This is standard stuff in the NFL. When you're a NFL head coach feeling the heat throw someone to the wolves.

Saleh doing that with the Jets.

The sacrificial lamb.

Seven rushing attempts in the second half.

As long as they keep Staley, I’m good.

I think that's partly why dumbass is still there. That Herbert extension is looming.

Staley back ensures Herbert's 4 year rookie deal goes to the trash bin. What a pathetic franchise. His 5th year option won't come cheap and after that.. good luck. Bosa and James will be on the decline. This team has to ice every draft to keep up with us. No other way around it.
AFC West will be owned by the Chiefs for at least a decade.

The mirage of Suckbert being an elite QB (rather than a choking fraud with elite skills who cannot translate that into team success) will get many coaches fired.

He'll already be on his third OC in his brief NFL career.

Coach killer.

This reinforces how awesome it is that we have Andy Reid as our coach while the Bills and Chargers had Defensive coaches. Both Herbert and Allen were coached by top end OC's but both are going to be head coaches for other teams.

Now Allen and Herbert will have to make do with more pedestrian coaching and schemes.

Why does this sound familiar? Refusal to run the ball in the 2nd half? Only scoring 3 points? Giving up a big lead? Didn't a fairly famous and long tenured coaching staff do something similar in the AFCC recently?

Don't know what to say about the Chargers; they don't seem to play like that against the Chiefs.

These people aren't robots and once things start going south, it's hard to pull it all back together and get into the same 'zone' that got you the big lead.

The only downside I saw of firing Staley is Herbert having to learn his 3rd offense in 4 years. So of course what the Chargers do is take that downside, and combine it with the downside of keeping Staley, to create a worst of both worlds situation. Excellent.

Ony Denver is that stupid. :doh!: