Jets Knock Chargers Out of Playoffs with 17-14 Win
by John Gennaro on Jan 17, 2010 5:08 PM PST
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PrintWhat team was that? The team that has made a reputation for not turning the ball over, not killing themselves with penalties and having an un-stoppable offense led by Norv Turner and Philip Rivers was not on that field on Sunday. Rivers played bad (as did his offensive line). Norv's play-call was uncharactarically bad. The offensive line was dominating in pass protection. Vincent Jackson committed the world's stupidest penalty.
The Jets team was better than I expected. Their defense stopped the unstoppable offense and their offense got progressively better throughout the course of the game. Norv Turner seemed to be completely outcoached for the first time in the playoffs with the Chargers (that's just my opinion). Nate Kaeding looked like Nick Folk Jr. Philip Rivers looked like the shaky QB with bad receivers.
I'm not even angry. I'm stunned. Since halftime, when I was feeling very confident, I watched the game with amazement. I never imagined that Rivers would be having problems with leading his team (why was it taking so long to line up) and communications (nobody seemed to be on the same page). I never imagined that the defense would play such a strong game and the team would lose. I never imagined that Norv (who never got that extension, by the way) would look so ridiculously helpless to motivate his team.
Sam's in charge of Bolts & Dolts, and I'll add my two cents to his (predictably angry) version tomorrow in the comments section, but here's a short list of Bs&Ds.
Bolts:
Antonio Gates (1st half)
Ron Rivera
Dolts:
Antonio Gates (2nd half)
Philip Rivers
Offensive Line
Nate Kaeding
Norv Turner
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Worst game ever
Looked like when we were 2-3
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
How is Nate Kaeding not in bold and 40 point font?
He’s lucky we’re not south american football fans. He wouldn’t have made it out of the parking lot alive.
by Dex on Jan 17, 2010 5:09 PM PST reply actions 16 recs
Tpical NFL Fan...blame ONE player...
…when 53 could not take care of a wild card birther. Talking trash in the first quarter, s#!%ing your pants in the fourth.
AFC West is well represented here.
Did you decide to have a troll circle-jerk on our board?
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
I meant the players...
they were talking trash from the get go. I saw it, you saw it. What really got me was this guy blaming ONE player on a team of 53. The attitude of the Chargers was unsportsman like, long before dude kicked the flag.
by crashman6 on Jan 17, 2010 7:19 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Ah.
Wait a minute, are you saying the Jets were talking trash? Because they were.
Chargers got frustrated and screwed up. They should be taken to the woodshed.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 7:20 PM PST up reply actions
OK. I blame the other 52 players also
For the one guy missing 3 field goals. Does that make you feel better, smart guy? I blame Cromartie, Philip Rivers and Ladanian Tomlinson. They all suck at forcing Nate Kaeding to make one field goal.
I'm Colombian
And I think we know what happened in the World Cup…
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"It's all part of the plan." Jeff Moorad and The Joker in the Dark Knight.
"Just because you went to the Finals last year, you can’t go out on the floor and expect teams to lay down. We got no heart. You can only make so many excuses. Everybody has to come and play hard, not just one or two guys."-Matt Barnes
Uh,
How are Scifres and Jammer not Bolts?
Who needs the pistol when you have the TaZeR? Kenjon Barner, the Ducks officially licensed tazer since 2009.
Same thing that happens every year, man.
by JacinB on Jan 17, 2010 5:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
We try to take over the world?
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 5:32 PM PST up reply actions
Good game, Chargers fans
You had me shaking till the final 4th and 1. You’ve got a great franchise QB and should be back next year. One helluva game.
"We're only going to score 17 points?"
It was a good game
But we killed ourselves and should of beat you.
Coulda shoulda woulda.
The one and only AzDuck
Good game.
I give you guys partial credit…but I do think the Chargers beat themselves on this day.
Ehh. Good luck, I suppose.
33 Wins. Yeah, I said it.
Did someone
dump some haterade on you after the loss? Huge upset victory for the Jets. Great game. How about being a good sport?
Did you watch the game
The Jets played a good game we said good luck but you can’t convince us that we didn’t lose the game more then the Jets won the game.
The one and only AzDuck
by Dude52089 on Jan 17, 2010 6:30 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
this
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agree
okay i have cereal palsy arhrtis and chronic fatiue as well i have a grea life loveing folks some days are better that other days i got a make a wish in 2001 saw my favorive team the broncos was the trip of the lifetime i wish everyone couild gotten to enjoy that with me i know some of u hate the broncos and that ok but i bleed organ and bule reseident broncos fan for ap lol denver will rise again
Nice to hear from you, j-man
Are we getting flayed alive over at MHR?
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:55 PM PST up reply actions
Of course you are
Flip the teams around and think how you would be bagging on the Broncos…it is just like that.
"Precipitation, which side are you on?
Are you on the rise? Are you falling down?
Let me know, Come on let's go, yeah
Got some if you need it!" -EV
Agreed.
They played well. Even as well as they played, we still “should” have won. Kaeding’s misses were nothing to do with their D…. Rivers’ 1st INT was a bit of a fluke but a great play by Revis nonetheless; the 2nd INT you could say was informed by the D the Jets played all day, but it was just a bad, bad throw (or a miscommunication with Gates), and was a pick I could have made.
On the other hand, the Chargers had 3 fumbles or near-fumbles which could have been turn-overs and weren’t. One of those was on special teams, but the strip sack of Rivers sure wasn’t, and even though the Floyd drop ended up being an incomplete pass, that was a very nice defensive play….
Still, as with comments above (and below), with the things I mentioned and all the stupid penalties, I will continue to assert that we beat ourselves in this game more than we had it taken from us.
The Jets, though, did what they had to do to hang around and converted the two TDs in the 4th quarter. (Ugh.)
Saying your team lost the game vs their team won
That’s a cop out plain and simple. (One that I’ve admittedly used before as well, but don’t any more).
The Jets played a better game…yes.
The Jets didn’t make mistakes…yes.
The Jets won the game…yes.
"Precipitation, which side are you on?
Are you on the rise? Are you falling down?
Let me know, Come on let's go, yeah
Got some if you need it!" -EV
How is it a cop out? It’s putting all of the blame on the Chargers themselves. That’s the opposite of a cop out.
Bolts from the Blue // "He looks like a catfish" - Nick Hardwick on Brandon Siler
Bloody Elbow // " looks like your comment violated rule #4. and it’s a heck of a rule, rule #4" - Kid Nate
by Richard Wade on Jan 19, 2010 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
kaeding needs his own category.
dolt king champion forever in a glass case. f*ck you kaeding (2nd time i’m saying this).
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by tonik on Jan 17, 2010 5:11 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
I think this is a bit harsh.
Top billing under dolts, no doubt. That sucked hard, but I wish Kaeding well: he doesn’t need our ill-will, and he’s generally been a pretty good kicker.
That said, if this team don’t win a SB before the window closes, I’ll never really forgive him.
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the cheerleaders!
by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 2:56 AM PST up reply actions
possibly
norv’s neck does look like it’s getting old
Gary Potter: Harness in the good energy, block out the bad. Harness. Energy. Block. Bad. It's like a carousel. You put the quarter in, you get on the horse, it goes up and down, and around. Circular, circle. Feel it. Go with the flow.
Happy Gilmore: Psycho.
and that’s not to completely discredit norv, for he has done a nice job. unfortunately, it isn’t good enough. the fans want a championship. the players do too. after looking at their eyes, listening to their post game speeches, i think this team will benefit from a new leader. i think by keeping norv the team risks a non-playoff season. they’re heartbroken and their spirits are broken as well. they need new life. they need it while they still have arguably the most talented players (including defense and offense). hopefully they can find an every down back in the draft or via free agency. would cowher consider san diego? beautiful city, great qb, talented defense. they should call him up.
Defense deserves a bolt for the most part
The Jets scored on a short field a field goal and a long run. If you tell me our defense holds them to 17 i say we win 9999999 out or 10000000
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by Dude52089 on Jan 17, 2010 5:11 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
That's been good enough to win
just about every game in the past
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
Well considering our streak of 20 point games
Just went away b/c of Kaeding.
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yep
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
Holding them to 17
Works when the team that you hold to 17 doesn’t give up a league leading low of 14.8 per game. As your LT said, “That was the best D we faced all year.”
Happy for the win. Greatful for the breaks. Best O we faced all year.
I think you should have gone to Gates more, the way the Pats kept feeding us Welker. If we can’t stop it don’t stop. Gates and Jackson are beasts, wish we could borrow them. Kicker chocked, (ask him who do we make check out to). Just kidding good game.
Scoring 14...
This offense knows that the defense will almost always give up between 13 and 24 points. If the offense can score three times, we should win 2/3 of the time. But no team can afford to miss a bunch of field goals, and this team is no exception.
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the cheerleaders!
by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 2:57 AM PST up reply actions
Ya this team had a streak of 20 point games that went to last year
If Kaeding doesn’t miss those we win, It was the best D we faced all year but as I’ve said before no one can convince me the jets won that game because the chargers lost it.
The one and only AzDuck
by Dude52089 on Jan 18, 2010 8:16 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Especially when you take into consideration the field position on the turnovers
The D did pretty well. They gave up the one long run to Greene, but otherwise played very well.
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then give up. There's no use in being a damn fool about it." ---W.C. Fields
And then some more mistakes
and the kicker forgot wat do
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
Yeah, that was painful to watch
I’m a Chiefs fan but I was rooting for the Bolts today. It gave me flashbacks of Lin Elliot in the playoffs a few years back. But then, he had sucked all year. This was out of nowhere.
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then give up. There's no use in being a damn fool about it." ---W.C. Fields
except for the steelers game
I agree
Well, his name is LT
A true MVP
You know he'd love to lift up that Lombardi Trophy
A touchdown machine
You know what I mean?
Put him in the redzone, TD guaranteed
Theres always next year?
and the next year…and the next year…you will get the SB eventually right…?
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
RIP Chris Henry #15 (Bengals)
RIP Derrick Thomas #58 (Chiefs)
LOL
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
RIP Chris Henry #15 (Bengals)
RIP Derrick Thomas #58 (Chiefs)
by NJChieffan16 on Jan 17, 2010 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
Hey nice choke job down the stretch
Weren’t the broncos saying this was a different team?
The one and only AzDuck
LOL sorry Bronco boy, but i enjoyed knocking ur team out.
This just made me feel loads better.
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
RIP Chris Henry #15 (Bengals)
RIP Derrick Thomas #58 (Chiefs)
by NJChieffan16 on Jan 17, 2010 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
Looking at your season record makes me feel better too…come talk trash when you don’t have a losing season racing the faders for the worst record in the AFC West.
"Precipitation, which side are you on?
Are you on the rise? Are you falling down?
Let me know, Come on let's go, yeah
Got some if you need it!" -EV
Hey there's the Padres!
(crickets)
LT Style, Electric Glide
"It's all part of the plan." Jeff Moorad and The Joker in the Dark Knight.
"Just because you went to the Finals last year, you can’t go out on the floor and expect teams to lay down. We got no heart. You can only make so many excuses. Everybody has to come and play hard, not just one or two guys."-Matt Barnes
Wake me in July.
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the cheerleaders!
by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 2:52 AM PST up reply actions
The things the Chargers have been good at...
Are not things you can rely on.
You can’t rely on getting turnovers, and not making your own.
You can’t rely on not committing penalties consistently.
This was our luck catching up with us…
Normally with just about any
NFL kicker you’d get at least one of two field goals from 45 in. That would have put the game into OT at a minimum.
by occams_tiger_teeth on Jan 17, 2010 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
Not really.
I mean, they were playing a bit soft on us on that last drive, trading yards for time. That last TD was no guarantee that we’d have gotten that touch then.
Yes you can. It’s called being a disciplined team.
"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock
by John Gennaro on Jan 17, 2010 5:49 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
hi everyone newbie here
and this is my first post here on this site. well, inasmuch as i am still numb to the bone from witnessing yet another epic collapse by our talented team i am left with these impressions.
not facts, or stats, just what i saw…
i was estatic with our d in the first half. we were killing them on that side of the ball.
i was confused that we were not attacking them through the air immediately. we were playing safe with the run game. what happened to our fierce, precise pass attack?
i see that the jets have an excellent defense TODAY, and they are stout.
after battling for that first TD and only giving up a FG, we’re on the right track even with some penalties.
now for the 2nd half…
mid way through the 3q, i see a shift in power and hear it in the crowd. i’m watchin’ it on the tube, but i still feel a twinge in my gut.
now i’m starting to call the o plays, run or pass. i’m not that smart but if i can figure it out…
fast forward to mid 4q and i’m now yelling obsenities, mumbling wtf?, and wondering what happened to the play calling on both sides and the now senseless penalties?
i don’t wanna hear about dvoa, and other such stats. i wanna know why this team always implodes.
i’ve been a loyal fan since the 70’s. i know some teams have yet to reach the sb, but i saw the best game this year vs the titans, and knew, knew we going all the way this year.
i am still scratching my head, go figure.
by howaboutnowfora SB on Jan 18, 2010 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
The turning point came in the 4th.
