Chargers Thread

Justin10

So schedule is out and I'm going to make a trip to see the Chargers plus the London trip.

Was thinking of the opening game against the chiefs or the road game to the rams be great? Decisions decisions.

Anyone else heading over to the London game?

Leslie91

Rochey18 wrote: »

So schedule is out and I'm going to make a trip to see the Chargers plus the London trip.

Was thinking of the opening game against the chiefs or the road game to the rams be great? Decisions decisions.

Anyone else heading over to the London game?

Yep I am going to London on the Saturday morning back Sunday night but I won't attend the game. Instead will watch in a bar with fellow ex fans looking forward to the day the team is sold and returned to SD.

If any of you lads are in town the Saturday would be good to meet up too.

Justin10

I'll be around the town on the Saturday, arrange something nearer the time

tripperman

Well guy's been a while, big week for the franchise ahead with the draft, hoping for Rayshan Evans from Alabama in the first, dt or safety in the second round,

Time and daye for Wembley set, chatting on a fourm with fan's from L.A. and San Diego there not happy with the kick off time abd honestly I agree with them, hoping to go myself but will have to see two weddings this summer and one the start of October

Leslie91

tripperman wrote: »

Well guy's been a while, big week for the franchise ahead with the draft, hoping for Rayshan Evans from Alabama in the first, dt or safety in the second round,

Time and daye for Wembley set, chatting on a fourm with fan's from L.A. and San Diego there not happy with the kick off time abd honestly I agree with them, hoping to go myself but will have to see two weddings this summer and one the start of October

The NFL and esp the Chargers ownership don't give a F about the fans. Mind you can't imagine a whole lot of people in LA and SD giving a F about the game happening in London not to mention when they are playing in the mickey mouse stadium in Carson.

Justin10

Couldn't be happier with that pick, Surprised he fell all the way to 17.

Now for some big bodies in the second and third I think.

tripperman

Rochey18 wrote: »

Couldn't be happier with that pick, Surprised he fell all the way to 17.

Now for some big bodies in the second and third I think.

I was all in for Evans because I thought James would be gone top ten, this is a steal for us, tonight we need linebacker and interior dline or rb to help Gordon

Looking at our divisional rivals, Broncos made a good pick that pass rush their could be scary, raiders picked up Miller, I thought that was a big reach he's a second rounder at best imo,

OAOB

Great value pick but the chargers secondary wasn't the teams weakness. They need a big run stopper on the Dline and should hope for Hurst in the second or Settle in the third.

They couldn't pass on James but they haven't solved a weakness either

Leslie91

After lucking out on James I reckon they've made a balls of the rest of the draft. Mind you the lad they found to announce their last pick is a legend, ha ha F this ownership.

Justin10

Leslie91 wrote: »

After lucking out on James I reckon they've made a balls of the rest of the draft. Mind you the lad they found to announce their last pick is a legend, ha ha F this ownership.

Couldn't disagree more, I think they've done a fantastic job.

All the defensive guys are very athletic and good tackles, this is what Bradley built his Seahawks defence on.

I think your hatred for them moving is clouding your judgment.

Justin10

OAOB wrote: »

Great value pick but the chargers secondary wasn't the teams weakness. They need a big run stopper on the Dline and should hope for Hurst in the second or Settle in the third.

They couldn't pass on James but they haven't solved a weakness either

Surely Safety was a weakness with Boston leaving no?

Leslie91

Rochey18 wrote: »

Couldn't disagree more, I think they've done a fantastic job.

All the defensive guys are very athletic and good tackles, this is what Bradley built his Seahawks defence on.

I think your hatred for them moving is clouding your judgment.

Derwin James was the absolute right pick and I expect him to really make a big impact but like OAOB said D line esp inside stinks right now. In round 2 Nwosu went a bit early for me, I'd have gone D line or Tackle there, Connor Williams was probably the best guy on the board there.

