game3525 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Quote After overtures from Seahawks and Packers, defensive coordinator Gus Bradley is returning to the Chargers with a three-year deal, per source. Continuity for the Chargers. Very pleased with this move. The defense was the strength of the team this year and the best it has been since 2007. Edit: Adding in Whisenhunt's new contract too, to kill two birds with one thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Makes me wonder if he really wanted the Green Bay job, and once Pettine was hired, we were his second choice. Eh...whatever. Just glad to have him back. Now let's get him a stud linebacker and DT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game3525 Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 Just now, Xenos said: Makes me wonder if he really wanted the Green Bay job, and once Pettine was hired, we were his second choice. Eh...whatever. Just glad to have him back. Now let's get him a stud linebacker and DT. That would be odd, the Chargers have more talent on defense then Green Bay does. Maybe Gus is midwest kind of guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 1 minute ago, game3525 said: That would be odd, the Chargers have more talent on defense then Green Bay does. Maybe Gus is midwest kind of guy. I just find the timing odd. But it could have easily been the opposite. Once Bradley was signed, Green Bay went with Pettine instead. Or it could have been Bradley's agent trying to drum up more money for his client and using reporter to create a bidding war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr LBC Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 13 minutes ago, Xenos said: Makes me wonder if he really wanted the Green Bay job, and once Pettine was hired, we were his second choice. Eh...whatever. Just glad to have him back. Now let's get him a stud linebacker and DT. We honestly have no idea what the timing of any of these announcements really are. The biggest lynchpin that was pulled from the sound of it was Vic Fangio - and Nagy appears to have put the full-court press on Fangio to get him to stay in Chicago, realizing that Green Bay really wanted him and the optics of losing the coordinator of the one productive side of the team he was taking over to a division rival would be terrible. Pettine has - IIRC - more ties to McCarthy than Gus does (Fangio had ties that went directly through their former DC, Capers). No doubt Bradley's agent used it to try and get more money on the table, I'm just glad they got this resolved before any new HC hires came across, because Bradley could have been a hot name for an offensive-minded coach to go after - and the Colts and Giants still have hires to make (Cardinals and Lions too, but I'm anticipating that if the Cards don't just promote their DC to HC, he's likely to stick around as he's at least still under-contract, and I'm expecting the Lions to hire a defensive-minded coach now with them allowing Austin to walk). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 10 minutes ago, The LBC said: We honestly have no idea what the timing of any of these announcements really are. The biggest lynchpin that was pulled from the sound of it was Vic Fangio - and Nagy appears to have put the full-court press on Fangio to get him to stay in Chicago, realizing that Green Bay really wanted him and the optics of losing the coordinator of the one productive side of the team he was taking over to a division rival would be terrible. Pettine has - IIRC - more ties to McCarthy than Gus does (Fangio had ties that went directly through their former DC, Capers). No doubt Bradley's agent used it to try and get more money on the table, I'm just glad they got this resolved before any new HC hires came across, because Bradley could have been a hot name for an offensive-minded coach to go after - and the Colts and Giants still have hires to make (Cardinals and Lions too, but I'm anticipating that if the Cards don't just promote their DC to HC, he's likely to stick around as he's at least still under-contract, and I'm expecting the Lions to hire a defensive-minded coach now with them allowing Austin to walk). Happy about the bolded as well. It was good that Lynn and TT made that commitment to Bradley as soon as the season was sadly over. Instead of you know dragging it on and letting Bradley get away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmad Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Good re-sign for the chargers, hopefully they can try and build off of this year's success and not have all of their good players on IR by week 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, OleXmad said: Good re-sign for the chargers, hopefully they can try and build off of this year's success and not have all of their good players on IR by week 3. Whatever new conditioning they did this past offseason worked for the most part. Here's hoping it continues in 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltarich87 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 41 minutes ago, Xenos said: Makes me wonder if he really wanted the Green Bay job, and once Pettine was hired, we were his second choice. Eh...whatever. Just glad to have him back. Now let's get him a stud linebacker and DT. could also be him using GB as leverage in his talks with SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregon Ducks Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 These two plus Emperor Anthony #dynasty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaidersAreOne Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Both are great moves. Shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom cody Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Nice move for a Chargers team that was close to a playoff spot this year, got to think with a few tweaks they could make the playoffs in 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trentwannabe Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 They're winning the west next year. Like these moves a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramxel Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Glad we tied up Bradley soon! Was expecting him to keep his options open until later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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