Playing from behind, Norv runs LT up the gut on third down and is booed heavily for it. That’s when the crowd fell out of it.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 18, 2010 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, i saw
but was watching the slow-motion train wreck ahappening with morbid fascination and couldn’t yell much louder or get a better string of curses together.
by howaboutnowfora SB on Jan 18, 2010 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
The Colts must be loving this
They put the Jets in the playoffs… and it could not have worked out better for Indy.
by occams_tiger_teeth on Jan 17, 2010 5:13 PM PST reply actions
As long as Peyton doesn't win it, I'm good.
He has enough media love
by sdpads24 on Jan 17, 2010 5:15 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Rivers didn't cost them the game
The absence of a running game – something not addressed all year, a choking place kicker, along with a lot of immature players committing needless penalties…. are all what cost them the game.
by ccthemovieman on Jan 17, 2010 5:14 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
We coudln't do much to address the lack of a running game.
What would you do, sign Larry Johnson?
We had no reason to believe Kaeding would have a game like this…
sorry, I'm still upset we kept LT
and lost Michael Turner, who I thought was the future of this team regarding running backs
by ccthemovieman on Jan 17, 2010 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
I want to see what the Chargers do with the running game next year. Obviously LT is gone, and I’m glad, but is Sproles going to get the rock from now on?
'Ello G'vnor!
no?
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Absolutely not. We'll be drafting somebody to carry the rock.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
Kaeding gets a Dolt and a Leaf and banned from this forum
Maybe Ricky Williams has something that can help him out with the yips.
Kris Wilson made some nice tackles and had the TD catch. He gets a Bolt or at least an almost -Bolt.
Good luck Jets, the Colts won’t play dead like we did today… you stayed right with it and it’s the mark of a good team that you did.
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good game merriman.
see you never.
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by tonik on Jan 17, 2010 5:14 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Fo Sho
Sorry, bout to get ghetto:
But its ok, I’ll see Phillips and Cooper tonight at Stingaree. Those m****f***** are ALWAYS there. Cooper with his big ass head trying to do his thing and Phillips and his tweets and smack talking.
But English ain’t nothin and we’re stuck with at least 1 of the shauns.
LT Style, Electric Glide
"It's all part of the plan." Jeff Moorad and The Joker in the Dark Knight.
"Just because you went to the Finals last year, you can’t go out on the floor and expect teams to lay down. We got no heart. You can only make so many excuses. Everybody has to come and play hard, not just one or two guys."-Matt Barnes
I don’t blame guys for being guys. I certainly wouldn’t blame SP or Coop for drowning their sorrows on a night like this.
English will be a quality NFL player. I share your concerns that he’ll never be a star, but frankly star OLBs are overrated ‘cause they collect all the sexy stats. That’s not great for a first-rounder, but the year’s draft on the whole actually looks pretty good: forget for a moment who was taken when, and you have:
- A starting RG who’s a very good pass-blocker.
- A starting SS.
- A project DE with highly-visible upside.
- A project OLB who looks like he’ll be a player, but probably not a superstud.
- A backup/project OG/C
- A starting DE (undrafted)
- Good undrafted projects at RT, CB/S
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the cheerleaders!
by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 3:09 AM PST up reply actions
My mother and sister saw Siler at Miami Grille in UTC last night
they said he looked pretty depressed.
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"Ah act the way ah feel." --Elvis Presley
by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 18, 2010 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
Sorry, should've replied to L Magico.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 18, 2010 9:25 AM PST up reply actions
trolls ruined everything fun
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
Star it out.
"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock
by John Gennaro on Jan 17, 2010 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
k
Big kid tested, mother fffffuuuu approved
by CurbEnthusiasm on Jan 17, 2010 6:12 PM PST up reply actions
Kaeding needs to be cut
he flat out choked…twice
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
No.
The most the Chargers will do to address this is draft a kicker in the late rounds this year.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
Not even that
He’s been too good in the regular season to cut. We can’t give up on him for one bad game.
Yup. Most accurate kicker in history. He’ll be a Charger for life.
"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock
by John Gennaro on Jan 17, 2010 5:51 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Only in Regular Season
Kaeding is good but this is third time in three playoff games against the Jets that he choked. WTF about the decision about the onside kick and Weddle cannot even tackle.
Don't say for life
Carney was legit but couldn’t hit past 45. Looks like Kaeding can’t hit in the postseason.
Vinatieri is probably a HOF and HE was let go. Nate has a few seasons and thats it.
LT Style, Electric Glide
"It's all part of the plan." Jeff Moorad and The Joker in the Dark Knight.
"Just because you went to the Finals last year, you can’t go out on the floor and expect teams to lay down. We got no heart. You can only make so many excuses. Everybody has to come and play hard, not just one or two guys."-Matt Barnes
And when he comes back
And doesn’t choke against us in the playoffs its a bad move. He had the two worst games of his career against the jets he still is a good kicker.
The one and only AzDuck
The simple problem with Kaeding...
… is he takes it all too seriously! He gets inside his own head. He gets out there and thinks, “Oh, golly, I really need to make this kick. Gee, shucks, we’re dead if I miss it.” He needs to learn to NOT CARE! That’s what Carney did so beautifully.
by Andy (allfield) on Jan 17, 2010 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
weddle?
didn’t weddle have that broken play for a TD?
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also had the sack
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
ah
i was too busy punching my wall.
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I'll take sympathy posts from Steelers, Patriots fans
but Jet fan comes in and says “you’ll still be a good team next year.” Go to hell.
by Lenny Suckerpunch on Jan 17, 2010 5:16 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
no one's going to pick up LT
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Not likely
you’re talking about the cheapest owner in professional sports. Unless LT is willing to sign for a box of chiclets and a popsicle.
by occams_tiger_teeth on Jan 17, 2010 7:34 PM PST up reply actions
What are the opinions of Norv right now?
I loved him before the game, but I can’t help but feel pretty pissed at him right now.
He's ok
Team is dumb de-dumb dumb dumb.
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This
"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock
by John Gennaro on Jan 17, 2010 5:53 PM PST up reply actions
Can we get someone to gin him up, please?
He played scared and pitted weakness against strength for the sake of “keeping the defense honest.” Okay, we’re a throwing team, LET’S THROW!
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
We use the Play action
So running the ball makes it easier for us to do that.
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Ask a stupid question...
Was it worth 8 straight non-scoring drives to use the play-action to limited effect? I don’t have the breakdown in front of me, but I would be willing to bet we gained more on non-PA plays.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
I do agree that we gained more today from others
But if you want everyone to send 3 and drop everyone in coverage you aren’t going to have a passing game.
The one and only AzDuck
Still like him
I’m not going to erase a few months of good will over one 24 hour period.
I don't think he has the respect of anyone outside the organization...
and that makes it really easy to make questionable calls against him. And easy to not make questionable calls in favor of him. I’m not blaming him for this loss, just saying in general.
by Lenny Suckerpunch on Jan 17, 2010 5:23 PM PST up reply actions
I can fathom his hiring even less now
especially considering that Norv, who is widely praised as a mad genius, was just outcoached by Rex “Fat Bastard” Ryan.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 5:28 PM PST up reply actions
i hate how he looks.
looks like he’s choking when he laughs
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You call your team making mistakes and your all-pro kicker missing 3 kicks
Being outcoached?
The one and only AzDuck
No. I call being shown up by a team that came to play
and looking lost on both sides of the ball being outcoached.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
and
not converting.
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Actually, we didn't so much get "outcoached"
as “Our coach suddenly started calling plays with the mental acuity of a zygote”
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
Yes on the mistakes.
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by John Gennaro on Jan 17, 2010 5:53 PM PST up reply actions
the play calling sucked and his players choked.
so while i think the hate on norv during the season was pre-mature, obviously he needs to look at himself first when assessing what went wrong yesterday, and figure out how to breed a mindset that helps them win in the post-season. as my dad says, the chargers always win in december. the problems come in january.
boy
I remember saying I liked Shonn Greene. He seems a bunch more productive than Larry English or Vaughn Martin. Norv is still a world class play caller. This was just a stupid game plan vs. the #1 defense. They played scared and tried to establish the run.
At least Al Davis isn't running my team's drafts.
by bringbackbuddytrees on Jan 17, 2010 5:22 PM PST reply actions
forsure.
larry english is mediocre.
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Yeah
we passed up RB Chris “Beanie” Wells for a mediocre OLB English.
i think AJ wanted to look smart as hell, if his pick worked.
but we wont find out for another 2 years to see if he’s really a bust
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Bust? Agree, two years. Stud? We know better already.
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by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 3:10 AM PST up reply actions
im not sure which penalty it was
but the one in the latter portion of the 3rd when the chargers got it to the 15 or 10 yard line was a real backbreaker….
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
Ticky-tack at best.
Referees get a Dolt…
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
Colts-Ravens also badly officiated
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by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 3:11 AM PST up reply actions
The second this team starts to get some love from the national press
it shits the bed. Took a 2-3 start to make them realize they actually need to play to win games. Then they grab the #2 seed and everyone starts picking them again… and they come out like the Jets are going to just hand them the game.
Incredibly frustrating to watch.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Jan 17, 2010 5:24 PM PST reply actions
For $13.2 M a year
You’d expect a little bit more of a running game. Bye-bye LT and Sproles-y, CJ Spiller and Jahvid Best here we come.
At least Al Davis isn't running my team's drafts.
by bringbackbuddytrees on Jan 17, 2010 5:25 PM PST reply actions
We better not bring back LT for anything more than 2 mil a year.
Same with Sproles. His production is obviously not worth 6 mil a year. I say that we overhaul our running back corps.
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if that...
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LT is done. He will retire or be cut.
Sproles will walk, most liekly.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
I hope this happens.
I would do anything for the Bolts to trade for Jonathan Stewart. ANYTHING
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He'd fall apart pretty fast here
I don’t want a 2 or 3 year rental. I’d rather get a rookie for 5 or 6 years.
If today's game showed anything
it shows that we need a goddamn wrecking truck of a back who won’t stumble down or get blow’d up at the first tackler. Gerhart 2010.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 5:39 PM PST up reply actions
Hells yes.
I would have no objection with drafting Gerhart in the bottom of the first. No objection. He is a beast and a half. He singlehandedly destroyed my Ducks.
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How DARE you sir.
What rookie do you want the Bolts to draft at runningback this year?
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I did like having Sproles as a scatback this year
As long as he’s nothing more then that and a return guy… I wouldn’t mind paying him for that role…
He brings a great factor to this offense.
But not 6 million dollars worth of great. Thats for damn sure.
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I know that Weddle had a sack
and quite a few tackles, but I just can’t see giving him a Bolt after the Eric “Speed Bump” Weddle touchdown that Greene scored.
Also didn’t think that the O Line desered a dolt, they played against the best D in the league and for the most part gave Rivers adequate protection. The Chargers just couldn’t finish convert third downs or finish off drives.
No Bolt for Weddle
No Dolt either, but his good plays were counteracted by the missed tackle on Greene…. Without that big play against us, we still MAY have won.
[And (at least) TWO dolts for Kaeding (not three, although I suppose each miss could be considered worth 2 Dolts EACH, so maybe he gets FOUR Dolts): you can’t expect him to make a 57-yarder (which would have given him some redemption for the first miss…).]
Also
Dolt for any Charger fans in Qualcomm Stadium who were making ANY kind of noise while the Chargers had the ball.
You sit in your seat and you STFU while the Chargers have the ball. Go get a hot dog to stuff in your hole if you can’t handle it.
by Dex on Jan 17, 2010 5:27 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Agreed. But the Jets contigent wouldn't shut up either.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
Even on Weddle's sack
He couldn’t actually bring Sanchez down. More like a stop of forward progress. In fairness, he looked banged up.
At least Al Davis isn't running my team's drafts.
by bringbackbuddytrees on Jan 17, 2010 5:29 PM PST reply actions
I was actually mad at that play.
First time a sack has ever pissed me off. An NFL safety seriously cannot tackle Mark Freaking Sanchez? Give a damn break!
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He was trying to strip the ball.
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by John Gennaro on Jan 17, 2010 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
You do love the Weddle
I would agree that after he was unable to bring him down he tried to strip the ball.
Was he trying to strip the ball on the Greene play? Or untie his shoes?
I don’t recall him being the only one unable to stop Greene on that play.
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by John Gennaro on Jan 17, 2010 6:02 PM PST up reply actions
Just the only one to touch him
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He was the last one to touch him
Cro pulled up from the chase. I think that guy would be on the first train out if we had more depth at CB.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:03 PM PST up reply actions
Stop of forward progress my ass
more of a slow dance near closing time.
by JeromeB on Jan 17, 2010 5:38 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Just for a laugh...
