Serious Business: 1/19 Chargers Links

by Richard Wade on Jan 19, 2010 3:15 AM PST in San Diego Chargers Daily Links

Twitter / Roman Oben: Pagano. He's ready!!
Oben's first choice for new DC if Ron Rivera leaves is Pagano. Can't say I see anything wrong with that.

2009-10 Pro Football Focus All-Pro Squads
PFF gives us their All Pro picks.

Players reflect on the abrupt end to their season & Kevin Acee discusses what the future holds for the Chargers roster:
Always interesting to hear Acee's take after the game.

Week 19 DVOA Ratings - Aaron Schatz - Football Outsiders
Chargers fall from 3rd to 6th overall. Nobody cares.

Norv: "We Will Get This Thing Done"
In these selected comments from Turner's press conference, Norv talks about what went wrong on Sunday against the Jets, whether or not his team was "tight", and how disappointing it was to see the Chargers self-destruct with needless penalties:

QB’s playoff legacy takes another hit - Kevin Acee - SignOnSanDiego.com
The man who has the second-most victories (48) through 64 regular-season starts is 3-4 in the playoffs in his career.

Norv Turner's contract extended through 2013 - Kevin Acee - SignOnSanDiego.com
Norv Turner has gotten his contract extension. The team will announce Monday night that Turner has agreed to terms on a deal through 2013.

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That’s something I’ve been struggling with a bit since the game…..is it time to question Rivers as a playoff QB?

I don’t think he posted a QB rating of lower than 84 all season this year. Yet, in the playoffs he’s only been above 84 in 3 out of the 7 games. In those games the team is 1-3.

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by John Gennaro on Jan 19, 2010 7:48 AM PST reply actions

I don't think so.

Sometimes you have a bad game. This year, we were unfortunate enough to have it happen in a playoff game instead of a regular season game.

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by Zach (maestro876) on Jan 19, 2010 8:31 AM PST up reply actions

Playoffs, shmayoffs

We’ve all watched Rivers march down the field earlier, when the season was seemingly on the line. I don’t like the idea that because we categorize certain games a certain way, players can’t play in them. I think when things are going wrong, he wants to win so bad, he tries to do too much. Everyone did that, it seemed.

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by Axion on Jan 19, 2010 9:35 AM PST up reply actions

you know

the same was said for Peyton….I just think all aspects have to line up for a team to make it to a championship.Running,Passing,ST,Coaching,the stars the fans,shit,the temperature of the got dammed gatorade…literally everything has to be in perfect harmony with each other.Unfortunately this was not the case with us on Sunday.Miscues and bumbling galore was our story.

by Gorditoe1 on Jan 19, 2010 12:12 PM PST up reply actions

Rivers had the 3rd highest DYAR for the weekend

Behind only Brees and Manning. Pretty much right where you’d expect him to be.

Plus, he was playing hurt in a couple of his previous games and the other was his first one he ever played in.

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by Wonko on Jan 19, 2010 12:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

I think

the choke job seemed to be more of a team ‘effort’ if you know what I mean. They beat the Colts last year with a measly 8-8 record but make a bunch of stupid mistakes combined with Nate Kaeding leaving his nerves at home.

It was a combination of their ‘05 and ’07 choke jobs if you ask me. You think guys like Vincent Jackson would grow up after all these screw-ups and past stupid mistakes from former teammates like Drayton Florence. I guess they’ll never learn at this rate.

by Kame on Jan 19, 2010 9:36 AM PST reply actions