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Chargers have some big pieces in place already. Franchise QB? Check. Solid offensive line? Check. Weapons? Check. Their main problem has been defense. HOWEVER, they have a TON of cap space and an entire draft/offseason to fully dedicate to loading up the defense. With that in mind, is it possible the Chargers surprise everyone and make a run to the SB and Herbert Hype becomes a thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Herbert is 100% good enough to string together a monster playoff stretch to get them to the super bowl, and I think the rest of the roster is pretty good. They wil have things to fix....they'll need another corner or two (depending on who they re-sign), and they need a receiver. Also, not letting Rex Burkhead stomp all over them would be a nice start, so maybe fix that run defense. But with a couple of nice additions, this could easily be a force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soggust Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 I don't think there is any doubt the Chargers have the talent to be a competitive team that could make a deep playoff run. I think the harder issue for them is that they finished third place in the division during Mahomes "down year". If Mahomes reverts towards his career mean, it might not matter how talented the Chargers are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Soggust said: I don't think there is any doubt the Chargers have the talent to be a competitive team that could make a deep playoff run. I think the harder issue for them is that they finished third place in the division during Mahomes "down year". If Mahomes reverts towards his career mean, it might not matter how talented the Chargers are. All they have to do is make the dance. After that, you just never know. A bad half was basically all it took to sink KC this year in the playoffs. Even if the Chiefs are super good...on the surface looking at competition of NE, LV, Indy (??? I guess...someone has to finish second in the south) and whomever doesn't win the north, I still really like the Chargers chances to at least get to the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soggust Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Just now, Forge said: All they have to do is make the dance. After that, you just never know. A bad half was basically all it took to sink KC this year in the playoffs. Even if the Chiefs are super good...on the surface looking at competition of NE, LV, Indy (??? I guess...someone has to finish second in the south) and whomever doesn't win the north, I still really like the Chargers chances to at least get to the playoffs. The fact that Herbert has the stats he does throughout his first two seasons, yet has never played in a playoff game is mind boggling to me. I would especially not want to play them as KC because they always play us SUPER tough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrantikRam Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 9 minutes ago, Forge said: Herbert is 100% good enough to string together a monster playoff stretch to get them to the super bowl, and I think the rest of the roster is pretty good. They wil have things to fix....they'll need another corner or two (depending on who they re-sign), and they need a receiver. Also, not letting Rex Burkhead stomp all over them would be a nice start, so maybe fix that run defense. But with a couple of nice additions, this could easily be a force. Herbert is pretty good. But let's remember that Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees each only ever made one Super Bowl. And Herbert isn't on that level. I'd love to see him play in a payoff game before people saying he's good enough to lead them there. The AFCW plays the NFCW. They also play the Titans, Colts and Browns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, FrantikRam said: Herbert is pretty good. But let's remember that Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees each only ever made one Super Bowl. And Herbert isn't on that level. I'd love to see him play in a payoff game before people saying he's good enough to lead them there. The AFCW plays the NFCW. They also play the Titans, Colts and Browns. Nick Foles. Joe Flacco. Colin Kaepernick. Brad Johnson. There's some randomness built in. I'm not concerned about him being good enough to get there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Matts4313 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 The AFC gauntlet is ridiculous. Add in all the rumors of Denver getting a QB and it just makes it that much harder. But you are right, the core pieces are there for the Chargers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, Matts4313 said: The AFC gauntlet is ridiculous. Add in all the rumors of Denver getting a QB and it just makes it that much harder. But you are right, the core pieces are there for the Chargers. I never knew you felt that strongly about Jimmy G being a good QB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matts4313 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Forge said: I never knew you felt that strongly about Jimmy G being a good QB Not the Californian I was thinking about tbh But even Jimmy might be enough to spark them into something playoff caliber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 This thread…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 11 minutes ago, Xenos said: This thread…. I like dead meat. Subscribe to the podcast and watch his kill counts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43M Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 The Chargers issues always seem to stem from poor top-down leadership, starting with Spanos. So many years that team had talent and they never did much. Here we are in that situation again....only now in a tougher AFC West and tougher AFC in general. Obviously Herbert is good enough. QB hasnt been the issue in that organization for nearly 20 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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