**** YOU NORV TURNER

[Quiet Storm]

Originally Posted by Raised On Riots

The lessons of Marty-Ball have not been lost Mr. Rodgers.

yeah...well...I will always root for the bolts...but Norval Reddenbacher can go to hell. I used to give him the benefit of the doubt. Not anymore. His decision making is atrocious. He has his positives but his negatives balance that out.

I could care less about his HC track record as well. OAK and WAS have been coaching graveyards. All I know is he came here and is running this team into the ground. I think he came out today and said something along the lines of "people think we are better than we actually are."

uhhh coach..no shit...That's YOUR fault.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Quiet Storm

yeah...well...I will always root for the bolts...but Norval Reddenbacher can go to hell. I used to give him the benefit of the doubt. Not anymore. His decision making is atrocious. He has his positives but his negatives balance that out.

I could care less about his HC track record as well. OAK and WAS have been coaching graveyards. All I know is he came here and is running this team into the ground. I think he came out today and something along the lines of "people think we are better than we actually are."

That's norvs fault.

That was awesome! Rep!

[Quiet Storm]

Originally Posted by Raised On Riots

That was awesome! Rep!

yeah, he's AJ f3cking tool!

[Buck]

Originally Posted by Quiet Storm

yeah...well...I will always root for the bolts...but Norval Reddenbacher can go to hell. I used to give him the benefit of the doubt. Not anymore. His decision making is atrocious. He has his positives but his negatives balance that out.

I could care less about his HC track record as well. OAK and WAS have been coaching graveyards. All I know is he came here and is running this team into the ground. I think he came out today and said something along the lines of "people think we are better than we actually are."

uhhh coach..no shit...That's YOUR fault.

Originally Posted by Raised On Riots

That was awesome! Rep!

Before you guys posted here, my Username was once Norval Reddenbucker.

[big nasty kcnut]

Norv don't know how to playcall for sproles. Norv is teh suck.
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[Mile High Mania]

Maybe SD can compete with WAS and DAL next year for Shanahan...

[OctoberFart]

You have been Norv'd!

[Quesadilla Joe]

Even the Chargers think that they are overrated.

Turner: Bolts not as good as outsiders think

By BERNIE WILSON (AP) – 16 hours ago

SAN DIEGO — Whether he's trying to deflect criticism of his play-calling or delivering some kind of pre-emptive strike, coach Norv Turner has a message for fans — the San Diego Chargers aren't as good as outsiders think they are.

Turner said he thinks he has a good handle on where the Chargers are after two games — a close call against the Oakland Raiders in the season opener and a 31-26 home-opening loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.

"I don't think right now we're as good as you that cover us think or expect us to be; I don't think we're as good as what our fans want us to be," Turner said Monday at the start of his weekly news conference. "But I believe we can get there. We've got a lot of work to get there."

The Chargers went into the season having been picked by some as Super Bowl favorites. The players themselves have Super Bowl expectations, although they're not as chatty about them as they have been the last three seasons, when their playoff runs ended short of the NFL championship game.

There are some in the media who believe the Chargers have the most-talented roster in the NFL. The Chargers organization often brags about the depth that's been stockpiled via long-term contracts.

Naturally, the Chargers are expected to mop up the anemic AFC West, with many feeling they can clinch their fourth straight division title by Thanksgiving.

Two games in, they're not even leading the division. Denver, which collapsed down the stretch last year, allowing San Diego to win the title at 8-8, is 2-0. San Diego is tied with Oakland at 1-1, and Kansas City is 0-2.

The Chargers came out of the Raiders game looking like they'd lost a street brawl. LaDainian Tomlinson, center Nick Hardwick, right guard Louis Vasquez and defensive tackle Jamal Williams all were hurt.

Williams, a run-stuffer, was put on injured reserve on Saturday, meaning he's done for the season. Tomlinson, Hardwick and Vasquez all missed the Baltimore game, and there's no word when they'll be back.

"We obviously went through a lot of change last week," Turner said. "We had an assortment of young guys play, and in a lot of cases, those young guys came in and played pretty good. Obviously we're playing an outstanding football team, you know, and as I said, I thought we did a lot of good things. We let some things get away from us. They did a lot of good things. They let some things get away from them.

"We've got to play better, and that's going to be our approach."

Philip Rivers, who threw for a career-high 436 yards, agrees with the coach.

"I guess it kind of seems that the expectation outside of the building is that we never should lose a game, we should score every single time in the red zone, we should never punt," Rivers said. "It's just a little bit unrealistic.

"We aren't as good as we want to be or that we can be, yet," Rivers said. "You can look at that negatively or positively. On the positive side, if we're peaking at Week 2, sitting at 1-1, we'd be in trouble. But we're here climbing the mountain right now, early in the season, just took a team that was in the AFC championship to the wire and had opportunities to win. There's nothing to hang our head about. There are definitely things to correct, that we didn't do so well. Our mindset is very positive."

