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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The Chargers would've had a better record w/ Taylor than Rivers. By a lot.
Lynn is trying to force this team into a particular mold, yes - because that's the talent he HAS. Of course he's trying to build a hard-nosed, defense first identity because that's where most of his talent is.
Why shouldn't he be doing that? He has to win games with his defense and that's damn near impossible w/ someone like Rivers giving opponents the ball with short fields.
Yes, he wants an offense that won't take anything off the table. With that team, in this division, why is that such a stupid thought process? He's trying to put the assets he has to their best use.
And again, if Taylor IS the 50% passer he demonstrated in Cleveland as opposed to the 60% guy he was in Buffalo, Lynn still has the Herbert card to play.
He doesn't have to play it yet and no, Herbert didn't force his hand last week. Herbert COULD have. Make another throw after the throw to Allen to get it into the end zone rather than settle for 3. Run for the first and finish THAT drive instead of throw a pick. Don't !@#$ up the direction on a hand-off inside the 4 yard line on 3rd down.
There are things he could've done to make this choice a lot harder for Lynn. Making one truly good throw and then just otherwise not puking on your shoes (often) doesn't really qualify.
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Lynn is delaying the inevitable in favor of a few more loses, and he's doing it out of loyalty and fear.
Taylor will come out and continue to be a sub-par passer and then his hand will be forced, and the loses will be all for nothing. By the time he gives up on Taylor it'll be too late.
Because again, he doesn't want to deal with rookie mistakes, despite what benefits may come with it.