This from the Chargers website this week:
by Back2SD2006 on Jan 17, 2010 5:30 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
And the cold foot of Irony connects with our groins
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 5:31 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Kaeding just wanted to be sure he could make the probowl
by DanTails on Jan 17, 2010 5:30 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
colts will destroy the jets
cant imagine the colts playing poorly too
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by shaqfor3 on Jan 17, 2010 5:35 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
It's how the Jets got into the playoffs...
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 5:35 PM PST up reply actions
LT really wants to give their D credit
Psst… they can’t alter the trajectory of kicked balls they don’t touch, LT.
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Not necessarily
Did the FG attempts drift towards the sideline Ryan was standing on?
by Boy Howdy on Jan 18, 2010 10:50 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
hahahaha, and rec'd
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 18, 2010 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
I said at the time that I/we need to readjust expectations when Jamal went down
still think 3-4 minus the Pro Bowl NT is tough to pull off. So 13 wins is probably an overachievement. But dammit, losing this game is underachievement.
by Lenny Suckerpunch on Jan 17, 2010 5:35 PM PST reply actions
not really...
we beat up on a lot of under .500 teams, or teams not playing well to get 13 wins. “we’ll be fine, the schedule gets easier”. “we’ll make the playoffs”. yup can’t argue with that, we made the post season. played a good Defense and got exposed.
The peanut gallery has spoken!!!
i hope they move to los angeles
so i can justifiably root for another team. i hate this. everyone else in the league calls us the “chokers” and they’re right. they’d choke on applesauce. two weeks to prepare, for what?
among the many questions i have — why throw anywhere near revis? just swallow your pride and go after everyone else.
He isn't one. He has three posts on SBN.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:38 PM PST up reply actions
i'll always follow them as long as they're in SD
but if they’re going to keep choking in the playoffs, maybe it’s best for my health if they leave. i hate this feeling. it’s the same feeling as ‘07 and ’05. i’m not sure how a true fan is supposed to react. the entire team let the city down today.
The classic fairweather fan.
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by Richard Wade on Jan 17, 2010 10:26 PM PST up reply actions
I don't consider myself a fairweather fan...
… and I don’t want them to leave, but sirbud is totally right:
the entire team let the city down today.
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by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 3:13 AM PST up reply actions
Jackson and Floyd are dolts
That penalty by Jackson was stupid. It was the only jump ball they caught all day after making them their signature play all season. He holds onto another one and saves an int. I was driving and listening to the radio and they said Floyd had a fumble/incomplete in the first half.
but jackson was covered well..
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jackson
thought jackson had a pretty good game. Just that one stupid penalty..
No Dolt for VJ
The unsportsmanlike penalty against VJ was highly questionable — and didn’t cost us a thing: it wasted 10-15 seconds which ultimately didn’t matter anyway…. We scored on the same possession very shortly thereafter — and then couldn’t stop them on that last 4th and 1.
If Floyd gets a Dolt, it’s not for the play you mention, which was ruled an incomplete pass after the over-rule (and the challenge), but for a needless block in the back on a play that Jackson picked up big yardage on…. That would have taken it to the red zone, and we eventually got no points on that drive…. Of course we might have stalled, and Kaeding might have missed even a chippie, but that was big.
Agreed.
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by John Gennaro on Jan 17, 2010 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
I hope for the day that we are not the "trendy" pick for the superbowl.
It seems like this talk gets into our heads every year.
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I'd like it if we just played good football consistently
and not bad idiotball randomly.
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they should've
used gates more. coverage was obviously good. needed more crossing patterns instead of LT runs on 1/2 downs. i remembered turner saying in an interview “we try to get a new 1st down on 1st and 2nd downs” how is giving the ball to LT a 1st down?
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Exactly!
Gates was a man on fire for the first half, he should’ve been used much more.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
Yep
As I’ve been saying here all year — and again this week, there’s no reason not to pick up 6-7 yards on throws over the middle when you CAN … (meaning they are and WERE capable of it…).
Revis made one play on Legedu in the first half stopping a key 3rd down over the middle, and Gates dropped 2 passes over the middle in the 2nd half; otherwise, that part of the field was mostly open, and we were very successful when we went there….
I give Norv a Dolt for poor play-calling, esp. with regard to this.
And I agree: give Rivera a Bolt. Why not? — Gotta give one to someone….
next season
we’re going 2-14 :D low expectations is the way to goo!!!!
um no...we wont go 2-14
since when did we start losing to the raiders and chiefs?
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Long way to go
You guys should give us better games but you still need to step it up a bit more imo.
The one and only AzDuck
I just hope we dont get blown out anymore!
I was at the game at Arrowhead 2 years ago and that one stung but was the best game Ive ever been at!
it
stung for me too tomahawk44
okay i have cereal palsy arhrtis and chronic fatiue as well i have a grea life loveing folks some days are better that other days i got a make a wish in 2001 saw my favorive team the broncos was the trip of the lifetime i wish everyone couild gotten to enjoy that with me i know some of u hate the broncos and that ok but i bleed organ and bule reseident broncos fan for ap lol denver will rise again
agreed
okay i have cereal palsy arhrtis and chronic fatiue as well i have a grea life loveing folks some days are better that other days i got a make a wish in 2001 saw my favorive team the broncos was the trip of the lifetime i wish everyone couild gotten to enjoy that with me i know some of u hate the broncos and that ok but i bleed organ and bule reseident broncos fan for ap lol denver will rise again
they did, after the Chargers had illegal sexual relations with it.
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Real nice.
Now get stuffed.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
You know what whats funny
You have more comments over here then on your own site, We didn’t underestimate the Jets we didn’t play well and the jets barely squeaked by.
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If we'd won
I’d be out celebrating.
For some reason, you’re not. I know what the reason is, do you?
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playoffs?
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the jets are who we thought the were!
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
Who were held to three points until the last quarter, and still only won by a field goal.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:41 PM PST up reply actions
Your D played better than expected.
The Jets D is just too ill. We were warning you all week, but you guys wouldn’t listen.
Get used to seeing the Jets win football games.
The Jets didn't beat the Chargers
The Chargers beat themselves. Big difference.
I wouldn’t exactly be gloating about this one if I were in the Jets position. This loss would be much easier to stomach had the Jets outright beat the Chargers. But instead, the Chargers beat themselves and lost the game themselves.
by creanium on Jan 17, 2010 10:25 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Jets beat the Chargers.
Check the Box Score.
The team that wanted it more won, happens all the time.
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by tito (eight and oh) on Jan 18, 2010 10:18 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Where in the box score
does it log “want”?
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by Axion on Jan 18, 2010 11:00 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You mean nowhere
“Wants” are feelings, those for girls and hippies. Execution, however, can be measured by accomplishment.
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I am one of the biggest Charger
fans around, so I am not trying to bash the Chargers. It just gets old to hear the same weak stuff after a team loses. “They didn’t win we beat ourselves”.
“If we played them 10 times we would win 8”. etc etc
Sometimes you just have to man up: The Jets beat us. And we only got to play them once, they beat us once and thats it. Excuses are for losers. Since we were the losers this week I guess we can make some, but the fact is we got beat.
We lost the game
Beat ourselves I can’t be convinced otherwise because Kaeding had a crappy outing and it wasn’t the same team. I give them some credit but not all of it.
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Those aren’t excuses. Saying the better team won would be excusing their poor play that led to this loss. Saying they beat the Jets 8/10 times is just acknowledging just how badly they played on Sunday to lose this time. We aren’t making excuses. Furthest thing from it.
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by Richard Wade on Jan 18, 2010 6:47 PM PST up reply actions
You are probably right
excuses is not the proper word for it.
But on Sunday the Jets beat us (the Chargers), we just have to man up and take it. Perhaps saying things that make less of the Jets victory make a lot of people feel better, but not me.
I don't think it should make anyone feel better
Does it feel better to choke or to give it your best and still get beat? You could probably have a whole fan post about that.
I'm the first person to admit that I'm wrong about a lot of things, but I'm going to be the last person to admit I'm wrong about what we're currently talking about.
There are a large
number of people who play sports, and are fans of teams, who do feel better by thinking that their loss was a fluke or just a bad game at the wrong time. It makes them feel good still “knowing” in their heart that they were (are) the better team but the sport gods just didn’t smile on them today.
Part of being the better team or player is not choking when it counts the most.
It doesn’t make me feel better either. If anything the fact that they blew this game rather than playing their best and losing makes it worse.
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by Richard Wade on Jan 18, 2010 8:22 PM PST up reply actions
This.
If the Jets straight-up out played the Chargers, it’d be easier to handle and accept. But we know the Chargers could, and more importantly should have won, and instead imploded.
We can know
that we could and should have won all we want, but we will be watching the Jets play in the AFC Championship this weekend.
Which, again, makes it worse. This is complaining not excusing.
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by Richard Wade on Jan 19, 2010 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Their magical ability to make kickers miss field goals without actually touching the ball is amazing.
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by Richard Wade on Jan 17, 2010 10:28 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
This.
The Jets have gotten lucky twice in a row now. It makes me sick to my stomach to root for it to happen a third time, so I’m going to feel even sicker and root for Manning. The Colts are our bitch, and if we cant take them in the playoffs I want them to go all the way.
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by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 3:15 AM PST up reply actions
Yea...
Because keeping Rivers out of the End Zone, which directly led to all of those failed field goals, has nothing to do with the defense right?
The better team won, get over it.
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-E
by tito (eight and oh) on Jan 18, 2010 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Ah, it does.
But certainly not as much as the numerous false starts and runs up the gut with LT.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 18, 2010 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
Great teams...
Do not allow the refs to dictate the game.
The Jets were the better team, man up and give them there due.
"With the game on the line. I want the ball in my hands."
-E
by tito (eight and oh) on Jan 18, 2010 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
Oh yeah, they were
But they SHOULDN’T have been. That is what is infuriating about this game— nobody can figure out WHY San Diego didn’t show up at the game.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 18, 2010 10:47 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I did not expect a replay of the Patriots game 3 years ago.
I give the Jets that they played a smarter, more controlled game than we did. Otherwise… 4 trips to the divisional round with nothing to show for it. And in 2 of those four losses, we threw up all over ourselves, playing our worst game of the season when it matters most. I have a sneaking suspicion I will be more angry re-watching for the review of this game than I am right now.
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by Jeff (sliderockmpc) on Jan 17, 2010 5:51 PM PST reply actions
Well, I guess you're professional duties compel you to
Sorry, that should have been a Reply below…. Too stunned to get the details right.
By the way, nice job on those game reviews throughout the year.
There's a good reason the playoffs bring out the worst
Because then you’re playing the best teams…
Good point -- on the whole.
But I STILL don’t consider the Jets ALL that GOOD, actually. A shade above mediocre. Yes, they beat us today, and they deserve credit; but we beat ourselves: penalties, the 2nd Rivers interception, and 2 of Kaeding’s misses. We were below mediocre.
Now if the Jets win the Super Bowl, I’ll take that back and say, hey, they were better than I/we thought and certainly peaking at the right time….
b/c they have nothing to lose
they’re playing hard. if these lose in the playoffs its with (1) a rookie QB and (2) rookie coach.
no one will blame them.
for us we’ve been fighting over firing and letting players/coaches go left and right.
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#! Defense and rushing attack. You call it mediocre.
I call it a winning formula in the postseason. No respect at all.
You have the media fellating y'all
what more do you want? You’re on our site boasting after a loss, we’re not gonna give you a damn ticker-tape parade.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
Every analyst picked against us...
so if that’s what you call fellatio, you must get some toothy blowjobs.
by mad science on Jan 17, 2010 10:00 PM PST up reply actions
I respect the Jets for playing well enough to get to this point
(even though they got there by Indy’s throwing in the towel in Week 16 and the Bengals giving a half-assed effort in Week 17), INCLUDING playing well enough to win today; BUT the Chargers choked. No other way to put it.
Now of course the Jets had something to do with that, but the way we played today we might not have beaten, gasp, any team in the NFL which had more than 5 wins all season. Our other 3 losses this season were to the Broncos, Steelers, and Ravens, and offensively this was the worst game we played all season.
Defensively, it was not; but despite the Jets “#1 running game” (according to # of yards only), the Jets are not exactly an offensive powerhouse, so that no doubt had something to do with our good defensive effort.
If you want to think (and assert/argue) that the Jets played a “great” game, that’s your right, but I’ll stick by my above comment. And, again, if you win it all, obviously my respect will grow….
(And, in fact, then maybe I’ll feel less crappy about this loss…. But don’t think I’ll be rooting for the Jets: I can’t stand Peyton Manning, so I don’t know about next week; but I’ll be rooting for the Saints all the way…. If you can shut down the Chargers, Indy, and then the Saints or the Vikings, you can bet you’ll have EVERYONE’s respect.)