Fans booed when Turner called for a field goal on third-and-goal on the Baltimore 5 with 10 seconds to go before halftime.

Turner said he knows the Chargers can get a play off in 10 seconds, but didn't like what had been going on inside the Ravens' 20-yard line, including Rivers getting sacked prior to an earlier field goal by Nate Kaeding.

"We were having a tough time with a particular blitz they were running up the middle, and I wasn't going to take the risk on a ball being tipped and batted up in the air and intercepted; a ball being completely short," Turner said. "We didn't have a timeout. I was more comfortable taking the three points.

"No one more than me would have liked to throw a touchdown pass in that situation, but I also felt that at that time we had to regroup because we weren't handling some of the things they were doing."

San Diego got to the Ravens' 5-, 2-, 1- and 10-yard lines, and had to settle for field goals by Kaeding each time. The Chargers had 12 penalties for 85 yards, including delay-of-game calls while they were at the 1 and the 10.

San Diego's final drive ended when Ray Lewis stuffed Darren Sproles on fourth-and-2 from the Baltimore 15 in the closing seconds.

Turner said that if anything, he would have changed the third-down call, which was a short pass to Sproles that was incomplete.

"If you execute it properly, it has a real chance of being more than a 1-yard gain," Turner said of the fourth-down play.

The Chargers host Miami on Sunday.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...hCb_gD9AS0J4O0

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by KnowMo2724

Even the Chargers think that they are overrated.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...hCb_gD9AS0J4O0

Man, there's a bit of quit in that article.

[Quiet Storm]

Originally Posted by KnowMo2724

Even the Chargers think that they are overrated.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...hCb_gD9AS0J4O0

I guaran-damn-tee we will still finish with a better record than you guys and still take the division.

What will that be, 5 out of the last 6?

[B_Ambuehl]

The chargers aren't that talented. They have one good corner, one good LB, a good QB, receiver, and a scatback. Their offensive line, MLBs, and safeties are very average if not worse.

They are well below NFL average in all 3 defensive front positions, strong safety, and right tackle.

This is what happens when you continually draft skill position players and give away the farm trying to trade up instead of building a team in the trenches.

None of the chargers last 3 1st round draft picks are even starting.

As Chiefs fans I wouldn't worry about the Chargers. He got lucky for a couple of years and inherited a good foundation, but give AJ Smith 2 more years and he'll have them run back down to permanent sub .500 level.

[Quiet Storm]

Originally Posted by B_Ambuehl

The chargers aren't that talented. They have one good corner, one good LB, a good QB, receiver, and a scatback. Their offensive line, MLBs, and safeties are very average if not worse.

They are well below NFL average in all 3 defensive front positions, strong safety, and right tackle.

This is what happens when you continually draft skill position players and give away the farm trying to trade up instead of building a team in the trenches.

None of the chargers last 3 1st round draft picks are even starting.

As Chiefs fans I wouldn't worry about the Chargers. He got lucky for a couple of years and inherited a good foundation, but give AJ Smith 2 more years and he'll have them run back down to permanent sub .500 level.

Umm AJ is regarded, already, as one of the best talent evaluators and GMs in the game

You want to talk about inheriting a good situation? Look at your GM. The only reason he is relevant was the situation he had with the Cheaters.

[Gadzooks]

Originally Posted by B_Ambuehl

The chargers aren't that talented. They have one good corner, one good LB, a good QB, receiver, and a scatback. Their offensive line, MLBs, and safeties are very average if not worse.

They are well below NFL average in all 3 defensive front positions, strong safety, and right tackle.

This is what happens when you continually draft skill position players and give away the farm trying to trade up instead of building a team in the trenches.

None of the chargers last 3 1st round draft picks are even starting.

As Chiefs fans I wouldn't worry about the Chargers. He got lucky for a couple of years and inherited a good foundation, but give AJ Smith 2 more years and he'll have them run back down to permanent sub .500 level.

Inherited a good foundation? You're reeruned. Sure, he had LT and Brees (who sucked back then).
I read the rest and, WOW, buh-tarded
AJ was raised in the Bills Polian era. Polian figured out how to win one in Indy. Now it's AJ's turn in SD. Both guys know how to build a franchise.
Chief fans have plenty to worry about besides the Chargers. We'll see how Polian does on his own. It'll take a few years to see any results.

[OctoberFart]

Merriman won't be at full speed til next year. Takes 2 seasons to get back to normal.

[RJ]

I was just looking today at the stats for the Chargers and Chiefs, having faced the same two opponents. Charger fans might not want to look at those stats. They're a little too close for comfort, maybe.