Official Chargers At Falcons Gameday Thread | Post Game Reaction (Wk 9)

[Critty]

After the 49ers plaster us next week, all the warts will be very clear again, I'm sure. The 'homers' who post here don't need much to send them into a school girl frenzy, booking flights for the Super Bowl.

Oh, but we'd be 5-4 and still in the playoff hunt! Doesn't matter that we were pummeled by the 3-6 Jags; embarrassed by the Seahawks (at home), and trashed by the 49ers.

You expect a blow out.

I don't.

[Critty]

I've never coached before, so there is that. But I've watched enough football in my almost-70 years on this planet to recognize good coaching when I see it. And Staley is simply not a good HC. The only people who think so, if you need some proof, are the guys posting here.

Is the Special Teams and Oline better or worse under Staley?

[Velo]

After the 49ers plaster us next week, all the warts will be very clear again, I'm sure. The 'homers' who post here don't need much to send them into a school girl frenzy, booking flights for the Super Bowl.

Oh, but we'd be 5-4 and still in the playoff hunt! Doesn't matter that we were pummeled by the 3-6 Jags; embarrassed by the Seahawks (at home), and trashed by the 49ers.

The 49ers have lost to the Broncos, Falcons and Bears this season. Those teams are a combined 10-16.

[Cdn Bolt]

We gave up 5.7 ypr . We are the worst rushing d team in the league by ypr

We need to temper any euphoria over this victory around that reality.

[jamrock]

I disagree. I think he's still hampered. Looks like he's throwing 3/4 much of the time, favoring his torso. Still getting balls batted down. He hasn't had a 300-yard game in the last 6. Not typical Herbie.

He’s not 100% and we won’t know that he’s 100% until he starts running g more. But he just looked a lot crisper to me today and very accurate. The lack of 300 yard. Ames has more to do with the available receivers than anything else.

they’ve been protecting him and he’s been protecting himself. Hardly any sacks as he’s checking it down. Who really gives a shit about 300 yard games v 250 anyway. Is that a playoff tie breaker?

[jamrock]

It's like this.
I just slammed an 805 to celebrate.
And my waitresses name is "Miracle."
Goodbye Chargering.
It was not nice to know ya.

Love this post wu-dai.

please give Miracle a nice tip.

indeed, it’s been torture knowing ya

[SDBORN]

Chargers extremely lucky this year. As a lifelong fan I'd rather take that good luck to of been in 2006, 2009, 2010, 2018 with good squads as opposed to the bad luck those years could of gone to this average squad.
*unless we win it all this year*
Getting Bosa & Slater back could help.

When do we get them back? Any news?

[Topcat]

I've never coached before, so there is that. But I've watched enough football in my almost-70 years on this planet to recognize good coaching when I see it. And Staley is simply not a good HC. The only people who think so, if you need some proof, are the guys posting here.

Yep...Staley stumbles into a few wins here and there...but vs. the good teams, he usually blunders his way into a loss...with Lombo as his woeful wingman...fire them both and and hire a real HC and OC...

[ChargingBolts]

When do we get them back? Any news?

May get Bosa back in December, may get Slater back week 18

[jamrock]

I’m just gonna smile today because goi g into this game with the guys we had out at WR I didn’t know where production would come from. Just bottle that second quarter please and thank you for closing out the game.

we had more guys injured during a bye week than we did before which is unheard of. But the gods smiled on us when big 95 on the falcons dropped the ball and Feiler pounced on it. And who here thought we could depend on kicker #3 in the clutch. After our history with kickers.

[richpjr]

Posting from the road home after the game.

Pretty funny to read the game thread for the first time knowing the end result.

My rambling thoughts on the game:

A pretty ugly win…but another close road win with early start.

The offensive line is not good. Very little room to run and Herbert is constantly bothered even when not hit. Fieler’s play has dropped significantly.

Bandy showed again why he is only getting snaps because we are wiped out by injury. The first 1 yard pass everyone was bitching about was 1 yard because he ran the route strait to the sideline and had no room to turn upfield. He could have gained 5 or 6 yards if he throttled down a tiny bit. He was getting no separation all game.

Tranquil gets a lot of praise for his hustle and the occasional nicely timed sack…but he sure gets caught out of position a lot and a lot of the runs up the middle went right through his arm tackles. The TD where he got run over was brutal.

I’ll echo the complaints about Murray. All the big runs outside seem to show him in the picture getting sealed off and the DBs taking poor angles.

Not sure how anyone can not give Staley at least some credit for having the most injured roster in the entire league held together with duct tape with a 5-3 record. The usual posters claim we are lucky but teams make their own luck. Are we good enough to compete for a championship the way we are now? Nope. But…will we look the same at the end of the year as we do now? Staley has some growing to do and if he must somehow fix our run D or it could end up costing him his job. But how many teams could lose so many players and not be affected?

[Xenos]

I'm betting it's pass protection

How many fumbles has he had? Reliability in that is also important.