Holy shit. I figured this would be a blow out and quit watching. :banghead:

I guess I should have known better. As has been said a thousand times before, Chargers gonna Charger.

Man it would be hilarious if Staley blamed the loss on not having Mike Williams

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I did. I actually went back out to the farm for a bit and checked the score on the way back in and thought hey, down to 16.

In Staley’s defense, it didn’t seem like their second half runs were all that successful.

RIP Buck

That is if he still watches the chargers.

I hate when people say, "Score the ball." What in the **** does that mean? You mean score?

I watched the game and I still can’t understand how a team was +5 in turnover differential and blew a 27 point lead. That doesn’t seem possible.

It is (or was I try to minimize my talking head exposure) worse in basketball.

Staley does Staley things.

Its time to leave the party, bro

Agreed. When I hear that I am thinking some guy pulls out a knife and scores the ball.

I'd still have benched him. That was the worst first half by a QB anybody has ever seen (4 picks and 3 three-and-outs in the first seven drives, truly disgusting stuff). Fortunately for him, the Chargers in true Chargers fashion completely collapsed and stopped moving the ball whatsoever.

Still can’t believe what I just watched

If any pussy on this board starts talking scared about the chargers ever again…

Glad its Jax. Would be better if Ravens.

The 3 best QBs not named Mahomes in the AFC were clearly Burrow, Allen, and Herbert.

It’s huge that we only play a max of 1 of them to get to the Super Bowl.

Agreed, the Jags were doing dumb shit throughout that entire game (including on the final drive). They were just fortunate enough to stumble into an all-time Chargers choke.

If the Bills win early tomorrow (as they should rather easily), I also think we cheer for the Bengals tomorrow night now.

I want those two teams to beat each other up next week and don't want the Bills getting this Jags team instead.

Josh Allen is going heavy on the conditioner tonight

Unless we avoid both somehow, I definitely think we want Cinci in the AFCCG.

At home and they’re without the right half of their OL. Definitely have a score to settle there too.

Herbert has a weird throwing style. Really low angle of delivery.

If the Bills somehow lose to Skylar Thompson, then yeah we want the Bengals to go down too.

But if the Bills do win, we're almost certainly going to play one of them anyway in the AFC Championship and I'd much rather do it after they play each other. Also, the Bengals advancing strongly increases our chances of playing the game at home.

Chargers scored as many points in the second half that Samuel Jr had picks in the first half.

I want a rematch at Arrowhead against those one who sucks the penis Bengals. **** them. We need to whoop their ass.

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No, it doesn't. But fyi, at least two of those INTs were just ridiculous. The first one was lucky as hell, and there was another one that was a really good ball, but the DB made a circus catch on it.

But just the fact that he could come back from as horrific a start as that means that it's possible for him to shrug that off and go out and have a huge day. Says something about his character. So does the fact that his team didn't quit even after that spectacularly bad beginning.

The other part that helped was that Staley, the metrics guru, decided that he should play Mike Williams in a meaningless game last week and got him injured, as well as Bosa. And then in this game, he decides, after gaining a 27-0 lead, he should only run the ball 8 times.

They scored a total of 3 points in the 2nd half.

Metrics is awesome stuff. Just not the complete answer.

Oh, wait. Were talking about the pie?

Hell no. Ravens are a much better team than JAX, and somehow beating Cincy without Lamar would obviously reflect that.

JAX is a gift for us. I expect a similar repeat of our game with them not long ago, but more convincing.

If Herbert and Chargers offense didn't completely collapse in the 2nd half against a defense that has been poor all season, Lawrence's game is seen in a far, far different light.

I will say that he looked completely shell shocked and on the verge of mentally giving up in the first half (nobody has ever seen anything as bad as 4 picks and 3 three-and-outs to start a game before) and somehow got out of that rut in time to still make a difference in the game. That's something. Overall, though, he still sucked yesterday.

He seemed to let the momentum overwhelm him. I think young players think that everything needs to go perfect to win the games and when they go down one or two scores they think they need to play desperate.

I can actually forgive the first two interceptions. The first one was a double deflection and the second one was a fourth down throw and I think QB's naturally take chances in those spots. The rest was horrific. The three announce were actually harder to look at than some of the picks.

herbert has no killer instinct

punt
fg
punt
punt
fg
missed fg
punt

that's his last seven possessions

you had to get seven here

Seems like the Chargers made a mistake kicking that field goal towards the end.

They were up 10 at the Jacksonville 22. It was 4th and 3.

Even if you make the field goal, the lead is only 13. That’s still a 2 possession game.

The Chargers had been moving the ball pretty well that drive, so I think they should’ve gone for the kill. That game is over if the Chargers score a TD.

Kinda like when a team scores a TD to go up 7 late. It’s better to go for 2, so you can lead by 9 than kick the extra point to lead by 8.

100%. I said that to the group I was with watching the game. A lot of these "I'm crazy and go for it all the time" coaches actually tend to puss when they need to go for it the most. Staley was a perfect example there. When you have a chance for a kill shot, you take it.

I always think of these things in terms of what would I want teams to do against the Chiefs.

I would have been very relieved to see the kicker run on the field if I was a Jags fan. That alone tells me the Chargers made the wrong decision.

Yeah 3’s aren’t going to win very many games.

I’m probably alone in this thinking but I’m rooting for the Bills and Bengals today.

I want to see the game I was wanting to see a couple of weeks ago.

