Official 2026 Chargers Roster Discussion | Roster Build | Free Agency

[Boltjolt]

They can’t even get most NFL players to wear knee, thigh and hip pads in their units anymore. Your first sentence is interesting - I don’t know if they are mandatory by NCAA (don’t think so), or just that all NCAA teams have now adopted their own team rules, or ?

Knee and thigh pads are required in the NFL. Hip pads idk. They also wear paded under shirts . Some are built in the t-shirt underneath. Something like this or something else

https://exxactsports.com/products/elite-6-pad-mens-padded-football-shirt-with-chest-shoulder-ribs-spine-protection-white-adult

[CanadianBoltFan]

Plenty of weird shit online lately. "Dickin Snyder".football takes. Random Only Fans invites.

As upsetting as it is to TPB, Charger fans, I believe our decision makers and coaching staff have assessed that Penning, Strange are enough, so far. It would surprise me if we do anything more until just before, during, after the draft.

Should our free-wheelin', personnel obsessed TPBers be rewarded, and I end up flat out wrong, that would be just dandy.

That would be very dandy Wu.

The thing that concerns TPB and the entire Charger fan base is that these same decision makers, with thier assessments on their IOL in their first 2 years, have resulted in the worst IOL in the NFL.

So that is the obvious reason the fan base is showing concern and has not been satisfied with what we have seen so far. I think is very fair to say that when you have a weakness in your roster that is so significant that it is the main reason the team can not be competitive in a playoff game....that coming up with only Cole Strange and Trevor Penning for this area is addressing the problem very lightly, to put it mildly.

They are weak at the starting guard positions, let alone the depth that will be required when the inevitable o line injuries take place. They need depth that can actually play, not guys off the street or guys like Deculus who can't play

So I do not think any fans are over reacting...impatient maybe ...but the concern is warranted and has been earned by these decision makers

[Boltjolt]

Agree with everyone about PFF … and yet we’ll all still lean back to it when doing real work is too much effort. Boze having only 19 bad pass plays in 18 games is a joke. I’m gonna believe my lying eyes instead. Boze wandered off and let some defender (DT, DE or LB) blast through the A gap untouched more than once a game, that obviously does not count in PFF metrics and doesn’t start to add up the times he was beat like a drum and actually touched.

Agree again but when we have nothing else and there is a player we want and we see his PFF score isnt that good, .....all you can do is watch their games and some are hard to find unless they are a rookie in the draft.
Steve is right though and ive said it numerous times, watching highlights will give you a false reading on a player. Showing those plays of Strange means there are numerous others that werent good.

Ryan Leaf has a 2:30 highlight video lol.

[dmac_bolt]

Can you smell what O'Leary is cooking ?

I’m not smart enough to predict what I haven’t seen, all guesses are he’s like Minter in basic concepts but will more aggressive (Minter was on the lower end of blitzing in the league) … but you are. Your educational content slowly absorbs through the thickest of membranes … keep it flowing but skip single phrase hints and share absorbable detail.

Cutting Bud today is not a wise move. Little savings, increased roster risk. Its meager $1M to let the insurance rider float for another few months

[dmac_bolt]

Knee and thigh pads are required in the NFL. Hip pads idk. They also wear paded under shirts . Some are built in the t-shirt underneath. Something like this or something else

https://exxactsports.com/products/el...on-white-adult

Huh, thanks for the corrections/education. Coulda swore … but thats why I come here

[Boltjolt]

unfortunately Dupree is part of the Mack situation...BUT fortunately he comes dirt cheap by veteran Edge standards...had they cut Dupree, Mack would be going elsewhere...I don't think Dupree will be out of the picture until Mack retires, I've posted this many times and folks just can't seem to believe it's happening...as for the team and the coaching staff, would you rather deal with Bud being on the roster or Mack signing elsewhere? If they draft or sign another Edge the team will either carry six going into the season or Kennard will be out of a job...

Who has said that? I havent hear that.....and im betting it wont stop us from drafting a Edge high.

[Bolt-O]

Why are the Chargers the only NFL team to have jersey numbers on their helmets?

Steelers too, but in the front, Cowboys with small numbers on the back, on the strip just above the bumper
As for the Chargers, it was in the original design for the helmet.

[dmac_bolt]

Agree again but when we have nothing else and there is a player we want and we see his PFF score isnt that good, .....all you can do is watch their games and some are hard to find unless they are a rookie in the draft.
Steve is right though and ive said it numerous times, watching highlights will give you a false reading on a player. Showing those plays of Strange means there are numerous others that werent good.

Ryan Leaf has a 2:30 highlight video lol.

highlights-only are my most identifiable “scouting” flaw - I don’t sit down with full game tapes like you pros. I can try to look for “ceiling” potential but will miss the consistency component which is critical and clipped out of highlight reels by definition

[wu-dai clan]

Quote button out CanadianBoltFan

What can I say ?
Joe likes walking on broken glass ?
Joe has visions of the big board in the sky ?
We will be redeemed...later.