So its pretty obvious we need a ground game
Who to draft?
Toby Freaking Gerhart.
Nobody stops that guy.
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Thats what Im thinking
we reallly should
by slolobdill44 on Jan 17, 2010 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
I still think we can win with no running game
But if the Colts, with an even worse running game, lost next week, I’ll change my mind.
The thing is, however good Rivers may be, he's still no Manning
In terms of field presence and command
by slolobdill44 on Jan 17, 2010 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
Rivers is getting up there
He is an elite QB i know he didn’t lead us to a win but he is the leader of this team and a great QB
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by Dude52089 on Jan 17, 2010 5:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
I think it’s harsh to put him on the Dolts list today. He had the one bad pass that was picked, but you can’t fault him on the other one. Rivers kept this team in against a tough D.
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I give him an Almost-Dolt.
One pick— the Revis “no-way-did-that-just-happen” out of Floyd’s hands— wasn’t strictly his fault, but it’s what happens when you challenge (I now concede that Revis is) one of the league’s elite corners. The pick by Leonhard was abysmal judgement.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
But if that was the only problem the Bolts win this game
He carried the team this year and in this game. The D showed up big, but they were in this without a running game. Every QB makes some mistakes, especially when the opposing D doesn’t have to worry about the run. He played pretty well today, good enough to win in my opinion.
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He's good enough to win any game he plays
Just had a bad game this year.
yes
but you have to actually let your QB pass while the momentum is still on our side. i will never understand how they were 3 and 7 and they gave the ball to LT and ran him up the middle, in the first half when rivers was still connecting with multiple receivers.
damn, watching LT's press conference
Is like watching a field of chickens being slaughtered
At least he isn't calling them out over a lack of class
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
Well, it seems the words of Marmalard proved prophetic
The Chargers did, in fact, play like a “willy-nilly band of complacent dicktwirlers.”
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I read this post but don't comment.
Nate Kaeding has forced me to today. It’s clear the guy has bad nerves when it matters. 3 missed FGs is in the playoffs is unacceptable. Should he be back?
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Maybe, if you had the last pick in the draft ...
… you could get a quality kicker with it? Worked for us.
Yes
If you should’ve gotten anything from this weekend, it’s that kicking in the NFL is really hard to do. Nate’s one of the best.
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by John Gennaro on Jan 17, 2010 6:00 PM PST up reply actions
Totally
Cause you can’t judge a guy on only 3 kicks, out of a few hundred.
When he does this for 4 games in a row, then we can cut him
like nick folk
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well
the 57 yard one was tough
just the 36/40 yard FGs hurt a lot
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
You're allowed those once in a while.
Shame he saved them for now.
Have you looked at his record in the playoffs? He has missed more kicks than he’s made. I honestly don’t care if he is 100% in the regular season…the guy has nerves in the playoffs. Unacceptable. I hate losing to inferiors teams. And we can thank Nate (at least partially) for some of that.
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Absolutely.
You can’t give up on a guy because he had the worst game of his career when it mattered. Bad day. Let’s move on, hopefully he will too.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
Three strikes and you're out (maybe)
That’s two choke-jobs against the Jets in the playoffs. Yes, the first one was when he was a rookie, and these today weren’t even at the end of the game for the tie or the win; but if he does this again next year (or the year after that?), you have to consider replacing him….
Carney was great here, if you remember, and we let him walk…. Kaeding was an upgrade, apparently…. One could TRY to upgrade again…. But probably not this off-season…. I’d give him another chance…. (But not another and another ad infinitum….)
I woudl find it weird to judge him
On one specific game when he plays in 17. 16/17 awesome games isn’t enough?
Next year Kai Forbath out of UCLA will be in the draft...
Best collegiate kicker I have seen in some time
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by CaDuck on Jan 17, 2010 6:07 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
+1. Agreed, Duck.
He was the one reliable source of offense for the Bruins this season.
33 Wins. Yeah, I said it.
Oh yeah, the good ones have to go sometime
But Kaeding is still a very young guy and he can be a prolific elite kicker for many more years
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
see above
I don’t care if the guy is 100% in the regular season. The guy has missed more kicks than he’s made in the playoffs. Cut this one loose and move on, regardless of how good he is. FYI….he shanked those kicks today. SHANKED THEM.
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I saw those kicks, Canucklehead.
Way to leap to a snap judgement.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:12 PM PST up reply actions
easy bro. i’m not jumping on anything. i read this blog but never comment, but kaeding choke job was too much. i just don’t see how regular season record should matter considering the guy crumbles under pressure…
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He’d made his last six post season attempts. He missed two today. The one wasn’t a miss so much as him just not having the leg to hit a 57 yarder.
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by Richard Wade on Jan 17, 2010 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
just don't forget
all the games we won because of him. maybe we let him go and we don’t have a postseason? i think better coaching could make the difference with him.
dude
i got issued a warning for using profanity. so starring out curse words is ok? haha
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At least it shows effort.
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by John Gennaro on Jan 17, 2010 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
i apologize.
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im a newbie here just to watch the game
but im hearing profanity isnt allowed
some people have been banned i think
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
the weather outside perfectly suits the mood around here
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
by shaqfor3 on Jan 17, 2010 6:00 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
it is going to rain for four days
good
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Yeah. It will apparently suit the mood all week
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Who roots for the Lakers?
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
oh, nevermind
i thought you SD fans were Lakers fans even if they were from LA
by desecrator09 on Jan 17, 2010 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
SD loves basketball
like LA loves football.
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I'll look at the sports section next on draft weekend.
OK, fine, I’ll take a peek in the first week of March to see who’s been cut. TBH, I hate sports. I like football because it’s a great game: so many moving parts doing so many different interdependent things at the same time. Nothing else comes close: soccer’s boring, basketball and hockey don’t put enough bodies out there, baseball’s all about individual effort. So this was my sports season. Well, I might catch the girls playing volleyball while I rollerblade South Mission, but you know what I mean.
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by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 3:29 AM PST up reply actions
basketball and LA are terrible
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by Axion on Jan 17, 2010 6:06 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
how?
b/c LA Lakers wins championships?
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I didn't say Lakers did I?
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lakers is what the post was about
assumption = lakers.
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No
It was about LA and basketball, unless you’re replying to the wrong comment. Either way, you’re mistaken.
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then explain why
LA and basketball = terrible?
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because only part of it smells like urine is the best retort and it’s boring to watch, not to mention fixed.
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haha ok
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San Diego and LA are different fanbases
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
yeah but SD doenst have a basketball team
im surprised they dont root for the Lakers more, like how LA doesnt have a football team but they root for the Chargers
by desecrator09 on Jan 17, 2010 6:12 PM PST up reply actions
lot of people are just football fans
plus they dont like LA
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
no one likes the rams in LA
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I wouldn't watch basketball if you paid me...
let alone the lakers. basketball has got to be the most boring sport to watch.
Seriously, I’d rather watch golf. Or curling.
by Sinister Duck on Jan 17, 2010 6:10 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
golf isn't a sport
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I do watch curling. I also play curling.
Damn good at it two. I beat a bunch of Finns one time.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:10 PM PST up reply actions
*too
Argh, my normally immaculate typing is shaken.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
Curling.
The pride of Canada.
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don't forget ice lacrosse
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I have to agree.
I really cannot watch the NBA. I just can’t do it.
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I dont honestly know.
For some reason, every time I try and watch I just cannot take interest in it.
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Not I
I don’t root for Kobe. Sorry. Never will. And Phil is a fraud with all his zen stuff. Sure, you’ve got to do a good job when you’ve got the most talent in the league, but he’s only proven that he’s good with a loaded deck…. Still GOOD with that loaded deck, granted….
none of those HOF players won a title til he was the head coach
that argument is the most BS knock on Phil ever.
by desecrator09 on Jan 17, 2010 6:10 PM PST up reply actions
Nothing the matter with taking the (relatively) "easy" path,
but one just has to acknowledge that’s what Phil did — with taking the Lakers job. Now if he’d gone to a place like the Knicks and taken a previously bad team to the playoffs (not necessarily even advancing far into them), I would respect his coaching ability a lot more.
It’s like the Yankees winning the World Series: they still have to do it, but with that payroll and all the players they can have/buy with it, they SHOULD contend for it every year. Does that mean Joe Torre is a nothing-manager? Of course not. Does that mean Phil Jackson is a bad coach? Hell no. That’s not what I’m saying.
Is he a better coach than Red Auerbach now that he has won more titles?… MAYBE. But does it mean that Phil Jackson and Red Auerbach are the best coaches of all time because they’ve won the most titles?… It does not. (Given how many more teams there are now, Jackson may have even been a better coach BEFORE he surpassed Auerbach….)
but...
he did take the bulls to the NBA finals
before with doug collins they had failed many times to get past the celtics and pistons…when he took the reins they finally did…
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
indeed
also…credit goes to getting pau gasol for absolutely nothing.
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this is true
I can’t argue with that; I know my position is not the usual one: I also know I used the word “fraud” above, but that’s not with respect to Phil as an overall coach.
And maybe it was unfair: I just think sometimes he uses that approach, and other times he doesn’t. That’s cool, and maybe totally appropriate. He’s just not that way all the time, which makes him hypocritical to SOME extent….
Hey, we’re all imperfect (and probably even hypocritical) to one extent or another…. I’m interested in Buddhism and the zen philosophy, and even though I’m hardly a good practitioner myself, I’m maybe more attuned to it than I “should” be when it comes to how it’s supposedly being applied to a professional team sport….
i kinda agree
in a professional sport, a zen philosophy cannot be completely applied. in some cases you need to give players an earful if they are not doing their job or something like that…
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
Sorry. I always treated San Diego and LA as two very far fan bases
Which is kinda silly.
…do Sacramento fans root for the Niners?
Yeah... a lot do. It gets pretty annoying.
The nor cal press pushes it down the citizens’ throats. Well, that was in the 80’s when the niners were good. But even nowadays, the bay area teams get all the Sactown media coverage with an exception of the Sac Kings.
33 Wins. Yeah, I said it.
#FireNorv is already trending on Twitter
and there are two separate groups on Facebook indicting Kaeding. Who deserves it more?
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time to watch the golden globes!!
just kidding
i hate those meaningless award shows….
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
Seriously.
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all those celebrites can go jump off a cliff for all i care
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
Bengal Fan
I’ll trade Grahm for Kaeding and throw in a bucket of chilli for some fish taco’s
Throw in Ced Ced?
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:13 PM PST up reply actions
For everyone saying kaeding should be gone
Acee tweeted
Will Kaeding will be back next season?>Yes. Most accurate kicker in NFL history. Had made 6 straight in p’offs
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define irony?
the former quaterbaks coach, for the bolts. was fired out of thin air. which cascaded into the roulete of coaching changes for us. comes back as the jets OC and beats his fomer employer , with less toys at his disposal.
great job Brian Schottenhiemer!
The peanut gallery has spoken!!!
if sanchez had stayed at USC
or Caldewell not tossed the game in indy
this might be a different situation…trippy
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
Withthis Offense
The kicker shouldn’t be in position to lose the game for us. The Chargers played without discipline or maturity, and it cost them. To me, at least, this looked like the pats 2006 all over again. I want to say the lack of discipline is on Norv, but at some point the players are responsible for themselves and somebody has to step up. Looked like Coop was trying to get people chilled out but the emotion got the better of the team. I feel like we need somebody to be a leader in these situations and the existing players and coaches don’t seem to have it. I can only give blame to poor execution, and though that comes from the top I still feel Norv is our best bet, though I would rather have him at OC. And people ought to lay off Kaeding; I’m pissed at him but he’s still the best we’re going to get and one of the best in the game. Hell of a day.
by aesimpleton on Jan 17, 2010 6:25 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I want LT back in 2010
I just hope this isn’t LT’s last game for the Bolts. It would be a horrible way to go out.
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he'll be back...if he's playing for coupons
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I want to agree
But football isn’t about sentimentality. It’s a business, and keeping LT is likely a poor decision. We need to pick up a bruiser in the draft, and otherwise focus on defense, I think.
he's going to run screens?
too slow now. sproles is better than he is
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3rd down runner?
Goal line back?
I’d like to keep him but at reduced price maybe im just a homer :-p
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don't get me wrong. i like him too
but he’s not worth anything anymore in this offense.
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I don't see a place for him
I don’t know that we keep Sproles or LT, but with our O Line specializing in pass protection we need a back that can break some tackles. Sproles can squeeze underneath but it’s unreliable. LT just doesn’t have it anymore. We have guys to run screens and there are more options for third down back than just these two.
LT HAS been great, but no more.
He should retire and spend time with his wife and new baby.
He was wonderful in his prime, and it stinks that he won’t get a ring, but a lot of great players don’t; and he’s just not effective enough.
he can be 3rd string RB teaching the new guys.
and get paid like a 3rd stringer
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He should retire immediately.
