Should We Stop Going For It On 4th Down?

[Charge!]

Dropped passes on third down it seems - way too often. Very true... would have needed less fourth downs and probably scored many more points if just middle of the NFL.

agree.....

imagine on last drive before OT, if MW had turned to look for that quick pass herbie launched to beat a blitz......MW would have caught that in FG range, or if he stayed on his feet, scored a long TD.....

This team is very close to being much better..... just needs more consistency.....

[Charge!]

One thing we learned from this game is we sure need a capable backup for Derwin. Looks to me like it would be smart to have a LB slow Kelce at the LOS with Derwin out.

agree, and kelsey acts tough, but does not play well when teams rough him up......

[Bolt4Knob]

agree, and kelsey acts tough, but does not play well when teams rough him up......

Murray played 10 snaps
he really doesn't have a place on the field

I was wondering why they didn't line him up against Kelce and just have him knock the crap out of Kelce coming off the line of scrimmage. maybe it just temporarily stops the play but anything was better than nothing

[21&500]

Kelce is a division rival, if James is the only guy who can cover him, we need to invest in a plan B
we simply don't have DB depth

[Air Coryell]

Staley made poor decisions inside the 10. Both were 4 and > 3 yards. Very little field to guard. Cost us 6 points, momentum and in my opinion the game.

[Bolts318]

Staley's ego cost us this game. I sense this guy will be another graduate of chargers university-4 years and out. He took us from a potential division lead to having to scoreboard watch today. In a strange way, the Texans game might be his biggest test of the year. If we don't bounce back, it will be a terrible sign the players don't care for him either.

[chargeroo]

Staley made poor decisions inside the 10. Both were 4 and > 3 yards. Very little field to guard. Cost us 6 points, momentum and in my opinion the game.

I don't agree. They had passes that were catchable but dropped - that isn't on the coach.

[AK47]

I don't agree. They had passes that were catchable but dropped - that isn't on the coach.

Catchable balls being dropped in the end zone. The game plan was sound but the execution sucked. That said..........if we (our TE's and WRs) consistently can't catch moderate difficult to sometimes wide open passes then perhaps we should go the FG route. This totally goes against what Staley wanted since training camp which was deliver freakin' knockout blows. Not just for winning games but also for changing the culture.

[Xenos]

Staley's ego cost us this game. I sense this guy will be another graduate of chargers university-4 years and out. He took us from a potential division lead to having to scoreboard watch today. In a strange way, the Texans game might be his biggest test of the year. If we don't bounce back, it will be a terrible sign the players don't care for him either.

Has nothing to do with ego. Every decision to go for it was based on analytics and win probability. We had a chance of winning the division in the first place because of his 4th down decisions.

[Xenos]

Catchable balls being dropped in the end zone. The game plan was sound but the execution sucked. That said..........if we (our TE's and WRs) consistently can't catch moderate difficult to sometimes wide open passes then perhaps we should go the FG route. This totally goes against what Staley wanted since training camp which was deliver freakin' knockout blows. Not just for winning games but also for changing the culture.

Settling for FGs when we shouldn’t. Makes no sense to me. It just means we lose by less. The prior HCs specialties.

[AK47]

Settling for FGs when we shouldn’t. Makes no sense to me. It just means we lose by less. The prior HCs specialties.

Yeah Staley wants to throw freaking knockout blows. Teams don't go this aggressive because they aren't talented enough (we are) and are scared (we aren't).

During the off-season....hey we need players built for this kind of high pressure. We either coach em' or get players that will perform under these situations.

[21&500]

I see a future Chargers team with a prime Mike Tyson aura
feared and invincible.
similar to KC
Tempting opponents to play catch-up by matching offensive aggression, leading them into Staley's defensive trap.
Herbert's potential + hyper aggressive offense can be very hard to beat.