2021 Draft Discussion - Bolts Pick 13th

[like54ninjas]

We could have traded all three round one picks for Elway.
Colts would have said yes.
Chargers said never mind to getting John Elway as Fouts understudy,
because it was too soon.

Terrible decision

[like54ninjas]

2021 NFL draft: Chargers have had virtual meeting with Syracuse CB Trill Williams

Williams, the 6-foot-2 and 198 pounder, is an athletic specimen. He has vertical jumped 40 inches, been clocked at 4.34 in the 40 and has also benched pressed 225 pounds 17 times, according to The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman.

[wu-dai clan]

Definitely have Trill in my round 4 clusta...maybe he's gone by then.

Not gonna pigeonhole him at CB. Combo Safety too.

[powderblueboy]

Great play. I saw it live on TV.

I was there at the Murph that day....near the right end zone,

That should make me royalty around here.

[powderblueboy]

Billy Ray Smith and Gill Byrd had solid careers with the Chargers. Other than that leaping TD, I remember very little about Gary Anderson. I first thought he would become a scatback similar to James Brooks, although being a very different type athlete .. Boy was I wrong!

Didn’t he have at least a couple productive seasons with the Chargers??

He had a few decent seasons. He signed an expensive contract elsewhere.

[Formula 21]

What would you have been willing to give the Colts for Elway? They did the same thing that the Chargers did with Manning - they drafted Elway even though he threatened to stick with playing baseball for the Yankees.

At the time, I thought 3 #1s was too much. In retrospect, it would have been cheap.

[powderblueboy]

They could have just grabbed Marino.

[Parcells]

With our first pick in that draft we could have taken Jim Covert, Bruce Matthews, or Jim Kelly. With our last two picks we still had Marino and Darrell Green on the board. And Richard Dent last until the 8th round.

We had 3 out of 28 picks in the first. There are seven guys that ended up in the HoF from that first round. And we got none of them.

[Xenos]

We could have traded all three round one picks for Elway.
Colts would have said yes.
Chargers said never mind to getting John Elway as Fouts understudy,
because it was too soon.

Or instead of using all three first round picks to get Elway, use only one for Jim Kelly or Dan Marino.

[Maniaque 6]

Outch ! The Chargers could have had Dan Marino and Darrell Green with picks #20 and 22 !

[Parcells]

Outch ! The Chargers could have had Dan Marino and Darrell Green with picks #20 and 22 !

Yeah, that draft is brutal to look at in hindsight. That said, looking back at history will drive you crazy. That draft was shortly before my third birthday, so it was before my time. Granted, I became a fan of the Chargers and the NFL while many of those Hall of Famers were at the height of their power.

For me, the most painful part of Chargers history is 1/14/07.

[Maniaque 6]

I will always remember that game.

AFC Divisional Playoff

Patriots 24, Chargers 21

Union-Tribune game coverage

The game: Needing two home wins to reach the Super Bowl after a brilliant 14-2 regular season, the Chargers couldn't even get one, losing in a flurry of turnovers, dropped passes, silly penalties and poor coaching decisions. LaDainian Tomlinson rushed for 123 yards and two scores, and the Chargers intercepted Tom Brady three times, but Marlon McCree fumbled away the third one with 6:16 remaining and the Patriots capitalized with the tying TD, then won on a field goal with 1:10 left.