Chargers At Patriots (Wildcard Game) Gameday Thread | Post Mortem

[Fouts2herbert]

I hope you guys aren't getting too down right now, this team had no business going to the playoffs...between our horrific O-line and our bush league OC, it's a wonder we even won 11 games...


Coach Harbaugh, don't need to run a new presser this year, just run the one from the Texans game, "We failed Justin Herbert" but this time take a long hard look in the fucking mirror if you can justify bringing Greg Roman back for another year of this bullshit...

[Boltx]

Hampton worries me as being durable.

Glass ankles. Need a better ankles coach.

[richpjr]

The OL was fine up until probably late into the 3rd. It just appears at that point they started to not give a shit because we weren't moving the ball, and that is on Greg Roman and some of it is on Herbert for not adlibing the playcalls that Roman was phoning in.

I'm not sure I'd call it fine - we couldn't run block at all and the pass blocking was shaky. Add in our WR got dominated by their secondary and you got a skittish Herbert.

[Antigua Bolt Backer]

Hampton worries me as being durable.

Too soon to tell. He never really recovered from his earlier injury.

[Boltx]

If he hits free agency - pay the man!

Or pay Connor McGovern and a good guard - maybe its Zion

Would happily "settle" for McGovern and Ioane in the first.

[SDBORN]

Herbert was poor tonight and there's no way around it. He's actually getting worse, regressing. Mentally he's not there and tonight he wasn't even throwing well. Wildly inaccurate. Outplayed by Drake Maye who doesn't have a great supporting cast either and was sacked 5 tines and under duress but he escaped more decisively or threw the ball away

Sadly at this point in his career, he hasn't shown improvement when it matters most.

I go back to the JAX game up 27-0 at halftime. The offense scored a measly 3 points in the 2nd half and lost 31-30. I'm sorry but if you want to be called elite, that just cannot happen under your watch as a QB/leader of the team. You have to find a way.

[ChargingBolts]

I think right now I'm rooting for the Bills the most, beat Denver, beat N.E. (or Houston or Pitt) and get your first Superbowl.

1. Bills

Distant


2. Bears
3. Texans
4. Seahawks
5. Rams
6. 49ers
7. Patriots
8. Broncos

[richpjr]

I hope you guys aren't getting too down right now, this team had no business going to the playoffs...between our horrific O-line and our bush league OC, it's a wonder we even won 11 games...

Coach Harbaugh, don't need to run a new presser this year, just run the one from the Texans game, "We failed Justin Herbert" but this time take a long hard look in the fucking mirror if you can justify bringing Greg Roman back for another year of this bullshit...

I think there is some truth to this. Harbaugh used smoke and mirrors to get us into the playoffs where our holes were obviously going to be exposed - and they were big time.

[Jack Burton]

Well I didn't say they were good, but they protected well enough to do more offensively than what we did with the protection Herbert did have for most of the game.

The o line line was just bad. Herbert was sacked 6 times. Herbert led the team in rushing, again LOL, And they scored a total of 3! Freaking points. It was a catastrophic failure from Roman on down.

[jackraven]

Yep. I'm not going to pile on him. He didn't have a great night, that's fine. He's the only reason we made it to the playoffs. Can't imagine the kind of brutality he went through this year. Unreal.

Make Linderbaum the highest paid center in NFL history. I don't care, it's not my money. And then draft Ioane in the first. Just fucking do it already. Fix this issue once and for all. ENOUGH.

Linderbaum is not going anywhere. He’s one of the few good linemen the Ravens have.

[BearWithJetpack]

I hope if they resign Zion, he learns to pick up a stunt. Hasn't been able to for his entire career and it got Herbert mashed tonight. He's terrible. Not Becton and Bozeman terrible, but still not a guy you want protecting Herbert.

[Critty]

The team has built a winning culture under Harbaugh.
Back to back 11 win seasons and road wildcard games.
Every team but the one who wins the trophy ends with a loss. Unless they had a crazy run as a 7th seed to SB Champs it was destined to end with the L. Next year the goal has to be AFC West Division winner and home playoff game.That needs to be the next step after back to back 11 win seasons. Then see what Herbert and a retooled OL can do in post season.