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Not sure how much it would change Spanos' financial decisions, but the Chargers would go from one of the lowest revenue teams to one of the highest. The $20M+ a year from the stadium naming right alone would put them in the top 10 and I would expect them to generate more money in ticket/merchandise sales in LA.
He'd just have more money to make bad decisions with. Norv Turner as head coach. Unbelievable.
Something has to give on San Diego's stadium situation, right? No changes there as of yet?
Chip Kelly.
brian Kelly
Just the opposite for me.For the first time in my life, I actually wanted the Chargers to lose. It kind of shocked me when I realized it; I don't think a fan should ever want his team to lose. Maybe it means I'm not a fan right now. I don't know.
Offensive skill positions its rather weakI do like a couple of the top end OTs in this draft. Lewan from Michigan would look great at OT for SDGood year for the front 7 on defense too
Hopefully they can lose out and have a shot at one of those tackles.
Well they should have a top 10 pick. HOPEFULLY AJ is gone, because he doesnt spend high picks on oline, he burns late picks and tries to develop. Chargers should get one of these guys if they stay in the top 10: Jake Mathews - OT - Texas A&MTaylor Lewan - OT - MichiganLuke Joeckel - OT - Texas A&M ( probably the 3rd or 4th pick) Jarvis Jones - LB - georgiaManti Teo - LB - NDBarkevious Mingo - DE - LSUthat is 6 really good players, sprinkle in the QBs (barkley and Geno) going in the top 10 and SD should manage to grab one of them
You're a fun read Dan, but then you go off and insert something mind-numbingly ridiculous like this. I'd never watch another Chargers game in my life if they benched Rivers for Whitehurst.
A glut of 4-8 teams right now competing for the 6th slot. Hopefully the Bolts lose out and we get in the top 5 and have a shot at Joeckel.
lol...you know me...I spout off right after the game, then cool back down during the week.But after I cooled back off, I started think of it from another standpoint..safety (versus my initial thought of punishment). O line is totally decimated now (in addition to being horrible)...I started having nightmares of Rivers getting hurt (a la Brees). Then I see ESPN talk about it too...saying Whitehurst is more mobile and might "survive" better....
As an Eagles and Chargers fan I second this. Do not hire Reid. His game day coaching is avg at best-poor clock management, cant adjust. Over past 6 years he has not been any better then Norv. Questionable talent evaluation, mismangaement of coaches, stubborbn in his game plan design. The NFC and NFC east was weak in the first half of his 14 year (yes 14 year!) eagle career and they capitalized on that. The d was built around the previous regime picks and Jim Johnson (his hire, ill give him that) made it work. Since Johnson gone the d has been avg and this year historically bad. Im cursed as the chargers and eagles are the same, talented underachievers and now both have alot less talent.'Maurile Tremblay said:
Short sighted decisions like trading up to get Mathews is a major reason. At the time it seemed to me the team had too many holes in the starting lineup to move up for a RB, let alone sacrificing depth by packaging multiple high picks. I also hated trading up to draft Hester but at the time it was much more difficult for a rookie to make the team so getting the guy they wanted made more sense.I'd like to say Rivers would bounce back with a better OL but sometimes a player develops bad habits out of necessity of the situation. If Rivers didn't force any throws and just threw the ball away whenever the pocket collapsed... SD wouldn't even have 5 wins. Yeah, he misses open guys... just like every other QB that's on the move at the snap of the ball. Some people say David Carr never recovered from the OL HOU had assembled in front of him. This could be a similar situation.
While I certainly wouldn't be opposed to it, seems like one of those "throwing #### at a wall to see what stick" type reports. We don't even know who will be making those decisions next season so it seems nothing more than SD being a team that desperately needs a tackle(for the 4th season in a row).
True, but it's a perfect match. No way do I see the Chargers ponying up for him though. I fully expect them to have another crappy year in SD and then move to LA in 2014.
See what happens when you commit to Mathews?
We won't see it but I'd love to see L.Green get a lot of playing time. I'm afraid he's the type of "project" player that gets wasted during a regime change. Most new GM's/coaches aren't nearly as patient or invested in the last guys project. This could very easily be his only chance to show something if they shift toward a more run oriented offense like I was hoping for at the end of last season. The defense could win games if the offense was more of a grinding running game with fewer TO's. People that think this offense needs more targets in the passing game are confused imo. They haven't had any time to pass to the targets they do have for the past two years.
That's unfortunate. Seems like a dated line of thinking. Ultimately, to get a quality HC you have to give him enough power to draft the players that fit his system best. While the HC/GM combination position may not be best I do think both are working so closely together their hire should more or less be a package deal. If David Caldwell got hired I would hope that might raise the likelihood that Mike Nolan would at the very least be a candidate. Nolan as HC, Cam Cameron as OC, and Pagano as DC would be solid imo.Should be an attractive position to fill with a playoff caliber defense and a playoff caliber QB. The positions that really need to be addressed are OL, CB, and RB. The last two can be fixed quickly(not will, but can) while the first is in such shambles that it will take at least a few seasons to fix. I guess the silver lining is they can't possibly find guys off the street that play much worse... grasping, I know. If Gaither can get healthy and Vasquez is willing to be the lowest paid starting RG in the NFL I wouldn't mind seeing them back. I'll be disappointed if any of the rest of them are in a Charger uniform in 2013.
