After 6 games, Charger defense in middle of the pack

[Stinky Wizzleteats+]

Bully!

Joke!

[Beerman]

Is that even possible? What's worse than a joke? An embarrassment? Abysmal?

Just out of curiosity do you watch other teams play? For as bad as our D has looked this year, there are plenty of worse defenses across the league. Don't get me wrong, the d has plenty of issues, but everyone needs to realize that the D has pretty much kept us in every single game. We haven't been blown out all year. 11th in scoring defense. Seriously some people really need to take an objective look.

[blueman]

If our O could put up more TDs instead of FGs we'd have more Ws instead of Ls, and no one would be talking about our D.

[Stinky Wizzleteats+]

Talk of scoring more and holding teams to fewer points doesnt take into consideration that half or more of our losses directly correlate to self inflicted wounds. A fumble recover by us cald back for a personal foul. Same thing with two huge running plays, 3 and 30 in the forth quarter down buy 7 or ten, i forget.

[oneinchpunch]

footballoutsiders has the Chargers as the #32 defense using their metric:

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamdef

Hard to believe footballoutsiders ranks them even worse than they were a month ago.

[Stinky Wizzleteats+]

Do they assign a high value to penaties?

[KNSD]

Is that even possible? What's worse than a joke? An embarrassment? Abysmal?

Over reaction much?

[blueman]

Man, watching those corners tonight play man in the Steelers/Ravens game, just damn. We got traffic cones in comparison.

[Formula 21]

The Bolts 3rd down D is the most predictaable I've ever seen. Take the number of yards to the 1st down marker, add 1, and voila, there's the number of yards the O is going to get.

[thelightningwill]

The Bolts 3rd down D is the most
predictaable I've ever seen. Take the number of yards to the 1st down marker, add 1, and voila, there's the number of yards the O is going to get.

The defense stops the opponent about 60 percent of the time on third down.

[QSmokey]

Just out of curiosity do you watch other teams play? For as bad as our D has looked this year, there are plenty of worse defenses across the league. Don't get me wrong, the d has plenty of issues, but everyone needs to realize that the D has pretty much kept us in every single game. We haven't been blown out all year. 11th in scoring defense. Seriously some people really need to take an objective look.

I watch other teams play, yes. Do I re-watch games, isolate on players, or pour over the mountain of questionable statistics and ratings that litter the airwaves? No.

I would love love to read your list of "plenty" of worse defenses in the League and you criteria for making such an evaluation.

At times - more times than not - this defense has looked, TO ME, exactly as I described it: a joke, an embarrassment, and abysmal. I have zero faith that they are ever going to make an important stop, they've made Vick, Lockler, RGIII and Alex Smith - all statistically mediocre - look like Payton Manning, and they are about as far from being even a good defense as they can be.

Frankly, I'm not even sure what " watching other teams" has to do with anything.

[QSmokey]

Over reaction much?

All the time. And as long as you know me, you really had to ask? LOL. However, see my reply to Beerman; I stand by that evaluation, for the most part.

How would you classify them, in your best non-overreaction voice???