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by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 3:33 AM PST up reply actions
LT
will be a great dad he really will and he has great taste in woman
okay i have cereal palsy arhrtis and chronic fatiue as well i have a grea life loveing folks some days are better that other days i got a make a wish in 2001 saw my favorive team the broncos was the trip of the lifetime i wish everyone couild gotten to enjoy that with me i know some of u hate the broncos and that ok but i bleed organ and bule reseident broncos fan for ap lol denver will rise again
He always struck me as the type to pull a Barry Sanders anyhow
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:33 PM PST up reply actions
He cant anymore.
Barry Sanders retired when he was perfectly productive.
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730 yds and 12 TDs behind a battered line is pretty productive
but he’s definitely not in Vintage LT mode anymore
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:39 PM PST up reply actions
lol
LT’s being marked down? Aj hopes he’ll leave, so he doesn’t look like a jerk for “releasing” him. LOL hes’ doing the same thing he did with Brees.
The peanut gallery has spoken!!!
marked down?
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responding to the comment playing for coupons
.. since he’s due 5 mil next year. i found it interesting LT’s situation kida’ parallels Brees.
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gotcha.
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that was disappointing
Nothing more disappointing than being the only team with a bye to lose in the playoffs this weekend.
Nothing.
what sucks is
this was our year to go far because we also didn’t have to play in sh*tty cold ass weather
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You know what would be therapy for me right now?
Taking a bat to every troll I see, even on their own sites.
God, I’m pissed that people are having a chuckle at our expense
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It's funnier that they need to do that
to get a lift. Sad souls.
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Name of the game
Just ignore them, as much as possible. They take pleasure in others’ pain only because they lack self-respect and wish to bring others to their level.
+2
they look for reaction
insulting them back is feeding them
i remember when one of my team’s lost a crucial playoff game, droves of trolls came to the blog….i went off on all of them
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
i feel ya sbrop25
i really do i had my heart broken by the raiders and chiefs this year i know u are hurting
okay i have cereal palsy arhrtis and chronic fatiue as well i have a grea life loveing folks some days are better that other days i got a make a wish in 2001 saw my favorive team the broncos was the trip of the lifetime i wish everyone couild gotten to enjoy that with me i know some of u hate the broncos and that ok but i bleed organ and bule reseident broncos fan for ap lol denver will rise again
You gotta feel for LT man
those reports are jackasses too. They was like, “Is it dissapointing that you said this was the best team you’ve been on and the best shot for you to win a Super Bowl, and now you lose in the first game?” ROFL, you think???
yeah
the reporters are idiots
it would be funny if someone went off on one of them…
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
F*CKIN' DON'T TALK TO ME, ALL RIGHT?
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:42 PM PST up reply actions
Ryan Leaf? Is that you?
On BFTB? You just singlehandedly brought down the IQ of BFTB by 30 %
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by CaDuck on Jan 17, 2010 6:43 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
stories everywhere
I’ll look for more stuff Monday but here’s what’s being written a few short hours later:
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/34912617/ns/sports-nfl/
http://mrsportsblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/936/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100118/ap_on_sp_fo_ga_su/fbn_jets_chargers
http://sayow.blogspot.com/2010/01/disappointment-relief.html
Here's a story:
Flag, Flag, Interception, Flag, Flag, Interception, Missed Tackle, Flag, Flag, Flag, Flag, Flag, Flag, Flag, Flag, Flag, Flag, Flag, Flag, Flag, Flag, Flag, Flag.
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by CaDuck on Jan 17, 2010 6:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Look
You all can tell me over and over and over that Kaeding is the most accurate kicker in history and I may believe you, but that still won’t change the fact that he’s a failure and that I hate him and that I hate you for defending the failure who cost us another post season.
Also, he’s also very accurate at choking.
by Dex on Jan 17, 2010 6:46 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
What are your thoughts on Trevor Hoffman?
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:48 PM PST up reply actions
this kaeding situation
is reminiscent of Broxton against the phillies last year in a way
dominant in the regular season but has had struggles in the post season
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
damn broxton.
I bomb atomically, Socrates' philosophies
and hypothesis can't define how I be droppin these
mockeries, lyrically perform armed robbery
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and shane victorino
and carlos ruiz
and chase utley
and ryan howard
and jayson werth
and chan ho park
and raul ibanez
screw them all…
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
+infinity
And screw them for making me root for the Yankees in the WS.
by desecrator09 on Jan 17, 2010 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
-1 for this
I bomb atomically, Socrates' philosophies
and hypothesis can't define how I be droppin these
mockeries, lyrically perform armed robbery
Flee with the lottery, possibly they spotted me
Battle-scarred shogun, explosion when my pen hits
tremendous, ultra-violet shine blind forensics
yeah i know
but he gave me a -1 for sayin I hate the Yankees lol.
by desecrator09 on Jan 17, 2010 7:01 PM PST up reply actions
but you said
you rooted for the yankees
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
this
I bomb atomically, Socrates' philosophies
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mockeries, lyrically perform armed robbery
Flee with the lottery, possibly they spotted me
Battle-scarred shogun, explosion when my pen hits
tremendous, ultra-violet shine blind forensics
haha ..no i'm not a yankees fan
i would never EVER root for the yankees no matter what the cost.
I bomb atomically, Socrates' philosophies
and hypothesis can't define how I be droppin these
mockeries, lyrically perform armed robbery
Flee with the lottery, possibly they spotted me
Battle-scarred shogun, explosion when my pen hits
tremendous, ultra-violet shine blind forensics
im kinda regreting that last part
routing for yankees just seems wrong…next time i shall know better
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
my anger of over the NLCS loss
is what drove me to that extreme
anger=provokes irrationality
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
i hate it when victorino smiles.
just as much as i hate it when hines ward smiles
I bomb atomically, Socrates' philosophies
and hypothesis can't define how I be droppin these
mockeries, lyrically perform armed robbery
Flee with the lottery, possibly they spotted me
Battle-scarred shogun, explosion when my pen hits
tremendous, ultra-violet shine blind forensics
Yeah I don't care about history
Not Norv’s, not Kaeding’s. Just today, and what went wrong.
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
You couldn't have put it better!
What is the point of having the most accurate kicker in the world if he can’t hit them in the playoffs??? That’s the difference between winners and losers. Guys who have rings and guys who don’t . Thank god I don’t watch the Pro Bowl because it would make me puke to have to see that gutless choke artist kicking!!!
Nate Kaeding is the real life Ray Finkle!!!
that sucked, but i blame norv
Yes, Kaeding had a horrible game
But, this was a coaching match up
I got a D that can stop your O vs. I got an O you cannot stop
Well, Rex won that
Norv out analyzing the pile on Cro’s almost lost fumble on the kick return just showed me he was panicked. Like Marty in Jets game he lost, where he ran out on the field.
We have Rivers, with decent protection with Gates, VJ, Malcom, pass catching HB and TB’s and THIS is the best game you can call? Sickening.
When Norv called for a FG
he wanted it through the uprights. Was it his fault for not specifying that?
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
I am saying our O was better than there D
It should not have come down to some missed FG’s.
Norv also wasn’t calling for idiotic penalties to keep putting our offense in a hole
Coaches coach, but players have to execute. No excuse for false starts, delay of game, unsportsmanlike conduct (on both Jackson and Phillips) These guys have been in the league a few years now They need to know better
by DCB on Jan 17, 2010 6:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Not a Chargers fan, but wanted them to win
Really seemed to be about 4-5 bad plays were the difference….Chargers with more talent and more experience. Just didn’t score early and put the pressure on the Jets to pass more. San Diego, great place to live and I expect free agents to be very interested in coming there to help put them over the top and get the trophy.
by donniethelion on Jan 17, 2010 6:54 PM PST up reply actions
Anyone else see Shonn Green do the LT touchdown celebration?
Way to disrespect one of the best running backs ever.
Did he? That bastard
Now I’m glad we didn’t draft a punk like him
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 6:52 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I saw that allright.
Who needs the pistol when you have the TaZeR? Kenjon Barner, the Ducks officially licensed tazer since 2009.
He did the pose
LT has been doing when he gets in the endzone: lacked class….
But if Weddle had tackled him, he wouldn’t have gotten there; but he did run over Weddle and outrun everyone else…. Given ALL our mistakes, that was THE one play we couldn’t afford…. VERY hard to blame the D, though….
Completely jacked up.
Yeah i saw that and was like wtf…is this rookie serious? I thought I hated Giants fans…but the shit I’ve heard over the last three hours from these fans is unbelievable. Seriously…weren’t these guys almost eliminated if the Colts hadn’t tanked that game?
Spreading that Calgary Flames, Montreal Expos, The U, and Orlando Magic love.
Weddle popped Greene with a needless shoulder in back...
after Shonn pulled up in the endzone. Then he did the LT celebration. Watch the video again, but I call a dick move on Weddle or whoever pushed him while his back was turned. What were you guys called for 4 unsportsmanlike conduct penalties during the game?
by mad science on Jan 17, 2010 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
Ya
That was Cromartie who did the cheap shot on Green and im not excusing him from that. Trust me Cromartie is my least favorite player on the chargers and has an IQ of about 20. It still doesn’t give Shonn Green the right to mock and disrespect LT like that.
do you have one for 11+?
Chargers ran out of toes by the 3rd quarter.
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
Hmmm,
You are going to have to find some inbred redneck from Alabama. Ask Phillip, he may know one.
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I'd prefer something
with more blood.
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
There's a case to be made
That they started shooting off the toes of friends and close relatives too.
I'm the first person to admit that I'm wrong about a lot of things, but I'm going to be the last person to admit I'm wrong about what we're currently talking about.
Typical day for us charger fans
Chargers lose on a January Playoff game for the FIFTH STRAIGHT FREAKIN YEAR!
I wish AJ smith would go
Reppin SD (Z-G)
Take your lithium, Zacky Boy
AJ is the reason the team even contended in the first place…
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 7:02 PM PST up reply actions
SUPERBOWL MATTERS MOST
NOT FREAKIN GETTING IN THE PLAYOFFS AND LOSING IN JANUARY FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS
Reppin SD (Z-G)
Losing in January would be a godsend
for the Lions, the Browns, etc.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 7:23 PM PST up reply actions
Jerry Jones doesn’t take it from his coaches. Wade’s probably out of Big D cause he didn’t make it to the Conference Championship…winning division titles don’t cut it for championship teams. I think Norv’s run his course. Just my opinion though. Never liked the hiring from Day 1.
Spreading that Calgary Flames, Montreal Expos, The U, and Orlando Magic love.
Hindsight is a bitch.
And to think we could’ve hired Sexy Rexy.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
Whatever.
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the cheerleaders!
by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 3:39 AM PST up reply actions
AJ's not the problem IMO.
The players assembled should have been good enough to beat this team.
I’m really getting tired of this brand of non-sense.
Bolts from the Blue // "He looks like a catfish" - Nick Hardwick on Brandon Siler
Bloody Elbow // " looks like your comment violated rule #4. and it’s a heck of a rule, rule #4" - Kid Nate
by Richard Wade on Jan 17, 2010 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
sorry guys
i wanted u to win today
okay i have cereal palsy arhrtis and chronic fatiue as well i have a grea life loveing folks some days are better that other days i got a make a wish in 2001 saw my favorive team the broncos was the trip of the lifetime i wish everyone couild gotten to enjoy that with me i know some of u hate the broncos and that ok but i bleed organ and bule reseident broncos fan for ap lol denver will rise again
So did we.
Appreciate the sentiments, though.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 7:02 PM PST up reply actions
they are a mediocre team.
with a mediocre QB and nothing to lose.
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that bubble will burst soon
no way will they beat the colts too…
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
by shaqfor3 on Jan 17, 2010 7:09 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
apparently, a W is not a W
when it’s against us? i’m still sick this morning from our loss yesterday, but the jets managed the game well, even when we were stopping their offense cold. it’s like they were biding their time. they may be a mediocre team, but we are the ones who played like a mediocre team yesterday. congratulations to sanchez and the jets. they earned it yesterday. i hope they go on and ruin manning’s weekend to get him back for indy giving them a pass.
My take...
This was a very good team who got in over their heads on this game. The number of stupid preventable mistakes was astounding and I believe demoralizing. Sorry to say, but I believe kicking that flag was the symbolic death nail for this game. Yes, the drive still resulted in a touchdown, but it revealed the lack of cohesion on the team. Can you imagine a man like VJ, with such talent and physical tools making a stupid judgment call like that? Shaun Phillips? Head butting? My lord… So, in the end, the lack of fundamental character led to the team playing below its talents.
