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Post by afboltfan on Sept 22, 2024 18:22:27 GMT -7
We are 2-1. One game at a time.
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Post by moekid on Sept 22, 2024 21:23:46 GMT -7
Anybody hear from Freak?
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Post by cthommes on Sept 22, 2024 21:34:03 GMT -7
I have not. I just assumed he was injured during the game like everyone else. |
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Post by moekid on Sept 22, 2024 21:52:51 GMT -7
I have not. I just assumed he was injured during the game like everyone else. Brilliant |
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Post by amped on Sept 23, 2024 8:00:24 GMT -7
I have not. I just assumed he was injured during the game like everyone else. Brilliant Man this game sucked. I mean WTF were we doing in the 2nd half? the way we played the raiders was the way to play this one, Stick with the RUN.
Did Roman see the Justin tossing a few lasers around and forget he needed to protect him? Wasn't that the whole *&^%(&^% plan?!?
Really disappointed in our 2nd half play-calling.
We made an adjustment to suck.
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Post by ohioboltfan on Sept 23, 2024 9:59:34 GMT -7
I am very disappointed in this loss and while we all might be sad at any loss, here's a few reasons I am even sadder after this one- - We were the clearly lesser team yesterday. Both teams play the exact same style of hard nosed football- run the ball, grind out yards, pass carefully, superb defense, no mistakes, be tougher in the fourth quarter. And they were better at us at every. single. one. of. those. facets.
- The penalties. Maybe we could've done better if we didn't give up first downs and yards from penalties. Hypothetical I know, but we disadvantaged ourselves while playing a better team. Bad combination.
- The injuries. First, I wish Herbert just didn't play at all. (for his own health not the game's outcome) But seeing at least three other all pro (one is maybe all rookie instead of all pro) get hurt sucks for the short and long term!
However, just because I am sad does not mean that I have given up hope on this team or the season! As a long-time Chargers fan I am used to losing. I never expected to go undefeated- one of our losses happened early, so what? We're going to lose some more games, in fact we'll likely lose next week against KC. But we have more wins ahead and very likely we'll win more games than we'll lose.
It's the first season under Harbaugh and he's changing the culture and the style of the Chargers. It's been three games and we're not yet the team that we envision when we think of Harbaugh-style teams. I think AFB and/or Frozen said it'll be a year or two until we get that team molded and the right players added/dropped. That's looking pretty spot on in my opinion, even if most of us were initially hoping for an immediate change and success right away.
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Post by chargerfreak on Sept 23, 2024 12:38:49 GMT -7
I’ve thought about this and I would sit Herbert. That would give him 3 weeks to heal. It’s dumb to do otherwise. We are just spinning our wheels with start him and pull him back and forth. Give Heineke the start. He was signed for this exact reason.
I owe you guys a post about going to the game. To follow.
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Post by chargerfreak on Sept 23, 2024 14:59:55 GMT -7
It’s a 17 game season. 17. We have a winning record. Cheer up.
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Post by moekid on Sept 23, 2024 18:29:23 GMT -7
I’ve thought about this and I would sit Herbert. That would give him 3 weeks to heal. It’s dumb to do otherwise. We are just spinning our wheels with start him and pull him back and forth. Give Heineke the start. He was signed for this exact reason. I owe you guys a post about going to the game. To follow. Looking forward to hearing about the freak game day experience!! |
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Post by moekid on Sept 23, 2024 18:31:41 GMT -7
I am very disappointed in this loss and while we all might be sad at any loss, here's a few reasons I am even sadder after this one- - We were the clearly lesser team yesterday. Both teams play the exact same style of hard nosed football- run the ball, grind out yards, pass carefully, superb defense, no mistakes, be tougher in the fourth quarter. And they were better at us at every. single. one. of. those. facets.
- The penalties. Maybe we could've done better if we didn't give up first downs and yards from penalties. Hypothetical I know, but we disadvantaged ourselves while playing a better team. Bad combination.
- The injuries. First, I wish Herbert just didn't play at all. (for his own health not the game's outcome) But seeing at least three other all pro (one is maybe all rookie instead of all pro) get hurt sucks for the short and long term!
However, just because I am sad does not mean that I have given up hope on this team or the season! As a long-time Chargers fan I am used to losing. I never expected to go undefeated- one of our losses happened early, so what? We're going to lose some more games, in fact we'll likely lose next week against KC. But we have more wins ahead and very likely we'll win more games than we'll lose.
It's the first season under Harbaugh and he's changing the culture and the style of the Chargers. It's been three games and we're not yet the team that we envision when we think of Harbaugh-style teams. I think AFB and/or Frozen said it'll be a year or two until we get that team molded and the right players added/dropped. That's looking pretty spot on in my opinion, even if most of us were initially hoping for an immediate change and success right away.
I can take losing. I mean we're Charger fans. Just discouraged by the injuries to guys we count on year after year. Yesterday 4 first round Charger draft picks went down. Today a 5th was suspended. These are supposed to be our foundational guys. And we can't count on em. Alt has quickly learned what it means to be a charger |
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Post by jean74 on Sept 23, 2024 20:16:50 GMT -7
Well so far very impressed despite the loss. Just need to correct some mistakes here. Onward week 4.
