Chargers gave us major fits along the OL in both games this year.
The bad news, they're a division rival and we could see them again in the playoffs.
The good news, other teams haven't entirely replicated what they've done in other matchups. Yeah, we've had some DEs kill our LT, but gosh damn it seemed like the Chargers even have our interior's number too. [Reply]
Unfortunately the OL as a whole still sucked last night. 17 pressures and 3 sacks on 47 drop backs isn't going to get the job done. Pat really wasn't helping matters either. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch:
Unfortunately the OL as a whole still sucked last night. 17 pressures and 3 sacks on 47 drop backs isn't going to get the job done. Pat really wasn't helping matters either.
Yep. That was as bad of an overall OL performance as we've seen since Week 4 @ LA.
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Trey Smith is still struggling. That just can't happen. The tackles are what they are but the IOL needs to step it up.
I don't know how much this has been discussed here because I don't read every thread, but some podcasters out there have talked about this and kind of agreed that it's Taylor putting Smith in a no win situation.
Taylor overcompensates to being beat up the arc and creates a huge gap leaving Smith to have to try to help while also blocking his assignment. [Reply]
Honestly guys, the Chargers have been taking advantage of our OL in unique ways for a few years now.
I still recall the 2022 TNF game at Arrowhead when they did the same shit, killing the entire front. That game made me question if we would be able to have a really good offense that year. Thankfully it was more of an outlier. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJay23:
I don't know how much this has been discussed here because I don't read every thread, but some podcasters out there have talked about this and kind of agreed that it's Taylor putting Smith in a no win situation.
Taylor overcompensates to being beat up the arc and creates a huge gap leaving Smith to have to try to help while also blocking his assignment.
Mitchell Schwartz said as much a couple of weeks back. [Reply]
Yeah, there's been some instances of Taylor messing up. But guys are just bull rushing Smith right now and it's working. Some of it is on Taylor but it sure as shit isn't all of the problem. People are just more willing to make excuses for Smith. [Reply]
I really wish we'd work the quick passing game more to help these guys out. When we did we looked excellent. That two minute drive was a thing of absolute beauty. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dunerdr:
I really wish we'd work the quick passing game more to help these guys out. When we did we looked excellent. That two minute drive was a thing of absolute beauty.
Exactly, when those quick passes came out last night and Pat knew where to go with it without really thinking it looked great. When Pat holds it to look downfield is when horrible horrible things happen. We don't have the OL for Pat to hold it. We need way more calls with quick passing in mind, and besides one missed tackle on a slant and the WR gets 30+ yards. Also when I say quick passes I don't mean the 3 yard passes to the outside hashmarks that often result in negative yards, I mean attacks down the field. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch:
Unfortunately the OL as a whole still sucked last night. 17 pressures and 3 sacks on 47 drop backs isn't going to get the job done. Pat really wasn't helping matters either.
The loss of Rice is also REALLY hurting the offense. The inability to burn the D with quick slants is a major handicap. [Reply]