[wu-dai clan]

IMO, Jacas won't be there @#55... he's one of my favorites.
If they go with edge @#22... I will be happy. Mesidor or TJ Parker.

However... if a premier guard prospect (Fano or Lomu) drops... they would seem to be the BPA's.
In that scenario, I would be comfortable with Derrick Moore @#55... while praying for Jacas to slip to #55.

I does not hit you in the excitometer, but Overton is a perfect complement to Eboigbe.
In for Hand.
Roll Tide.

[Chargers8491]

I agree, I don't necessarily take PFF grades at face value but.....

.... don't just watch highlights.

Yes, Strange is very good in those moments. So is everyone in the Miami offense. That is what makes them highlights. Thinking particularly of this game, many of these plays are the lowlights of our D. But remember they had a long stretch of this game where they didn't move the ball on us. Strange had a not so great moments when Tart destroyed him. Those didn't make the highlights.

I would suggest going and rewatching Dolphins games from 4 -18, when Strange got to play (I am using NFL+). I prefer to watch games in order. That way you see the good, the bad and the ugly, and how he responds.

I am not finished watching them all yet, but so far (I have rewatched Jets, Panthers, Chargers). Strange struggled in those games when he faced size and power playing over him. He excels in space, releasing to get a 2nd level block or getting out in front pulling and leading or just zone blocking to the outside, he is pretty good. Every player has strength and weaknesses, so you have to look at the good and bad to get the overall picture.

For Example, using PFF looking at Bozeman. He had 4 games with a 25 grade or lower (Giants, Mia, Min, and NE). His pass blocking efficiency (EFF: Pass Blocking Efficiency - A PFF Signature stat measuring pressure allowed on a per-snap basis with weighting toward sacks allowed) he had efficiencies of 95.5, 94.9, 95.6, and 92.0. If you look at the breakdown for the whole season in pff, go to the pass blocking efficiency, in almost 699 pass blocking snaps this year, he allowed 1 sack, 5 hit and 13 hurries. That is 19 bad plays in 18 games (I was including the NE game). My regular math calculates that as being 97.2% efficient, pff ranks it as 96.7, so it is kinda close.

Strange had 457 pass blocking snaps, gave up 2 sacks, 1 hit and 11 hurries for a pff efficiency of 94.2 (a real math efficiency of 96).

My point is, there is a fine line between being a good and bad lineman. I also think we can probably agree that there is a lot of context missing from using PFF grades, even if they are accurate (and I am not sure they are). If there is any truth to PFF grades, then you probably have to watch all the snaps in a season to get a good feel for them. Then remember that all 5 guys on the OL if they are all giving up this much pressure - plus RB, TE and the QB himself making mistakes that leads to hits and sacks, that it takes a lot of stuff to come to together to be great. And just a few screw ups can cost a team a game.

My point above is that is a lot like Kevin Cosner in Bull Durham
“You know what the difference between hitting .250 and .300 is? It’s 25 hits. Twenty-five hits in 500 at-bats is 50 points, OK? There’s six months in a season. That’s about 25 weeks. That means if you get just one extra flare a week, just one, a gork, a ground ball — a ground ball with eyes! — you get a dying quail, just one more dying quail a week and you’re in Yankee Stadium.”

Just sub in games for weeks, and it pretty much translates to pro football.

Good points!

The reason I posted the video was to demonstrate that McD does run inside. He uses just about everything. The main difference is he uses motion to disguise what he is doing. Most OGs in McD's scheme will lose one-on-one straight up with a bigger DT which is why they move the DTs to get them off balanced. You see that with Strange in several of those Achane highlights on inside runs where he walls of the DT and creates a hole for Achane to run through. Then when he pulls, he walls of the outside guy and creates a lane for Achane. In Achane's TD run against the Chargers it was a perfect example.

To be honest when I was looking at Achane's highlights I wasn't looking at just Strange as a matter of fact I was kinda just refreshing myself with McDs run blocking scheme.

It was hard not to notice Strange on several of those plays. He was sealing of DT's allowing Achane to run in between the guards, he was getting outside on the pulls, and he was getting to the 2nd level to block the LBers. I think he is going to get better having another season in McD's offense.

[Chargers8491]

Agree again but when we have nothing else and there is a player we want and we see his PFF score isnt that good, .....all you can do is watch their games and some are hard to find unless they are a rookie in the draft.
Steve is right though and ive said it numerous times, watching highlights will give you a false reading on a player. Showing those plays of Strange means there are numerous others that werent good.

Ryan Leaf has a 2:30 highlight video lol.

The thing with the video I posted it wasn't a Strange highlight video it was an Achane highlight video. I just happened notie how much Strange was standing out while watching it.