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Post by chargerfreak on Sept 24, 2024 5:39:07 GMT -7
Pittsburgh Game Day. I got up early with excitement. I drove 45 minutes to my son's house. The grandkids were being dropped off at a relatives house for the day, so that sucked. But I got to see them in the evening. My son's wife drove down. I thought that was weird until about 5 minutes into the drive I hear my son unzip a cooler and ask if anyone wants a Yuengling beer. Its made in Pennsylvania and very popular out here. I have never cared for it. It tastes real alcoholie to me if that makes sense. Mind you this is about 8:50 in the morning......... We are on 28 South and I call out Cops ! My daughter in law says its ok I am going the speed limit, my son tells her he wasn't calling out cops for you.
I have always wanted to have Sunday Brunch at the Grand Concourse in Pittsburgh. It sits on a river, and was the main train station back in the day. Built in 1901, refurbished in 1978. The place is beautiful inside with super high ceiling in the main area that is curved at the top with stain glass in it. Mahoghany and brass with old style chandeliers inside. The food was good and what a selection !! I went to the carving station 3 times alone for prime rib. Its nice and I recommend it. But at 42 dollars a person, its not for all the time.
From there we drove over to my son's friends apartment. It has a public parking garage but his friend gave him the QR code to park for free. I was told it was a half mile walk to the stadium. That ended up being a mile walk. But it cut through Pittsburgh Point State Park. It is where the rivers converge in Pitt, and has a cool fountain that shoots water in the air. There was a skinny guy dressed in skin tight green outfit like the stem of a flower. With a huge sunflower headress waving his hands back and forth with a radio playing 70's music as he walked by. Obviously a Freak's favorite person of the day.
The walk then went over a bridge that was over a river. It let out into an area with popular local bars lining both sides of the street leading to the stadium. Once inside in our seats it was HOT. About 85 degrees in the sun and I had on a navy blue jersey !! At halftime I went in to get out of the sun. Grabbed an oversize bottle of water. It was 8 dollars and worth every cent of it. I chugged half the bottle instantly. The game was the game. But there were a lot of "home field flags" thrown against us. 3 in one scoring drive. That was the difference in the game for me. Overall the fans are pretty cool in Pittsburgh. I have been to 3 games for the Chargers out east and this had the fewest Charger fans in attendance so far. Naturally, they were all cool. Each stadium has their own home songs they play. But the steelers have an old football polka song that everyone sings to. It is the most god-awful thing there is. I was happy when it was over. Guess what ? They played it again in the second half !!!!! I was hoping for heat exhaustion to end me then and there. Overall good trip !! We'll get em next time !!
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Post by moekid on Sept 24, 2024 8:00:11 GMT -7
Sounds like you had a great day Freak. Except for the second half.
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Post by chargerfreak on Sept 24, 2024 8:09:18 GMT -7
Sounds like you had a great day Freak. Except for the second half. As Emperor, if you ask for punishment its my job to deliver it:
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Post by sdc on Sept 24, 2024 13:15:34 GMT -7
I am very disappointed in this loss and while we all might be sad at any loss, here's a few reasons I am even sadder after this one- - We were the clearly lesser team yesterday. Both teams play the exact same style of hard nosed football- run the ball, grind out yards, pass carefully, superb defense, no mistakes, be tougher in the fourth quarter. And they were better at us at every. single. one. of. those. facets.
- The penalties. Maybe we could've done better if we didn't give up first downs and yards from penalties. Hypothetical I know, but we disadvantaged ourselves while playing a better team. Bad combination.
- The injuries. First, I wish Herbert just didn't play at all. (for his own health not the game's outcome) But seeing at least three other all pro (one is maybe all rookie instead of all pro) get hurt sucks for the short and long term!
However, just because I am sad does not mean that I have given up hope on this team or the season! As a long-time Chargers fan I am used to losing. I never expected to go undefeated- one of our losses happened early, so what? We're going to lose some more games, in fact we'll likely lose next week against KC. But we have more wins ahead and very likely we'll win more games than we'll lose.
It's the first season under Harbaugh and he's changing the culture and the style of the Chargers. It's been three games and we're not yet the team that we envision when we think of Harbaugh-style teams. I think AFB and/or Frozen said it'll be a year or two until we get that team molded and the right players added/dropped. That's looking pretty spot on in my opinion, even if most of us were initially hoping for an immediate change and success right away.
The Navy Seals have a saying and I'm paraphrasing, people don't rise to the challenge they sink to the level of their training. I was disappointed as well for the very same reasons as you. But then I thought about it for a bit. We played the Steelers straight up in a physical smash mouth AFC North fashion the entire half. The second half they gave us a tutorial in that style of play. That really shouldn't come as a surprise. They have been playing that brand of football for 50 years, whereas we have been for 6 weeks. When adversity hit, their training was apparent as was our lack of muscle memory. I'm still very optimistic and will predict a similar game in the back half of the season where we finish just as strong as we started.
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