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[Chargers8491]

I dont know....to me the fact that they couldnt deal with stunts and blitzes last season...now after a whole off season and into a new season...its no different at all...seems like an organizational failure

I honestly don't know either. It's just frustrating that the problem they had last year is carrying through to this year. Maybe it's both. Hortiz/Harbaugh need to do some soul searching this offseason.

[WindsorUK]

What is Becton's ailment? And when is he expected to return?

[WindsorUK]

Maybe there’s too much strength and conditioning.

All you gym rats know what I’m talking about. Weight training often causes injuries.

5 games into the season, I’ve never seen anything like this before.

I think Tom Brady had it right. Lengthen the muscles, as opposed to shortening them.

[Topcat]

A healthy Chargers team is second to none. The best way to stay healthy is to avoid further injury. And the best way to do that is to not play football.

So if we just stop playing football, there's no limit to what this team can accomplish.

Yep...imagine if the Titanic would have just stayed in port...

[KrazyLegs]

This dude came in off the bench for the Jags in the 2nd half and helped lead them to victory. I thought he looked pretty decent out there. Maybe not a long-term solution, but would've been worth taking a flyer on in the 6th or 7th round. Definitely looked better than our OL backups and (cough, cough) Bozeman.



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[PowderBill]

I honestly don't know either. It's just frustrating that the problem they had last year is carrying through to this year. Maybe it's both. Hortiz/Harbaugh need to do some soul searching this offseason.

Soul searching in the off-season? No. They better be searching up their asses right now to resolve issues. Isn't that why they make big bucks? If they can't protect the QB they better be searching for new gigs. Because right now, they have no answers.

[Chargers8491]

Soul searching in the off-season? No. They better be searching up their asses right now to resolve issues. Isn't that why they make big bucks? If they can't protect the QB they better be searching for new gigs. Because right now, they have no answers.

IMHO, there's not much they can do this year except weather the storm and hope it clicks. After listening to Harbaugh, they aren't going to budge on Boz unless something catastrophic happens. I think the issue is they don't have anyone better and that is really scary. They are just going to ha e to rebuild the IOL in the offseason.

[KrazyLegs]

IMHO, there's not much they can do this year except weather the storm and hope it clicks. After listening to Harbaugh, they aren't going to budge on Boz unless something catastrophic happens. I think the issue is they don't have anyone better and that is really scary. They are just going to ha e to rebuild the IOL in the offseason.

Which should've been the #1 priority LAST SEASON after the Texans obliterated our line in the playoffs.

It was a patchwork job at best. Sticking and staying with Bozeman was the biggest head scratcher. He's simply not a starting-caliber C. They hemmed and hawed that there wasn't anyone better available in FA and that it was a weak draft for C. Yet, Monheim the 7th-round rookie came in cold off the bench on MNF and played pretty well against the KC DL in the 2nd half. Would've been nice to have someone like that as a backup.

[Chargers8491]

Which should've been the #1 priority LAST SEASON after the Texans obliterated our line in the playoffs.

It was a patchwork job at best. Sticking and staying with Bozeman was the biggest head scratcher. He's simply not a starting-caliber C. They hemmed and hawed that there wasn't anyone better available in FA and that it was a weak draft for C. Yet, Monheim the 7th-round rookie came in cold off the bench on MNF and played pretty well against the KC DL in the 2nd half. Would've been nice to have someone like that as a backup.

Well, if you take the view that this was a 3–4-year project you can't fix everything in one year. With how weak the draft and FA market was last year they decided to go in a different direction and built/strengthen other areas. Can't really fault them for that. I will be absolutely shocked if they don't rebuild IOL next year through the draft and FAncy.

[Boltjolt]

What is Becton's ailment? And when is he expected to return?

Becton says he will play this week with some sort of cast/split.

[Bolt4Knob]

Which should've been the #1 priority LAST SEASON after the Texans obliterated our line in the playoffs.

It was a patchwork job at best. Sticking and staying with Bozeman was the biggest head scratcher. He's simply not a starting-caliber C. They hemmed and hawed that there wasn't anyone better available in FA and that it was a weak draft for C. Yet, Monheim the 7th-round rookie came in cold off the bench on MNF and played pretty well against the KC DL in the 2nd half. Would've been nice to have someone like that as a backup.

I admit, all during last season, I thought the top priorities were WR. TE OG and OG. And in that order - I wanted a game breaking WR

Once the end of the season rolled around and of course the Texans game, it flipped - OG and OC for sure followed by WR and TE

Becton was a late FA signing for cheap and they kept Boze, didn't upgrade Zion

Come the draft - second round, Harris over Ratledge
5th round - after drafting Harris mind you - KLS over Frazier

The Lions got both of them. Good teams never quit building the OL.

I think this Sunday I would go

Salyer, Zion, James, Becton, Bobby Hart if Pipkins can't go
I don't need to see Deculus
Maybe even go 6 OL and not just Matlock and Fisk

[dmac_bolt]

Maybe there’s too much strength and conditioning.

All you gym rats know what I’m talking about. Weight training often causes injuries.

5 games into the season, I’ve never seen anything like this before.

I suspect that is the case with Slater. muscles grown too strong for the connectors