2021 Official Chargers Season Discusssion

[21&500]

If Tom freaking Brady, along with the rest of entire starting offense for the Bucs, can play in preseason games then Justin Herbert should be able to as well imo.

I think it’s important he develop some chemistry with his O line and new starting TE and some of the new receivers as well.

Not saying I’d play him the whole game but at least a few drives would do him some good.

I feel like this is being done on purpose so that if the Chargers get off to a bad start in the reg season then they can blame it on “lack of chemistry”. It’s all about politics and perceptions.

Derwin James is coming back from injury and you’d think they want to give him as many reps as possible so he gets used to playing against other teams again. Unless they believe he really is made out of glass and one preseason game can knock his ass out and put him back on IR.

Btw if you follow the Chargers beat writers on twitter, it’s been obvious that the offense has been struggling big time in the red zone in training camp. This was an issue last season as well. You’d think they want to give it a shot in a glorified practice against other teams to see how they do.

This is one of the most insane sentences I've read in a while
hahaha
Well done sir.
May I recommend a name-change to "ugly paranoia"?

[Fleet]

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[UglyTruth]

This is one of the most insane sentences I've read in a while
hahaha
Well done sir.
May I recommend a name-change to "ugly paranoia"?

I didn’t say it as a fact and the “I feel” should be indicative of it being speculation.

Again, nothing else makes sense to me considering developing chemistry is very important and their forgoing that opportunity to do so. If a 45 yr old Tom Brady isn’t worried about injuries and taking hits in pre season then I fail to see why a 23 yr old Justin Herbert is sitting out.

[UglyTruth]

^ This...Herbie needs reps with the new O-line...hope we don't see any sync issues, or offsides by our own players, or snap issues, or handoff issues the first few games due to lack of reps in preseason games...

It’s not only new O-line, he has a brand new playbook, system and OC! They should want him to get as many reps as logically possible so he learn Lombardi’s system. Training camp reps against your own teammates are much different than playing against a completely different team.

[Tol]

This is coming week 1. I hope going up against Bosa and the coming preseason games will be enough to prepare Slater.

[equivocation]

"I feel" is like the emergency blinkers of sentences. No, emergency blinkers don't magically let you park anywhere and "I feel" doesn't magically allow you to say anything without warrant but then distance yourself from it.

[Scott Green]

If Tom freaking Brady, along with the rest of entire starting offense for the Bucs, can play in preseason games then Justin Herbert should be able to as well imo.

I think it’s important he develop some chemistry with his O line and new starting TE and some of the new receivers as well.

Not saying I’d play him the whole game but at least a few drives would do him some good.

I feel like this is being done on purpose so that if the Chargers get off to a bad start in the reg season then they can blame it on “lack of chemistry”. It’s all about politics and perceptions.

Derwin James is coming back from injury and you’d think they want to give him as many reps as possible so he gets used to playing against other teams again. Unless they believe he really is made out of glass and one preseason game can knock his ass out and put him back on IR.

Btw if you follow the Chargers beat writers on twitter, it’s been obvious that the offense has been struggling big time in the red zone in training camp. This was an issue last season as well. You’d think they want to give it a shot in a glorified practice against other teams to see how they do.

Funny. The first pass Keenan Allen ever caught from Herbert was in the Chiefs game. Never caught a practice pass from him yet Herbert did just fine last year. Herbert, Allen, Derwin, Austin, they are pros and know what they are doing. Running five plays with no game plan against the other teams backups isn't going to help established players.

[Scott Green]

This is coming week 1. I hope going up against Bosa and the coming preseason games will be enough to prepared Slater.

Slater is very familiar with Young and has shut him down. Nothing is guaranteed but Slater wont be overmatched against him. His game vs Young got him drafted as high as he was.

[dmac_bolt]

I think a few reps before game one is a good idea, but it doesn’t need to be this week

[wu-dai clan]

Per Staley, the reps Herbert gets at Jack Hammett prepare him better for the regular season than reps in Preseason games would.

Why are posters saying this shit ?

Have you already lost confidence in Staley ?

[Topcat]

Per Staley, the reps Herbert gets at Jack Hammett prepare him better for the regular season than reps in Preseason games would.

Why are posters saying this shit ?

Have you already lost confidence in Staley ?

Haven't lost confidence...it's just that a lot of us was wondering what's going on not playing Herbie in the preseason...the bolded part helps me to understand this a bit more...thanks for sharing...

[chargeroo]

Per Staley, the reps Herbert gets at Jack Hammett prepare him better for the regular season than reps in Preseason games would.

Why are posters saying this shit ?

Have you already lost confidence in Staley ?

Per Staley, the reps Herbert gets at Jack Hammett prepare him better for the regular season than reps in Preseason games would.

Why are posters saying this shit ?

Have you already lost confidence in Staley ?

I look for our HC to make good decisions and I don't think this is a good decision. That leaves room for me to be warry of what other decisions he'll be making. I hope this will be the only thing I disagree with him on for the entire decision but I don't think sitting our best players for the pre-season is a good idea.

I fear when the season starts our team will not be in sync and our early season games are against some very good teams.