Still, this was a very good team that made a very good run and was very fun to be involved with these last months. Thank you Chargers – see you next year!
by Chilango on Jan 17, 2010 7:09 PM PST reply actions
I think that's an overstatement
I just watched the game again. The delay and false start penalties hurt a lot in the first half. That, along with the missed 36 yd FG really hurt. Jets seemed to make some adjustments at half time and eliminated what little running game was left and got more heat on Rivers. I think the FG, penalties, and the better adjustments by the Jets was what made a difference.
I think the kicked flag cost some time that MAY have given the Bolts another possession if they could stop the Jets last drive.
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then give up. There's no use in being a damn fool about it." ---W.C. Fields
if you don't want people to make fun of it
Don’t have a TD celebration – hand the ball to referee like LT used to say he always did and for his first 4-5 years.
Ron Rivera for Cal Head Coach. I'm a one man movement!
by bringbackbuddytrees on Jan 17, 2010 7:11 PM PST reply actions
Respect is earned
If it wasn’t LT’s dance, I wouldn’t have a problem with someone from another team mocking a players dance. LT is a different story though, he’s had one of the best careers for a runningback ever and has earned that respect. Shonn Green just showed what a classless person he truly is.
San Diego Super Chokers
or faggot Super Sparklers if you will. It’s time for ust to take the AFC West back.
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Jan 17, 2010 7:11 PM PST reply actions
Oh by the way
Refs get a Dolt too. They absolutely blew a lot of calls and called the ticky-tack crap.
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"Ah act the way ah feel." --Elvis Presley
San Diego
where blackouts happen in 2010. You guys aren’t loyal. You can’t even hold the jocks of Chiefs fans in terms of loyalty
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Jan 17, 2010 7:12 PM PST reply actions
Queer Felipe
ERRR Philip Rivers looks like Augusta Gloop when he pouts on the sidelines. What a putz
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Jan 17, 2010 7:14 PM PST reply actions
I apologize in advance to Richard, John, Zach, Jeff, Steve, Andy, Sam, and creanium
for what I may say on here.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 7:17 PM PST up reply actions
To bite the head off of?
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 7:19 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry. I had to go out for dinner. Ban coming down now.
Bolts from the Blue // "He looks like a catfish" - Nick Hardwick on Brandon Siler
Bloody Elbow // " looks like your comment violated rule #4. and it’s a heck of a rule, rule #4" - Kid Nate
by Richard Wade on Jan 17, 2010 10:40 PM PST up reply actions
We’re eleven trolls lighter now.
Bolts from the Blue // "He looks like a catfish" - Nick Hardwick on Brandon Siler
Bloody Elbow // " looks like your comment violated rule #4. and it’s a heck of a rule, rule #4" - Kid Nate
by Richard Wade on Jan 17, 2010 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
Yay.
"I aim to misbehave." - Mal Reynolds
by Zach (maestro876) on Jan 17, 2010 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
Hey!
All hail the angry Pomeranian.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
The downside to being a writer on here
Still get to see all the drivel, even after it’s hidden, heh.
I was thinking the exact same thing.
"I aim to misbehave." - Mal Reynolds
by Zach (maestro876) on Jan 17, 2010 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
I miss the drivel
I’m easily amused, especially by my own responses.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
I had a nice time
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
what happens with Norv, now? Kaeding has done this more than once, whats happens to him?
do we trade Merriman?
norv is staying. kaeding is staying. merriman is not going to be signed.
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mockeries, lyrically perform armed robbery
Flee with the lottery, possibly they spotted me
Battle-scarred shogun, explosion when my pen hits
tremendous, ultra-violet shine blind forensics
unless the players union sighns the CB contract, the players are under team control for one more year
meaning meeriman would be still controled by the chargers for one more year
a real picture of one of the trolls
<img src="http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/dan/trolls/dirtykeyboard.jpg"/>
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
this ones funny tho
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
by shaqfor3 on Jan 17, 2010 7:25 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
and wed. and thurs and fri.
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mockeries, lyrically perform armed robbery
Flee with the lottery, possibly they spotted me
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tremendous, ultra-violet shine blind forensics
some great weather to go with that too
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
time to focus on
basketball.
I bomb atomically, Socrates' philosophies
and hypothesis can't define how I be droppin these
mockeries, lyrically perform armed robbery
Flee with the lottery, possibly they spotted me
Battle-scarred shogun, explosion when my pen hits
tremendous, ultra-violet shine blind forensics
Is your last name Gelwix by any chance?
Zach in your username, Z-G in your sig, I thought maybe you might be a guy I know
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
I'm still in disbelief
at least I’ve had this thread to confine to ….
Our team was so mature, so in controll, so unphased all season, the team was unfocused, its like they all recieved bad news right before the game… Did the team dog die or something I mean WTF?
Kaeding is good, i agree that in this offense the kicker shouldn’t be the determining factor. I’m not a Norv ‘fan’ per-se, but I think he’s a pretty good coach, there were a few calls I didn’t like today. Crazy fake handoff play? Onside kick? Also, I"m as big of a Rivers fan as you’ll find, but I have no explanaiton for that 2nd pick he threw, i mean it was right to the defender, can anyone shed some light on that? Or was that just a random brainfart by #17?
Main thing for me, were the penalties. It all started with that high snap, i swear we hadn’t had a bad snap all year (from what I remember) that pretty much set the stage for this game. Phillips w/the headbutt, Jackson with the kick (although both of those were questionable, the ref’s probably shoulda swallowed their whistles) and the numerous false starts etc.
I’m confident we can have another great year next year, but all this hard work, for nothing.
RIP 2009 chargers
by TJB on Jan 17, 2010 7:36 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
what do you guys think about the leno/conan drama???
i think conan should keep his spot
it isnt right for leno to just tell him to move over since the whole thing was his idea….
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
Alright, later Crash
Don’t draft your LSU Tigers before they hatch!
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 7:50 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not
I am, however, picking on Glenn Dorsey, Tyson Jackson, and to a lesser extent Dwayne Bowe.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 8:02 PM PST up reply actions
lol well...
Dorsey actually had a real productive year for a 3-4 DE and showed a lot of improvement..
Jackson was a rookie but yeah not much from him…
Bowe has only had one bad season… too bad it was this one
Way to understate the obvious
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 7:57 PM PST up reply actions
Dolt to Norv...
Disagree. I think Norv does deserve some blame. Maybe most of it, but I’m not sure yet.
The play calling, with all the 1st down runs up the gut was designed to not lose the game, rather than to win it. Even before the game everyone was trying hard to not jinx themselves, based on the quotes I heard. The problem with that type of attitude is that when things go badly early on, everyone collectively tightens up and thinks to themselves, “oh no, here we go again”.
I’m thinking that a coach with more of a fire breathing attitude will help us post-season.
Someone with enough confidence to inspire confidence, not carefulness.
I credit Norv for his stick to it methodology for helping get us to the playoffs, but I’m thinking this isn’t enough. I was hoping that River’s passion and fire would make up for Norv’s conservative play calling, but I think that our coach’s attitude infected our players confidence and turned into a self-fullfilling prophesy.
Eric Weddle was no BOLT when Green ran right through him on his way to the game winning 54 year TD burst.
Just Glorious. This Bronco fan would like to extend a warm heartfelt thanks to the Jets for making my weekend. Hell, making the 2009 postseason a happy one.
I'm so angry at the Broncos right now.
by McGeorge on Jan 17, 2010 8:12 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
That was awful. He just got posterized.
And then Greene goes and rips off LT’s celebration? Absolutely classless.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 8:18 PM PST up reply actions
And by the way
If you’re going to extend congratulations to the Jets, do it on GGN.
Not many of them around here, don’cha know.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 17, 2010 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
Bring Back Tobin Rote, Keith Lincoln, Paul Lowe and Lance Alworth
I don’t know -- the Chargers should have been the better team here. Rivers proved that he is not yet an elite NFL QB. Norv didn’t step up as a coach and …… the rest of the team likewise didn’t display the urgency necessary for a team to put themselves in position to be an elite team.
Well said, and that's the bottom-line.
All the penalties. Dropped balls even by Gates. Kaeding’s misses…. WAY TOO MANY mistakes. And that’s how you lose a home game in the playoffs after the bye after having gone 13-3.
that was horrid.
So depressed after that choke job.
Go Saints i guess, hopefully brees can get his ring.
Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving.-Einstein
Yep, Go Saints!
They’re the only team left I can root for. Normally I would have been okay with the Vikings, and I don’t mind that they won today, but as much as I often like rooting for old guys (boy, I wish Tom Watson had won the British Open last year), Favre is just too annoying…. And I used to root FOR him when he was in GB (and still DO root for the Pack, as I went to grad. school in Milwaukee in the ’09’s…)….
So the question is
Should the Chargers actually be in a similar position next year, do they play for the number 3 seed just to avoid the bye? Oh wait, that didn’t work so well for the Patriots.
That doesn't have anything to do with it.
They just played like crap. No excuse. Hopefully they won’t do it again.
"I aim to misbehave." - Mal Reynolds
by Zach (maestro876) on Jan 17, 2010 9:30 PM PST up reply actions
Yes I realize circumstances were different
But the last time we had the first-round bye, we played with a ton of mistakes and again, we lost the game, the Jets/Patriots didn’t necessarily win the game.
Whereas when we actually need to play each week, the team keeps the momentum going.
Not sure what to tell you.
It’s baffling. Other teams come out just fine after byes, as we witnessed this weekend. Even the Colts, who historically struggle after them.
I don’t think we’ll ever know what happened. It’s just so out of character. It’s not like this team wasn’t in other similar, stressful situations this season. When they fell behind to the Giants, when the Cowboys and Bengals tied up the game late, they reacted much better. Especially towards the end of the game it seemed like they let their frustrations get the better of them—Jackson kicking the challenge flag, and whatnot. That’s why it’s so unusual, because they faced adversity earlier this season and responded so well.
Like I said, I just don’t think we’ll ever know what really happened.
"I aim to misbehave." - Mal Reynolds
by Zach (maestro876) on Jan 17, 2010 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
Beats me
I was convinced that this team was more mature, they had learned from their mistakes, and 2006/2007 was behind them. They finally had everything together this year and were firing on all cylinders.
Then they betray me like this and beat themselves out on the field, yet again. If we had straight up lost to the Jets, that would be one thing, but this is gut-wrenching. Apparently two weeks of nothing but practicing got the Chargers used to playing against themselves, and well, the Chargers lost to the Chargers today.
That's why it's so baffling.
Because they really seemed to have stopped all that, and proved it during the regular season. Then it’s like they forgot it all and went back to the way they were before.
I don’t know how you can fix it. I don’t think anyone can but them. Maybe enough repetitions will. That’s about the only thing. I mean, Indianapolis has gone to the playoffs 8 years in a row and won one title. They may yet win another, but it’s an example of how it can take a while. You have to be good, and you have to be lucky. Chargers weren’t good, and weren’t lucky today.
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by Zach (maestro876) on Jan 17, 2010 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
Next year
Make the playoffs. Expectations will be lower. We could go 16-0, and the sportswriters will be talking about how we don’t have a chance.
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the cheerleaders!
by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 3:44 AM PST up reply actions
i wanted this win for rivers.
the only one in his draft class with no ring AND he’s better then all of them.
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and hypothesis can't define how I be droppin these
mockeries, lyrically perform armed robbery
Flee with the lottery, possibly they spotted me
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tremendous, ultra-violet shine blind forensics
I wanted it for him, LT, the whole team, the city, for us, everyone.
Well, except for the Spanos family. That’s the one silver lining (but it’s not enough of one, that’s for sure).
Before today I was with you on Rivers being better than Eli or Big Ben, but now I’m afraid he just can’t be said to be ahead of Roethlisberger. Maybe on a par. I know Rivers has had two better regular seasons back-to-back, but Roethlisberger has two rings. Not every great QB can win a Super Bowl, and, heck, some mediocre ones have; but, with all the talent he has to work with, Rivers needs to at least get us there.
[Not that I’m blaming this loss on him — not at all; but his 2nd pick was devastating…. I guess it’s possible Gates was in the wrong there…. I don’t know…. Anyway, total team loss, although more on the offensive side of the ball (and of course Kaeding) than on the defensive side, Weddle’s missed tackle on the TD run not withstanding….]
LT for sure.
but i still think rivers is better than big ben.
i think rivers was affraid he was going to get sacked near the endzone so he just heaved it. poor ball awareness by gates.
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and hypothesis can't define how I be droppin these
mockeries, lyrically perform armed robbery
Flee with the lottery, possibly they spotted me
Battle-scarred shogun, explosion when my pen hits
tremendous, ultra-violet shine blind forensics
good game fellas
And it was a pleasure chatting it up with you guys on your board this week. You are very informed intelligent fans, and you do have a ton of talent on your team(although I must admit, I’m surprised at the ladanlian bashing on here, but hey, not my business). Nevertheless, good luck next year, I always root for you guys when your playing a game that doesn’t impact my beloved big blue.
