With the trade during the season, this game will feature Mike Evans vs. Marshon Lattimore.
Typically Marshon gets the best of Mike too
earlier this year, we spanked the Saints 51-27 but Mike had just 2 catches for 34 yards
they stink against the run so hopefully are 3 headed monster can do some damage
the hope is that McMillian and hopefully Otton comes back in this game can capitalize off Mike being neutralized.
Evans left the game due to injury on a TD route than Lattimore blew so he tackled him and caused his nagging injury.
Fuck Lattimore. If he were drowning I'd throw him a rock
yeah he's a cunt for lack of a better term. he'd try to ruin that emotional moment in Sundays game where Evans got the yards he needed on the last play.
Lavonte David (knee) was upgraded from “limited” yesterday to a full participant today. Same for No. 1 tight end Cade Otton (knee). Another member of the knee club, starting safety Antoine Winfield, Jr. has been full-go all week.
Chargers -2.5 vs Texans.
I'll drop a 100 on that one. Texans offense is butt fuck garbage and Chargers defense leads the league in PA.
I know it's a road game but I'm feeling good about it.
Anyone know something I don't? Why is this line so close?
My guess:
Both offenses have multiple starters on IR. HOU is basically down to Nico Collins, and LAC is down to McConkey. Both teams have good defensive fronts, so rushing and passing is going to be tough for both teams. HOU's offensive line has been suspect all season as well.
LAC scores about 24 pts/gm, and HOU has been scoring around 22 pts/gm.
Good stuff. Thanks.
I think (gut) those numbers look much different first and second half of the season.
One other thing I forgot to mention: Herbert's one playoff performance a couple seasons ago was borderline horrific.
Herbert's playoff statline 2022:
25/43 58.1% 273yds 1TD/0 INT 37.0Succ% 84.7 Passer Rating.
Yeah but that was a weird where they got up big and played ultra conservative and blew it
Thing is, Herbert just didn't play very well, particularly in the 2nd half of that game. And if you go back and look at his PT games, or most meaningful games, he has this 'habit' of not playing well in the 2nd halves of those games. It's weird. When he was first drafted I thought he was going to be a real problem for KC, I even posited that he would lead LAC to a AFC-W title in his first 4-5 years. But he just hasn't been that guy.
I don't think we were watching the same game. He played fine. The issue is his head coach was laughable bad and the Chargers thought they could just coast to a win. The play calling was sooooooo bad.
When you take your foot off the gas you take your QB out of rhythm.
Now the chargers have a real head coach.
Well, I have to admit, I don't remember all the details of that game anymore but checking the boxscore and the play-by-play of the game, statistically he wasn't great. 25/43 (58.1% completion%), 273yds, 1 TD/0 INT, sacked 3x, PR 84.7 (below average) and a 47.7 QBR (blow average). And then there's the 2nd half performance. 10/20 (109yds) passing in the second half, no TDs. Finished 3 out of 4 2nd half drives with an INC to kill the drive.
And that's what I remember more than anything. On three consecutive 2nd half drives, when they still had the game well in hand, Herbert was given 3 chances to ice the game with a TD-scoring drive, and he failed to complete a pass to keep the drive alive all three times.
Then on the 4th drive, he gets sacked on 1st down, which essentially kills the drive and ultimately forces LAC to punt the ball back to JAX with 3+ minutes on the clock.(I'll blame that more on his HC, because the playcalls were as vanilla as possible).
With the trade during the season, this game will feature Mike Evans vs. Marshon Lattimore.
I hope they stick Lattimore on Evans.
The way Liam has used Mike the last few months, it would be fun to watch the abuse.
I think I noticed something recently about Lattimore, but wondered if you guys, having watched a lot more of him than I, might have seen the same thing.
The other day I was watching some highlight clips of various games, and started watching the last game Lattimore played vs. PHI. And when AJ just ran past Lattimore, he was 2 yds clear of Lattimore about 15-20 yds downfield. When AJ tried to put a move on Lattimore, either during his release or at his break at the top of the stem, or when he put on a double move, Lattimore stuck to him like glue.
Has Lattimore lost a step? And is that something Evans would take advantage of by not getting into physical confrontations with Lattimore, but simply run by him instead? Or does Evans have to play bully-ball with Lattimore just because that's how they play vs. each other?
Lattimore is injured and reportedly not quite full healthy. Could b a big game for Mike.
LOL at LAC self-destructing vs HOU. Keep trying to run the ball to futility, then throw the ball to HOU. HOU playing inspired D, gone next week.
How can somebody rate Herbert above Mayfield? I see Mayfield is ranked ahead of Herbert with NFL.com and Fox. How can you put Herbert in the top ten after he stinks in the playoffs?LOL at LAC self-destructing vs HOU. Keep trying to run the ball to futility, then throw the ball to HOU. HOU playing inspired D, gone next week.
LOL at LAC self-destructing vs HOU. Keep trying to run the ball to futility, then throw the ball to HOU. HOU playing inspired D, gone next week.
Chargers going to Charger. As inevitable as death and taxes
How can somebody rate Herbert above Mayfield? I see Mayfield is ranked ahead of Herbert with NFL.com and Fox. How can you put Herbert in the top ten after he stinks in the playoffs?LOL at LAC self-destructing vs HOU. Keep trying to run the ball to futility, then throw the ball to HOU. HOU playing inspired D, gone next week.
Subjectivity vs. Objectivity.
Tomlin - “a component of stopping [Lamar Jackson] is possessing the ball and we haven’t done that well enough”
the Bucs gameplan versus Daniel’s
Tomlin - “a component of stopping [Lamar Jackson] is possessing the ball and we haven’t done that well enough”
the Bucs gameplan versus Daniel’s
Mayfield agrees”You know, a little bit of thought goes into the time of possession, not trying letting him get into a rhythm too much,” Mayfield said, via NFL on NBC. “And so, that goes back to all of us being able to execute our run game and the most physical team’s going to win the game”
How can somebody rate Herbert above Mayfield? I see Mayfield is ranked ahead of Herbert with NFL.com and Fox. How can you put Herbert in the top ten after he stinks in the playoffs?LOL at LAC self-destructing vs HOU. Keep trying to run the ball to futility, then throw the ball to HOU. HOU playing inspired D, gone next week.
Because weapons, play calling and other factors matter.
There were what, 6 dropped passes? Two went for picks?
Johnson is atrocious.
Dissley had 3 huge drops.
Couldn't run the ball and Joe Alt got destroyed on the edge.
Chargers still had an impressive run but it was known they lack weapons. That will be addressed by them this off season.
The Steelers are just stuck in a rut but then again they need to try to find a way to really elevate their team beyond the same routine to do better. The Steelers modified their off season approach last off season so I wonder if they continue that trend this off season. Steelers definitely need more talent to really overcome the better teams in the AFC without a stud QB.
