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Post by joemcrugby on Sept 26, 2021 22:14:20 GMT -7
Someone will have to explain to me why when the Chargers had the ball at the 3 with 30+ seconds left after the MW catch they didn’t take a knee, make KC use their last timeout, take another knee, take their own timeout with 3 seconds left and kick a fg? Does Staley have so little confidence in the kicker? Popper answers your question in his post-game column. _____ In last week’s mailbag, I wrote about how offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi is incorporating what Herbert called “advantage looks” into the Chargers’ RPO game. The Chargers have a run called at the line of scrimmage, but if Herbert sees one of his receivers in one-on-one coverage, he has the go-ahead to throw a quick pass on a slant, bubble or fade. It happened on Williams’ touchdown catch against the Cowboys. And it happened again on the game-winner against the Chiefs. There were only 36 seconds left when the Chargers faced a first-and-goal from the 4-yard line. Lombardi had called a run, but there was a tag on the play for a fade to Williams if he had single coverage to the left. According to Williams, Staley wanted to run the clock down. The Chiefs only had one timeout left. The Chargers could have milked the rest of the time off and kicked the game-winning field goal. But Herbert saw the look he wanted. Williams was one-on-one. And they completed the fade for the touchdown. “We wanted to put the ball in our offense’s hands, and so that was a run with a tag for an advantage situation, which we’ve done a really good job with this year,” Staley said. “When you have that good matchup that you like, certainly Mike Williams is one of those guys that we feel confident in.” “Justin trusted me to go up and make a play,” Williams said, “and I made a play.” Williams cannot be stopped right now. This is the vision the Chargers had for him when they drafted him with the No. 7 pick in 2017. Credit to Staley, Lombardi and the rest of the Chargers coaching staff for maximizing his immense talent through these first three games. theathletic.com/2851150/2021/09/26/brandon-staleys-aggressiveness-mike-williams-career-day-takeaways-from-chargers-win-over-the-chiefs/
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Post by moekid on Sept 26, 2021 22:27:39 GMT -7
Sorry, not a good answer. Unless you have no faith in your kicker, you don’t need to risk running a single play in that situation
But it does speak to the confidence they have in Justin Herbert. On the 4th and 4 play that became 4th and 9 Staley said “we want Justin Herbert to be the game decider”.
I get that but it gave Mahomes a chance. If you watched the GB/Sf ending tonight, Rodgers took the packers to a game winning fg with 37 sec’s and no timeouts. Granted KC needed a td but come on
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Post by moekid on Sept 26, 2021 22:32:45 GMT -7
Thank you, sir. Goalie took a puck to the head and forgot last week. I salute you because you got me outta my Dallas funk on Friday. I was expecting the worst until I saw your post
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Post by Alworth on Sept 26, 2021 23:15:04 GMT -7
Absolutely awesome game,Herbert is only going to get better.....but kc did move the ball well,I think they had 33 first downs and over 100 rushing. The defense needs to sharpen up. You can't rely on turnovers every week.
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Post by cthommes on Sept 26, 2021 23:43:29 GMT -7
Sorry, not a good answer. Unless you have no faith in your kicker, you don’t need to risk running a single play in that situation But it does speak to the confidence they have in Justin Herbert. On the 4th and 4 play that became 4th and 9 Staley said “we want Justin Herbert to be the game decider”. I get that but it gave Mahomes a chance. If you watched the GB/Sf ending tonight, Rodgers took the packers to a game winning fg with 37 sec’s and no timeouts. Granted KC needed a td but come on My man. We missed the PAT one snap later. We missed a PAT in the first. KC just barely made a PAT earlier. Wind was a bitch by all accounts today. Let Mahommes try to air it out in that wind when he's forced to the long ball. In more stable conditions, agree 1000 percent. But today, get the touch if you get the look.
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Post by chargerfreak on Sept 27, 2021 5:19:41 GMT -7
Thank you, sir. Goalie took a puck to the head and forgot last week. I salute you because you got me outta my Dallas funk on Friday. I was expecting the worst until I saw your post I'm a Giver, sir. Leading the villages through the muck of wars lost in yester years is old hat for me. As I told you all summer.........I know intelligent when i see it,,,,,,,,,,and Staley is that.