And ill still play with you guys online on Madden ;)…..(btw anyone who plays with them on here, got a tip for you. Switch to the 4-3 and move Phillips and merriman to DE, and Castillo in the middle with J Williams. Phillips and merriman have a 99! Rating on the ends as opposed to the 80-somethings they are as backers. With Phillips, merriman, Castillo and Williams in the 4-3, your whole D-line is rated 90+; and they get to the QB with reckless abandon.). Try it out.
by wilddre22 on Jan 17, 2010 9:49 PM PST via mobile reply actions
They canned Marty
for the same loss.
Norv must go.
Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a baseball; inside of a dog, it is very dark.
--Groucho Marx.
No.
They canned Marty because his entire coaching staff left for other teams. Check your history. They originally had stated Marty would be coming back as the Coach of the Chargers, but when Cam and Wade left to coach other teams, well, there was no real reason left to keep Marty around.
It wasn't that they left
can’t blame a coach for losing assistant coaches after going 14-2. It was who he wanted to replace them with.
by Natrone Bomb on Jan 18, 2010 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
That was the final straw
But when the coaching staff left, that made Marty expendable. Spanos basically said, “okay, now with the rest of the staff gone, might as well get rid of Marty to resolve this constant conflict between AJ and Marty”
Wrong.
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by Richard Wade on Jan 17, 2010 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
I'm kinda messed up
I was at the game and have been drinking for WAY too long. But I’m re-watching the game(i like to really feel the pain) but the penalty on Jackson was so ridiculous. I thought he grew up after spiking the ball after the raider game a few seasons back. Nope. Thanks Jackson.
And of course, thank you Nate. I’m sorry I believed in you.
LT Style, Electric Glide
"It's all part of the plan." Jeff Moorad and The Joker in the Dark Knight.
"Just because you went to the Finals last year, you can’t go out on the floor and expect teams to lay down. We got no heart. You can only make so many excuses. Everybody has to come and play hard, not just one or two guys."-Matt Barnes
I thought All-Pro's were more clutch in the playoffs.
Extremely dissapointed is an understatement.I’m trying to be as calm as possible but I just can’t get over how badly this game resembles the one against the Pats.Is it me or was it almost all the same kind of Penalties that were called against us today as in that other game Florence/Phillips,Jammer/Jammer,and ofcourse Nate/Nate with his futility on pressure kicks.
I love this team,our team,MY team,but I’m disgusted with the way we gave this victory away.I’m drunk and just a tad bit stoned,so please excuse my harsh comments and attitude.I’m gonna drink another beer fucvk it.
I feel the most bad for LT.
He had a real shot this year. Sigh.
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by Zach (maestro876) on Jan 17, 2010 11:03 PM PST reply actions
Most of the other guys on the team will be around a while yet. He won't.
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by Zach (maestro876) on Jan 17, 2010 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah. Me too.
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by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 3:49 AM PST up reply actions
Dolt for Hardwick
When that snap went over Rivers’ head, I instantly felt the game slipping away. And that was the first drive! Almost every shotgun snap after that looked more like a soft lob, like he was afraid to put any kind of mustard on it.
And that seemed to be the case for the whole team. They played so “cautious,” like they were afraid to get beat. And we all know what happens to teams like that.
by Andy (allfield) on Jan 17, 2010 11:15 PM PST reply actions
They played so "cautious," like they were afraid to get beat. And we all know what happens to teams like that.
they make the playoffs and lose again.
such is the legacy chargers are leaving this decade.
Gary Potter: Harness in the good energy, block out the bad. Harness. Energy. Block. Bad. It's like a carousel. You put the quarter in, you get on the horse, it goes up and down, and around. Circular, circle. Feel it. Go with the flow.
Happy Gilmore: Psycho.
that's a good stat.
don’t tell the jets. the coach might use it to trick the players and fans into thinking they’re good.
Gary Potter: Harness in the good energy, block out the bad. Harness. Energy. Block. Bad. It's like a carousel. You put the quarter in, you get on the horse, it goes up and down, and around. Circular, circle. Feel it. Go with the flow.
Happy Gilmore: Psycho.
They are who we thought they were,and we let em off the hook!
if you wanna crown em,crown their asses!
by Gorditoe1 on Jan 17, 2010 11:23 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
this is how we play regarding a season.
vanilla —> awesome —> choke.
Gary Potter: Harness in the good energy, block out the bad. Harness. Energy. Block. Bad. It's like a carousel. You put the quarter in, you get on the horse, it goes up and down, and around. Circular, circle. Feel it. Go with the flow.
Happy Gilmore: Psycho.
ouch...
that just hit so hard… lol. the broncos may choke the hell out of the regular season, but we convince the world we will get a ring this year and… lay an egg.
kaeding gets most of my rage… but my god the play calling was so damned obvious. i said “run to the left, 2 yards…” and they did it. the only thing i didnt bloody call was revis and his hellishly good luck. sigh another year of waiting.
oh well… afterwards i got some consoling, i only hope you guys get some as well. cheers. and say hello to the worlds biggest colts fan everyone… at least for one game. i would prefer either NFC team at this point.
It's 3:45am here...
… and I can’t close my eyes without seeing that look on Kaeding’s face.
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by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 3:47 AM PST up reply actions
Nate's performance was so bad
even being a Dolt is too good today
by carneypower2005 on Jan 18, 2010 5:44 AM PST reply actions
Tough Loss
I am sorry for your loss. I feel for your place kicker as well. The poor b*gger looked like a deer on the highway after he missed the 3rd kick.
Although I have been a Canadian Steeler fan since ’71, I started lurking on bftb and on jetsblog.com after the Chargers/Jets drafted/signed Vaughn Martin and Jamaal Westerman respectively. I enjoyed reading what the fans and moderators had to say on both sites. When my Steelers got knocked out I decided I would root for both teams. I am sorry I am down to one team to cheer. I hope you get your chance for revenge next year.
by Cold_Old_Steelers_Fan on Jan 18, 2010 6:02 AM PST reply actions
it’s time the chargers fire norv turner. what are they waiting for? for rivers to turn 40? they already wasted time and let LT get washed up. they need a head coach to lead this talented bunch to a superbowl. way too much talent to be choking year after year.
Please explain to me
How it’s Norv’s fault Kaeding shanked all 3 field goals?
How it’s Norv’s fault the team committed 10 penalties?
How it’s Norv’s fault Rivers threw 2 interceptions? (the second pick was a complete lucky fluke that the ball never hit the ground and Revis just held on to it)
How it’s Norv’s fault Nick Hardwick snapped the ball over Rivers’ head?
They will say that the team wasn't disciplined enough
It was the first pick to be ticky tacky but trust me I am with you i don’t think Norv should be the Head Coach here.
The one and only AzDuck
it is really a combination of the players and the coach
but maybe it is time for Norv Turner to be done
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--Someone should slap Larry Brown and bring him back to reality..
I can't blame Norv completely
And people wanting his head when he’s done better then Marty ever did here is absolutely ridiculous.
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I assume most of you have jobs
You do a good job most of the time. Now, you have one bad day, is it time to fire you too?
when it's a high pressure situation
and something like if a big project rests on you (like how everyone relied on norv to win us some playoff games). and you f*ck up. you better know you’re getting fired.
he’s not a manager of mcdonald’s or something. he’s a coach that gets paid to us to the superbowl. and although winning games is one thing, he needs to take a team to the superbowl.
don’t get me wrong. norv did a good job this regular season. but, we didn’t even get to the afc championship game. notwithstanding penalties and nate the choker, norv had a few questionable calls.
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Happy Gilmore: Psycho.
Norv had a few questionable calls, yes.
But he alone did not cost the Chargers the game. It was a team effort to melt down like that.
i think he stays
if it happens again next year he WILL be gone cuz he will probably get some pretty good talent on the roster next year.The one I’m worried about leaving is RR,cuz I got to like his style.
this team is way too talented not to at least get to the superbowl. it’s the same result every year. why his game plan was different on sunday than it has throughout the course of the season is beyond me. in case you didn’t know, the way the nfl works, is that the head coach is accountable before anyone else. his play calling put his team in a position to have to kick field goals as opposed to extra points.
How was it his play calling though that caused Malcom Floyd to block in the back? Or for Jackson to kick the challenge flag? Or for Phillips to headbutt? Or all the false starts and delays of game? Or for Kaeding to go 0-for-3 on FGs?
It takes the whole team to win the game, and in this case, it took the whole team to lose the game as well. I’m not saying Norv is without blame at all, but he isn’t the only reason we lost this game, not by a long shot.
clearly the players need to show better discipline, but it’s the coach’s responsibility to make sure that they show it—along with better play execution. players should be held accountable as well, but norv, the head coah, carries the most responsibility.
They had shown discipline all year
And disciplined the last 2 years in the playoffs under Norv. For whatever reason, they came out and laid that steaming pile of crap. They’ve now played 6 playoff games in the last 3 seasons, and this is the first game where they genuinely beat themselves.
The Chargers averaged fewer than 5 penalties per game all season. They committed 10 yesterday. Please tell me how Norv is to blame for them being disciplined all season long, but then it all unravels in the first playoff game. Did he just tell the players, “well, we’re in the playoffs now, do whatever the hell you want, just try to not get caught”?
Marty, who had the reputation of control and leadership over his team, couldn’t keep his team in line and disciplined in the game against the Patriots. Yet everyone was scratching their heads when he was let go after the 14-2 season. Yet, why is Norv being run out of town already?
How long did it take Cowher to get the Steelers to win the Super Bowl?
this team has underachieved in the playoffs. are you going to blame the players every year? their play is a reflection of their coach’s ability to prepare them.
No. I'm not. I'm going to blame those that shoulder the blame
In yesterday’s game, it came down to about 85% the fault of the players on the field, and 15% coaching/play calling.
These players are responsible and accountable for their actions on the field. They aren’t children, they don’t have to be told by their father, “Now Shaun, it’s not nice to hit people.” It is their responsibility to make the plays and perform at the level to which we have become accustomed all season long, not go out and play like they did yesterday.
And as far as “underachieving in the playoffs”, well, see here.
Not to mention
Do you think that even they’d told Phillips not to head butt that it would have mattered. Seemed pretty spur of the moment to me. Same thing for Jackson’s kick of challenge flag, which seems in line with his bad decision making processes that got him in his off the field legal troubles.
I'm the first person to admit that I'm wrong about a lot of things, but I'm going to be the last person to admit I'm wrong about what we're currently talking about.
Apparently he (VJax) was stopped for speeding on his way to the game yesterday
But made it in time to get suited up and on the field
Not a Troll
Just a broncos fan with a question. Do you all think it’s time for Norv to go? I just moved from Dallas, where I’ve been telling people that Wade’s gotta get lost if they want a Ring. Great at regular season, can’t win in the playoffs. I kinda feel the same about Norv, but I’m not in the Charger scene like you guys. With all the talent your team has, hasn’t Norv shown he’s not the man to utilize it correctly and win the big one?
Oh, and every year people say the Chargers window has closed. And every year I find myself screaming at the T.V. as the Chargers continue to win.
by BroadwayBroncoFan on Jan 18, 2010 6:40 AM PST reply actions
Norv isn't the problem
In his three seasons with the Chargers, this is the first true stinker he’s had in in the playoffs. Up until this year, you could point to injuries as the biggest issue holding the Chargers back in the playoffs.
Yesterday’s game was very reminiscent of what happened in 2007 against New England: the Chargers beat themselves and lost a game they very well should and could have won, thanks to stupid mistakes, penalties, and bad playcaling.
During Norv’s tenure:
- He has gone 3-3 in the playoffs with the Chargers so far, compared to Schottenheimer’s 0-2 record.
- 2007-2008: Reached AFC Championship game, beating Titans and Colts. Lost to then-17-0 New England because Rivers had blown out his knee, Gates had a broken toe and LT had a bad knee as well.
- 2008-2009: Beat Colts in Wild Card game. Lost to the eventual Super Bowl-winning Steelers in Divisional round, in Pittsburgh (in January mind you). Again, injuries played a large part in the loss, as did the Steelers just being a better team that year.
- 2009-2010: Finished the season as the number-2 seed at 13-3. Lost to the Jets mostly due to 3 missed field goals, stupid penalties, turnovers and some bad playcalling.
Everyone gives the Chargers crap for firing Marty Schottenheimer after the 14-2 season (circumstances were different, but the analogy applies). So why would we fire Norv now after the team went 13-3 during the regular season?
It’s amazing how fickle and knee-jerk the NFL is. Just 2 days ago, fans and media alike were lamenting the fact that Norv didn’t have more consideration for the Coach of the Year award. Now people are calling for his head on a platter.
by creanium on Jan 18, 2010 6:56 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
why...
everything fell apart…
The first quarter, everything and everyone looked great. Then it got progressively worse each quarter.
