How would you stop the Charger's offense?
 

I think the Eagles did this.

Assign a safety (Knight?) to spy on LT. Have him play closer to the LOS then normal (almost like a 4th linebacker).

In straight man-to-man, this puts more pressure on our corners. Is Warfield up to the task? Will the chargers be able to exploit this with a play action pattern to Knight's usual side?

You could play this as a hybrid zone, with Knight playing man on LT.

What are your thoughts?

I would run the ball 30 times and keep them off the field.

I would toy with the idea of playing a nickel with Woods covering Gates, then if Gates is staying in to run block Woods would be there for run support.

Just a thought

I think the best way to make sure we can run the ball 30 times and keep them off of the field is to force the Charger's Offense to go 3 and out. ;)

run the ball on offense.
rattle D-B early and dominate LT at the line.

he scares you that bad?

Send them on a party boat the day before the game.

Good idea on the nickel.
 

Good idea. Now that I think of it, when I was playing the Chargers on Madden 06 I was getting my butt handed to me until I played a nickel with pressure on the flats and LOS.

I wouldn't spy on LT, but I would put eight in the box for most of the game. Obviously, this puts all of the pressure on Surtain, Warfield and Knight/Wesley, but I think that gives us the best shot at winning this game.

Stop the run. Cover Gates. Hit Breezy. Run the ball down thier throats and then exploit their secondary with play action.

Pretty standard. Just have to want it more than they do is all.

its not just Gates, its Gates and LT. Spying a a Saftie on Gates also would help with the run game. If Brees beats us by throwing to the WRs then the deserve to win. LT and Gates is their offense

I agree...this supports my eight (sometimes 9) in the box theory.

I agree, but if Woods is covering Gates, then Gates will have a career day.

The way we'll beat the Chargers will be with our Offense, IMO. I agree with Hoover. We need to come out and RUN the ball and run it hard. We should approach the game the same way we did last season's Baltimore and Atlanta games, and last week's Miami game. Run the ball, control the clock, control the LOS and put together 12-14 play drives. If that happens we could win.....even if we don't get a stellar defensive performance. I'll be impressed if we hold SD to less than 24 points. I'm excited about the potential of our D, but we need to rely on a top-tier offensive performance to win this one.

JMO.

IMO id put as much pressure of DB(midget that he is) at the line and let our front 7 work it out.
Now i would possibly give them a billion diffrent looks w/ knight since drunky Mcdrinkstomuch is back.