As opposed to the guy who had to coach locker and who, hasselback? I don't disagree altogether but I'm not sure it's fair to compare 2014/15 titans to the Super Bowl cards or a more talented San Diego team. Thank god for titans fans they appear to have a real gm now.
Floyd was relevant at times but couldn't stay on the field. I think you can argue that Benjamin is better than the guys they've had the last 2 years. Stevie is better, or was when he was in BUF, but he's not te same guy.
Fitzpatrick has done quite well away from Whis. That's not what I meant though. The passes weren't there. It's not like receiver X had 100 targets and receiver Z had 90 and he had this nice O they just didn't execute.
I feel confident there's no way you have 3 WRs that do well. Not with the TE sets he uses and SD writers are writing of. 3 WRs aren't on the field when you have two and three TEs.
I did not see him say it but I can totally put the words in his mouth and almost guarantee he is going to say they need to establish the run game for Gordon and the OL needs an identity- that will be his reason for the TEs.
It's funny. I love Gates and have for however long. After reading I was trying to think of where I'd rank him in FF and I don't even know if the ol' guy can handle so many snaps. I wanted to check out how many snaps Walker had versus how many Gates had last year. The times I got to see the Chargers, I didn't notice Gates much on 1st and 2nd. At times, sure, but also I wasn't looking for it. Isn't the old guy more a specialty sort of TE now? 3rd down weapon? Does he play the whole game, all snaps?
My problem overall is also with your statement "a more talented team." I'm not sure there's a BIG gap. TItans were the worst so I'm not glowing praise here, but weren't the chargers like the 4th pick? 3rd?
What I had discussed previously was the Titans had a bad OL and they drafted the top back in the draft and ooooph with how that went. Here are the Chargers with a bad OL and Gordon (2nd best of a draft? yet better than Sankey). He's the last guy I'd put in that situation. He worked well with veterans in Pitt and Zona, some other team may have been a better fit. Allen is better than Wright, but Wright had 94 receptions before Whis got there and what 20-30 each year with him? Walker is better than Gates (younger and/or plays much younger) today but the similarity of an excellent TE is there. I like Mett, others don't, but I do. I see he's rubbed Chargers fans and press about the same way as Titans ones. Something love/hate about that guy.
I see he's doing his hold the ball too long thing in camp. He never really did it all that bad in a game. Two years ago I think he led the NFL in preseason passing. People said he was a statue and released too late coming out of college. I didn't find him to be. He always threw last second and took a lot of hits, but when you're a pocket guy behind a bad OL you kind of have to do that. He seems to have a bad habit of patting the ball when he's thinking too much and the OC instilled new plays. It goes away once he's comfy. Never once saw that in a game. He's pretty predictable. I love his Jeff George cannon. That writer discussing all the underneath routes. Whis sent Hunter deep 100,000 times in two years. Obviously I'm not there, but he's probably looking at some deep guy the writer didn't mention. He llllloves the big play a bit too much. He hasn't learned when to take his shots. When he is hot (saw it in preseason, against Cleveland one year, and then just in spots) he is a top NFL QB. He has no fear- picking on Haden throwing to Hunter is borderline insane and he had like four TDs in a half that day.
I wanna see (if Rivers gets hurt, obviously don't wish ill upon him but if he does) Mett throw to your WRs. I want to watch you Chargers fans and see your thoughts on Jeff George II. He totally is spitting image type. The horrible decisions, the beautiful "wow he's got a big arm" throws...everything.
JWB has reminded me it's just Whis, it's not the Titans offensive staff or players. I realize I go too far projecting the Titans onto the Chargers. Whis did do well there a few years back. I fight it. Things look so similar at times.
He brought Kendall Wright's college coach to camp and they instilled some nice nice plays. Mariota was doing the spread in spots the first few weeks and I ate it up. Anything where he snapped it and threw quick was much appreciated. It was a way to work around a bad OL. Whis ditched this and we never saw it again. Otherwise, I felt like he set everyone up behind a bad OL. Both Locker and Mariota had legs. They should have rolled out or moved around a ton, not challenge the NFL record for sacks. Whomever the worst lineman was, that's where they ran. Oh it frustrated me