A fluke INT off Jackson’s leg, 3 Kaeding Misses , only one of which was excusable, 4 stupid penalties, Cromartie letting Shonne Greene dash past him: seriously, look at the run. He just stood there waiting for Weddle to tackle him. Didn’t even make an effort. Why is it that the Jets don’t give up broken tackles? Because the TEAM goes after the ballcarrier. Don’t expect one guy to make a tackle. Go and help. Every down every play. Where was the run blocking? where was the Pressure on Sanchez? I know NY has a good line but damn…
I’m sorely dissappointed. I don’t know what to think. I seriously couldn’t sleep last night….
by Superduperboltman on Jan 18, 2010 7:57 AM PST reply actions
Nothing to add
I’m stunned, angry, sad, and tired. When do pitchers and catchers report?
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by matthewverygood on Jan 18, 2010 8:29 AM PST reply actions
i feel the same way
I can’t wait for baseball
--Gerald Wallace is the best player the Bobcats will have..... EVER
--Someone should slap Larry Brown and bring him back to reality..
If only...
There’s only one sport in my world, and it’s over until August. Three weeks out of my sportsfan life.
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the cheerleaders!
by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
There’s only one sport in my world, and it’s over until one glorious weekend in april.
by Natrone Bomb on Jan 18, 2010 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
I enjoy draft day(s) as well
It won’t be a weekend this year though, unless your lucky enough to have your weekend start on a Thursday. However, the draft isn’t so excited if you are only interested in what 1 team does.
I'm the first person to admit that I'm wrong about a lot of things, but I'm going to be the last person to admit I'm wrong about what we're currently talking about.
Hardly the same.
But yeah, I’ll check the news after the draft, see who we got.
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by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 19, 2010 6:37 AM PST up reply actions
HORRIBLE....
Just Horrible.
"It dont matter if you win or lose your still a loser... said the Chargers Fan"
I think we all know what's to blame
Why were they not wearing the power blues in the only game they’re guaranteed to have a chance to?
by Lenny Suckerpunch on Jan 18, 2010 9:19 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
THIS!!!!!!!
i was making that comment the entire damn game.
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When I saw that they had opted to wear the navy...
my heart sank.
DON’T MESS WITH SUPERSTITION when the stats back it up. Yes, it’s probably a fluke. No, it doesn’t matter that it’s a fluke: if the superstition is that the team “plays better” in their lucky powders, then they will, even the ones who say they don’t buy it.
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the cheerleaders!
by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
But not
in the alternate jerseys. The loss was in the AFL throwback jerseys
Exactly.
When was the last time they lost in alternates? I can’t even remember.
‘Course, it probably doesn’t hurt that they always bust out the alternates on Raider Week….
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by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
i still can't believe how they killed themselves with dropped passes, penalties, and missed field goals.
This is what always happens to my favourite teams they never can seem to win when it counts…… well maybe some other time….hopefully
--Gerald Wallace is the best player the Bobcats will have..... EVER
--Someone should slap Larry Brown and bring him back to reality..
condolences from the 2005 Colts
I guess now you know how Vandershank felt. The 2 most accurate kickers in NFL history turn into shankers in the playoffs. What can you do?
Hopefully next year we'll be the 2006 Colts!
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by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
We seem to be following the same trajectory. Weren’t the Raiders in a similar spot back in the ’70s?
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by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
People who have to go during the offseason:
LT. He’s too old to make an impact, and unless he signs extremely cheaply as a backup, the Chargers will let him walk.
Sproles. Can’t be a starter and would be prohibitively expensive.
Cromartie. I’m done with this guy. He’s a showboat loudmouth who hasn’t been able to “walk the walk” for two years. I’m prepared to tolerate a matador CB if he makes plays; Cro hasn’t. Maybe he can move to a city one of his kids lives in.
Merriman. He is no longer the emotional or statistical leader of this defense and English is slated to be his replacement. English is a bust in the making, but hey.
You can make an argument for Norv, too, but it won’t happen.
Banned from Arrowhead Pride... and Music City Miracles certainly don't like me very much, either.
"Ah act the way ah feel." --Elvis Presley
agree with all.
but i think cromartie is aighhtt..
Gary Potter: Harness in the good energy, block out the bad. Harness. Energy. Block. Bad. It's like a carousel. You put the quarter in, you get on the horse, it goes up and down, and around. Circular, circle. Feel it. Go with the flow.
Happy Gilmore: Psycho.
Think about it:
When’s the last time in two years you saw him give up on a play, or avoid making a tackle? And the time before that? And the time before that? Okay, three instances spring readily to mind, correct?
Think of three times in the last two years you saw him make costly penalties.
Think of three times in the last two years he’s done or said something outrageous, dumb, or outrageously dumb.
And now think of three times in the last two years when he performed like he did in 2007, with 10 picks, blanketing Randy Moss in the AFCCG, three INT’s off Peyton. He’s a shell of his former self and a problem child to boot.
Banned from Arrowhead Pride... and Music City Miracles certainly don't like me very much, either.
"Ah act the way ah feel." --Elvis Presley
by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 18, 2010 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
See, I think you've got too big a window there.
I can think of all sorts of that stuff from ‘08. But the ’09 regular season? Not much: a little. He was pretty awful in that Pittsburgh game, but last I checked we don’t play Pittsburgh next year.
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the cheerleaders!
by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe nothing grievously stupid or obvious
But his statistical line tells the story. 3 INTs, 10 passes defensed, 33 tackles. THIRTY-THREE! That’s tied with guys like Vonnie Holliday, Chris Hovan, and Rashean Mathis (who hurt his groin in week 10) for #399 in the NFL. That’s my biggest gripe with him— he can’t make a tackle.
Banned from Arrowhead Pride... and Music City Miracles certainly don't like me very much, either.
"Ah act the way ah feel." --Elvis Presley
by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 18, 2010 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
Cro's Gotta Go
Take a look at the lead photo on UT’s sports section for a telling illustration of what this guy is all about. I hope Fathead buys the rights to that image so I can stick it on my dumpster. Or maybe the San Diego Seduction can use it for the cover of next year’s program.
He is a fantastic athlete…but not a football player.
He is impressively virile…but not much of a man.
He has a brain…but no idea how it works.
I understand this is a harsh assessment but I think there is ample evidence to support the above. From his pathetic attempts at tackling to yesterday’s fumble; from his paternity suits to his bottle throwing; from his asinine predictions to his astounding tweets which hinted at his involvement with dogfighting and drug-selling, the guy is the very opposite of the kind of player that AJ Smith values. Let’s lance this cancer and let him be someone else’s problem, then we will have almost rid ourselves of the Knuckleheads on this team. Next up: slough off Phillips and his head-butts, shit-talking and gameday bong rips (true story), Cooper and his biceps-flexing during losses, party drugs and game’s eve benders, Jackson and his playoff Unsportmanlike Conduct penalties, DUIs and ridiculously awesome receiving skills, Norv and his astonishingly predictable game-calling, body language and uninspiring aw-shucks-ness, and Merriman and whatever the hell he does. Addition by subtraction.
by Rocket Surgery on Jan 18, 2010 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
Yow.
I mean, while you’re at it, didn’t Rivers bark at a fan two years ago? And Kaeding has just like, no chin. Hester either. And then there’s Scifres… he’s gotta have a speeding ticket back there somewhere.
Come on, man. These are guys, and they’re under 30. With you on Cro: the guy is as dumb as they come. And VJ, to a point: great WRs are seriously overrated, and he’s got enough trouble that a new contract might not be the best plan. But yeesh. We gotta have a team when it’s over, you know?
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the cheerleaders!
by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 19, 2010 6:42 AM PST up reply actions
As a bengals fan
.. first and a Chargers fan second, I now absolutely HATE the Jets. Also, watching both my teams suck ballz with the kicking game is humiliating.
That sounds leftover from Norwood's miss for the Bills
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Depressing Game
Seriously? This wasn’t the team that went 13-3. This wasn’t the team that dominated the last half of the season. Hell, this wasn’t even the gutsy team from 2007. I don’t even know what to make of this.
by boltLA on Jan 18, 2010 12:44 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Before you bash Kaeding
I would put this game more on Turner. Not going for it on 4th and 1 at mid-field in the 2nd quarter was huge. He sent a message to his team that he was scared. And if he had so little faith in their running game, why even attempt 12 runs with LT? And why not more hand-offs to Sproles? He had a chance to go up 2 scores and he played it conservative. He’s done this stuff before. If you guys had converted that 4th and 1, maybe you go up 10-0 or 14-0, and that’s the game. But he didn’t have the cajones to go.
You guys may think you handed the game over, but the Jets wanted it more and played composed and confident. They took the game from you. And with no running game, your offense got exposed. The Jets were a little better at their weakness (the throwing game) than the Chargers were at their weakness (running).
if the colts beat the jets.
then you’re argument about running is moot b/c the colts suck at running just like the chargers do.
Gary Potter: Harness in the good energy, block out the bad. Harness. Energy. Block. Bad. It's like a carousel. You put the quarter in, you get on the horse, it goes up and down, and around. Circular, circle. Feel it. Go with the flow.
Happy Gilmore: Psycho.
But if the Jets win
The Colts have no one to blame but themselves for laying down and letting the Jets in the playoffs in the first place.
indeed.
irony is a b*tch.
Gary Potter: Harness in the good energy, block out the bad. Harness. Energy. Block. Bad. It's like a carousel. You put the quarter in, you get on the horse, it goes up and down, and around. Circular, circle. Feel it. Go with the flow.
Happy Gilmore: Psycho.
wow that would blow
--Gerald Wallace is the best player the Bobcats will have..... EVER
--Someone should slap Larry Brown and bring him back to reality..
I don't know who to root against.
I don’t want to see any AFC team beat the Colts in a game that counts, because they’re our personal stomping ground, and it’s sort of an act of infidelity for the Colts to lose a meaningful game to another AFC team. But if the Jets hadn’t just beaten us I’d be rooting for them to beat the Colts. If you lay down in the regular season, you don’t deserve the Superbowl, and Caldwell needs to be punished for breaking the most fundamental principle of this or any game.
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the cheerleaders!
by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Jan 18, 2010 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
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Gary Potter: Harness in the good energy, block out the bad. Harness. Energy. Block. Bad. It's like a carousel. You put the quarter in, you get on the horse, it goes up and down, and around. Circular, circle. Feel it. Go with the flow.
Happy Gilmore: Psycho.
I would say it's better than the Chargers
I’d take Brown and Addai over LT and Sproles any day.
by Mackey Sasser on Jan 18, 2010 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
i agree with you about the play calling.
i think the chargers could have built up momentum if, early on (when our offense was clicking), norv had taken some chances and played aggressive ball. we didn’t play like we wanted to get off to a fast start. that helped the jets. our defense got tired, our offense had no rhythm, and sanchez got cozy and was connecting. heartbreaking to watch it all unfold.
Drunk Chargers Fan
Check out this pic of a drunk chargers fan passed out under his truck, pretty much sums up the game yesterday, http://www.muffslap.com/the-outcome-of-the-chargers-game/
LT & Sproles?
Regardless of how much I hate them, look at Football Outsiders stats on Tomlinson, Sproles, Tolbert and Bennett. Guess who had the best running DVOA? Tomlinson. The O-line? Sucked. Its kind of hard to run when the line can’t even punch a hole in a donut…
by Superduperboltman on Jan 18, 2010 1:14 PM PST reply actions
Can someone here that might be a little bit more football savvy answer my question? My question is, why if the chargers played drop back and throw downfield type offense all year, i think thats what i remember then wht when it counted most would Norv and co. start doing this dink and doink pass game that the jets were all over, they made LT look really old
If practice makes perfect....
Yet nobodies perfect.....
Then why practice ???
I think you need a healthy mix
It was really annoying to see the Chargers not go back to gates in the middle of the field on the short to immediate routes over and over again. It seemed that the only thing that stopped those plays were Gates’ drops and those weren’t going to continue forever. Trade some of those 1st and 2nd down running plays for those and the offense would have been humming. In my opinion.
I'm the first person to admit that I'm wrong about a lot of things, but I'm going to be the last person to admit I'm wrong about what we're currently talking about.
they were who we thought they were
and we let ’em off the hook!
props to denny green, he said it best.
last night and today really, really sucked.
by ridethelightning on Jan 18, 2010 4:01 PM PST reply actions
ditto..
we’re a .500 team, with illusions of being champions.
The peanut gallery has spoken!!!
28 games over .500 over the last 4 years
38 over the last six. That’s a lot of over .500 track record to call them a .500 team.
I'm the first person to admit that I'm wrong about a lot of things, but I'm going to be the last person to admit I'm wrong about what we're currently talking about.
Let’s not let facts get in the way here.
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Bloody Elbow // " looks like your comment violated rule #4. and it’s a heck of a rule, rule #4" - Kid Nate
by Richard Wade on Jan 18, 2010 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
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