Well, good news for you then. The chances of that game not happening are very, very slim.

Staley has definitely toned down the aggression this season. I think he let all of the bullying from his failed 4th down attempts last season go to his head.

I’m not an old school purist or anything but there are certainly times when I’m like “**** going for it, I’d rather take the 3 points”. You’ll win some and lose some on those choices, but you’ve got to stand on the decisions you do make.

Yeah there are definitely times when taking the 3 (or attempting to, anyway) makes more sense. But in the situation last night, the Chargers could've ended the game, for all intents and purposes, with a TD. If they failed, well they're still up two scores with like 8 minutes left. Obviously, that ended up being irrelevant because Chargers, but I'm going for the win there every time. In most cases in today's NFL, your offense is your strongest unit. The Chargers certainly fall into that category as do the Chiefs. I don't think the case as is clear cut for Herbert being the Chargers best player as it is for Mahomes being ours, but that's the way they try to pump him up, so you go with that guy having the ball and the chance to win every time.....


But the Chargers probably Charger even if up 17 with 8 minutes left anyway.

Whoops. LOL

I love Staley. He is a great coach.

How many coaches has the AFCW had since Andy was hired?

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LMAO

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I turned it off in the 2nd

This dumbass Patriots fan has the nerve to talk about scripted narratives even after watching what can only be described as a massive choke job by the Chargers. The irony of a Pats fan bitching about the NFL being rigged is just comical.

You have a couple children man…get a life and stop worrying about the Chiefs.

You had every justification to.

The only reason I stayed was I could not get upstairs.

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Yeah it’s inevitable so why not just root for it.

Well, I bet both of them as part of a parlay so I certainly am!

The reality is, once the Chiefs locked up the 1 seed, the chances of us not seeing either Buffalo or Cinci in a title game was almost nil. One of those teams is losing before getting to us (provided we take care of business) might as well get a hell of a game next week to watch. My only caveat would be if they both were to lose, that I would take (.00001% chance)

He just passed that dumb **** brain straight on to those kids though. I'm sure their mom is a Boston whale also.

We're just gonna roll with this thread for the games today I assume? It's been a good thread and deserves to live on. So many memories of chargering.

Almighty MOD could even change the title to Wild Card Weekend Thread and all.

Shocker, they're still talking about Damar Hamlin this morning. Jesus, we get it. We really do.

Did you hear that he collapsed on the field?

Bills fans tailgating just looks like one big homeless camp. Man those are ugly, ugly people.

Even smoking wings outta a filing cabinet that looked like had been painted or something.

He was dead for three days. And then he rose!

When the Pats win it was because he was wearing his unwashed Caldwell jersey. It's under my control when convenient

The Chargers didn’t lose because they kicked FGs. If they make the missed one they probably pull it out. They lost the game because they had Herbert throw the ball 43 times in a game they led by 27 points. You could argue they have the second best RB in the league. They gave him the ball 13 times last night. He has only 2-3 receptions. When your up you need to shorten the game. It seemed like a foreign concept to the chargers

I went to bed. The Jagoffs won? ROFL

LMAO forever pete%gz

I did notice nobody "called" the comeback due to referee shenanigans.

Yep.

there are lessons there. Reid has done the same thing more than once, and had the same result.

Pete cannot discuss any sporting event without claiming the refs are determining the outcome. It’s as constant as time.

The galaxy-brain “rigged” take would be to say that “all the money is on the (team making the comeback) to cover” (you can claim “all the money” is wherever you like) and that the refs “pushed” the game toward it, the Jags just took care of the rest. And if the refs didn’t do anything to change the outcome you just claim the other team was in on it and took their foot off the gas or similar.

It’s like reading your horoscope from yesterday today

The Chargers lost with a 4-0 turnover margin and a 27 point lead?


My God, that's EPIC.

5-0 I think.

ROFL

5-0 turnover margin… first time in NFL history a team has ever lost a playoff game with that margin.

Why oh why did I got to sleep?!?!

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Hell, I bet it's happened less than a handful of times in history including the season.

Chargers punting on every drive but 1 in the second half is kind of like a pile of turnovers

i was going to turn it off at halftime if it was 27-0

when they scored something told me...keep watching... ROFL

I had nothing left in the tank, had a great run of wagering and decided it was time.


I did but a benj on Jax at +2.5 and figured that was gone, too. Woke up and was like WTF? LMAO

I did turn it off at half, but when you texted that the Chargers were on their 3rd string OT, I turned back in for the shitshow.

As a Mizzou fan I know what it’s like to be a chargers fan. Have seen that script one too many times myself.

I almost did too. I locked up, turned off lights and was finishing up my beer when the comeback started. I'm glad I stayed up, it was epic

There is less than 0% chance I'm watching that suckoff. God NFL coverage is pure shit. I'm watching the Man from Nowhere until the game starts.

I love you man. ROFL

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whoops

I'm torn... I want them to both lose or both win... If they both lose, great, but that is +3166 for odds. I would take the Dolphs in an upset to ensure a playoff game at Arrowhead, but I think if they both win it will be a slobberknocker next week and take some out of them for the following week..

Trevor LawrINTs

Put some respect on his name

that about sums it up.
up 27 points and they pull that crap. The entire coaching staff on the offensive side should be fired

No thread should be without a some gems from:


But now we volley back to pete%gz

These were the best of the best for the late game.