I believe SD is down to their 4th string Nose Tackle at this point -- you read that right -- 4th string. What that should mean is that we can pound the ball up the gut, which is exactly what our OL is built to do.
Did you even bother to read it before making this inane comment? That's exactly what was addressed in the 2nd part. The claim was that the YPC number was inflated by garbage time. As I pointed out, they were surrendering high YPC in the FIRST HALF of those last 5 games. Or can we not measure their run defense on what they did while the game was still competitive? The ONLY reason why the Chargers' run defense looks better in the second half is because they've been able to jump out to leads on teams. It'sno surprise against bottom third passing defenses like Dallas, Cleveland, and Tennessee.
dont wanna spoil your fun, but im sure most teams that run 30+ times a game win. When teams are up, they tend to run the ball, when your down, you pass. Thats the way footballn worked. That said, a heavy dose of the run should be our recipe for success.
My worries for this game: - Our ST's has quietly...or not so quietly depending on how you think as a fan...sucked for most of this season. Alot of this goes on Brian Schottenheimer, the offensive coordinator, for not calling the right plays at the right time all the time on offense (see Bills and Falcons games), but some of it should go on the STs unit that missed 4 combined FGs in those games...which would have given us victories. - The Chargers have 6-7 guys they can throw to. This negates the power of Revis, and as someone was wise enough to point out we'll have to use him differently. I think we use Revis more like the Packers use Woodson... - Jets fans don't seem to realize that the Chargers have been building towards elite for years, and now own a guy who is a legit star at QB. Carson Palmer and Chad Pennington were QBs who got derailed from superstardom by injury...Rivers shook his major knee injury off and kept playing on it. - The Chargers are more physical than their stats show them to be. I know that's crazy considering how all powerful and telling stats are, but again...this is a highly motivated team that has been building towards elite for years and has given all the elite teams of the last decade a run for their money. Why we'll win: - While they're physical, we might be moreso. - We are Rexgressive. - That Rexgressive attitude rubbed off on our OC, who now can call any play at any time correctly...which is how offense works. I'm really curious as to how we play the Chargers on D...theres nothing really to look at. The Saints are an NFC dome team, and they got figured out as the year went on. The Texans were played all the way back in Week 1. We play the Pats too often for that to work...The Chargers are a unique challenge and it's the best offense we've played all year (at least amongst non-domes teams that tried). Should be good times...
The Chargers D will be ready for the Jets. The numbers don't indicate that they are a great defensive unit but you don't win 11 games in a row without playing some type of defense. They will force Sanchize to throw more and he has to be up to that challenge. I think the Jets will break out even more trickery this week with the wildcat and maybe even a flea flicker.
I'd like to try to beat them deep early...Edwards will have to hold onto the gd ball for that to happen...but I think he can beat his man if we do it early enough to catch them off guard. Kind of like Chad to Moss early in that playoff game...
So you're blaiming the OC for the ST failures? Dude...its the ST's job to do the ST's job. No one else. What's next? It's Schottenheimer's fault that Gholston sucks because during TC he didn't draw up a pass coverage that allowed Gholston to run in unblocked? LMAO :rofl:
Obviously, that's generally true, but the numbers have been about 50-50 this season. What's interesting is, the teams that beat SD did so by rushing the ball heavily early in the game, not late when the game was out of reach. In fact, Baltimore had nearly 70% of its carries in the first half and tried to use a short passing game to control the clock in the 2nd half. Ditto for Pittsburgh. Pitt rushed 36 times to only 33 passes, and yet they passed more than they ran in the 2nd half with the game out of reach. The point of this is that when the run has been used effectively, it hasn't protected leads against San Diego, it's kept the offense off the field in the first half and disrupted the passing attack's attempts to get into a rhythm. Forget 'catching them off guard' or coming out intending to throw. The way to beat SD is to jam the ball down their throats and not allow the offense onto the field in the first half.