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Post by afboltfan on Sept 27, 2021 6:50:42 GMT -7
Sorry, not a good answer. Unless you have no faith in your kicker, you don’t need to risk running a single play in that situation But it does speak to the confidence they have in Justin Herbert. On the 4th and 4 play that became 4th and 9 Staley said “we want Justin Herbert to be the game decider”. I get that but it gave Mahomes a chance. If you watched the GB/Sf ending tonight, Rodgers took the packers to a game winning fg with 37 sec’s and no timeouts. Granted KC needed a td but come on It was waaaaayyyy to windy bro, did you not see the flags on the goal posts? I don't fault Staley at all for the call, we're just lucky it worked out.
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Post by fouts2herbert on Sept 27, 2021 6:58:08 GMT -7
I’m not nitpicking this one, wins at KC are rare and especially with mahomes around, they did enough to win and they didn’t play to not lose so very happy
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Post by afboltfan on Sept 27, 2021 6:58:11 GMT -7
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Post by chargerfreak on Sept 27, 2021 7:04:55 GMT -7
I like Reid and hope he recovers soon. Mahomes is a little cry bitch. Losing to us ? Get used to it. Kelce I cannot stand. But he wasn't popping off his loud stupid mouth by the end of this one.
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Post by afboltfan on Sept 27, 2021 7:11:40 GMT -7
I like Reid and hope he recovers soon. Mahomes is a little cry bitch. Losing to us ? Get used to it. Kelce I cannot stand. But he wasn't popping off his loud stupid mouth by the end of this one. Me too, Andy Reid seems like a quality dude. Other than putting football before his family and raising little drug dealers.
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Post by amped on Sept 27, 2021 7:29:20 GMT -7
I like Reid and hope he recovers soon. Mahomes is a little cry bitch. Losing to us ? Get used to it. Kelce I cannot stand. But he wasn't popping off his loud stupid mouth by the end of this one. Me too, Andy Reid seems like a quality dude. Other than putting football before his family and raising little drug dealers. Low blow, he did lose a Son. you aren't wrong though.
As for the TD instead of the FG call. I have zero issue with it. the wind sucked, and his decision was proven correct when we missed the PAT.
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Post by chargerfreak on Sept 27, 2021 7:35:41 GMT -7
Me too, Andy Reid seems like a quality dude. Other than putting football before his family and raising little drug dealers. Low blow, he did lose a Son. you aren't wrong though.
As for the TD instead of the FG call. I have zero issue with it. the wind sucked, and his decision was proven correct when we missed the PAT.
and yet he decided to kick after that touchdown instead of going for 2.............................................. You can fool all of the village all of the time. But you ain't getting past my brain. No way. No how. Put your thinking caps on with me or I'll put them on for you. A question Popper would never dream of asking. My subscription is coming out soon.
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Post by joemcrugby on Sept 27, 2021 9:09:37 GMT -7
Low blow, he did lose a Son. you aren't wrong though.
As for the TD instead of the FG call. I have zero issue with it. the wind sucked, and his decision was proven correct when we missed the PAT.
and yet he decided to kick after that touchdown instead of going for 2.............................................. You can fool all of the village all of the time. But you ain't getting past my brain. No way. No how. Put your thinking caps on with me or I'll put them on for you. A question Popper would never dream of asking. My subscription is coming out soon. I don't know if Popper asked the question or not - he included Staley's response from the presser in his column - but the extra point wasn't an all or nothing proposition like the field goal would have been. The Chefs being forced to score a TD with 32 seconds left & no timeouts on a day where they failed to have a single play of 30+ yards (largely due to the wind) was the backbreaker. Did it make us Charger fans nervous? Hell, yes it did due to our misery-inducing history, but it was nowhere near the risk that the Niners faced with Aaron Rodgers only needing a figgie to win with a similar amount of time left under ideal weather conditions.
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Post by joemcrugby on Sept 27, 2021 9:48:10 GMT -7
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