LAC: #1 Secondary, #7 total Defense in Lindy’s Pro Football Review 2020 rankings

[Tol]

https://www.pro-football-reference.c...s/kan/2019.htm

If you look at KC's passing yards last year, Chargers held Mahomes to 180 yards and 174 yards. Only 1 team held him to fewer yards last year. LAC Defense allowed 1 passing TD per game and managed 1 INT per game. The Defense is there, and only getting better.

[jubei]

https://www.pro-football-reference.c...s/kan/2019.htm

If you look at KC's passing yards last year, Chargers held Mahomes to 180 yards and 174 yards. Only 1 team held him to fewer yards last year. LAC Defense allowed 1 passing TD per game and managed 1 INT per game. The Defense is there, and only getting better.

Looks like yards-wise the bolts did better in both games. But it looks like TOs may have killed the bolts.

[Steve]

We have really good secondary personnel, but Bradley needs to wake up and bring some corner Blitzes, Bring Murray and James occasionally to put the heat on Mahommes......Charger success will be measured by how they can contain the Chiefs. The Chiefs are the NFL gold standard. Begins week 2 in SoFi, bring it boys, bring it.

Corner blitz are not a good way to bring pressure. They work every once in a while, but you start to run them with any real frequency and you get lit up. The CB has a long way to go to get to the QB and few people to hide behind. So, it only really works if the QB simply doesn't see the CB. And the S has a long way to run to get over to the WR, who is an athletic mismatch in space.

[Velo]

I was just reading a piece about the five fastest players on the Chargers roster. No. 1 is Michael Davis, who clocked a 4.34 40 time. He's 6-2 and 200 lbs on top of that, which is why the Chargers have hung onto him, despite his mistakes (PI calls). I first really noticed Davis in the playoff game v. the Ravens. I believe Davis was assigned to be a "spy" on Lamar Jackson, and on a couple of runs when Jackson was able to reach the secondary level Davis ran him down and limited the damage.