In round 3 I know they were going to pick Nnadi or Freeman the running back but with both gone they made a really bad pick in Jones. He's a 4th rounder at best. You might even have got Nwosu at this pick. Even still looking at who was on the board either of Phillips or Hurst is better than Jones. I know Hurst went in rd 5 to Raiders, cannot understand how he slid that far to be honest. Tim Settle was still there when they picked a poor center in the lad from UCLA. He is not going to make it, he is not better than Pulley. Crosby went 2 picks before him which was a killer.

Kyzir White was a good pick where they got him. The white WR looks decent value. I don't know much about the RB taken in rd 7 but if nothing else he is a genius in school.

Leslie91

Rochey18 wrote: »

Surely Safety was a weakness with Boston leaving no?

I think Boston leaving did open a spot... and you simply couldn't pass on James when he fell. The only other player of similar value at that spot for me was teh QB Jackson.

Justin10

Everyone get sorted for tickets that was looking for one?

Leslie91

Rochey18 wrote: »

Everyone get sorted for tickets that was looking for one?

Did you get yours what block you going for? anybody know which side the 'home team' occupies?

Justin10

Ye got sorted, block 551, was quite annoying not knowing which side is the home side.

Leslie91

Rochey18 wrote: »

Ye got sorted, block 551, was quite annoying not knowing which side is the home side.

Great view from there... hope you are in a row closer to the front.

tripperman

Leslie91 wrote: »

Great view from there... hope you are in a row closer to the front.

Got my ticket last night, just a single tho, site crashed when I had two earlier in the day, hoping to get a pair in returns for bringing herself when the returns come in, got category 5 level 1 sec 115, think it's the corner of the endzone, not sure if it's a good spot

tripperman

Draft in the book now on to rookie mini camp I believe weekend after this, really happy with the draft class,
1 Derwin James, 33, a steal yeah I was hoping for Alabama linebacker Evans, but I had never expected Derwin to fall to us, I had expected him to go from pick 7-11, have to say the raiders kinda gifted him to us, they take a Edmunds instead of Miller I don't see Derwin getting to us,

2 Chena, 58, good pick extra pass rush which isn't a bad thing, but he's no slouch, he's decent in coverage not great just needs more reps and coaching, should beat out Kyle for that olb spot,

3 Justin Jones, 91, ok pick, not much talent left that I liked at dt after him, wasn't a fan of Tim Settle, Hurst the heart issue was safer not draft him, the risk is to big, jones could have traded back and still got him, he's a good run stopping dt, no pass rush tho

4 Kaizr White, 44, good pick good coverage skills great speed and tackling, moving from strong safety to linebacker tho, so not sure how that will suit him, he's going take snaps from Adrian Phillips I'm guessing at dime linebacker for a start till he gets up to speed

5 Scott Queensbury, 61, great pick can play guard or center, best suited to center tho, great blocker seen some big downfield run blocks that where very impressive, better than Spencer pulley, so should be the back-up to pouncey if he gets injured again, he's also a die-hard fan of the chargers and to honor his favorite player Nick Hardwick as a kid he's going to wear his number

6 Dylan Cantrell, 84, good pick, he's not the greatest route runner but he's a good blocker in the run game which should help Melvin Gordon out, seen clips of him making tough jump catches against good man coverage, expect him to be good depth who will look good with Philip getting him a target here and there,

7 Justin Jackson, 32, ok pick, honestly never heard of him, he's supposed to have set college record's, for a rounder worth a flyer, can't be much worse than some of the back-ups to Melvin and Austin,

Seen some good udfa signings that can make the roster that Texas tech qb can beat out geno hopefully, there's a guard/tackle from Colorado that has good upside could be a nice backup to tevi and barksdale,

Leslie91

tripperman wrote: »

Draft in the book now on to rookie mini camp I believe weekend after this, really happy with the draft class,
1 Derwin James, 33, a steal yeah I was hoping for Alabama linebacker Evans, but I had never expected Derwin to fall to us, I had expected him to go from pick 7-11, have to say the raiders kinda gifted him to us, they take a Edmunds instead of Miller I don't see Derwin getting to us,

2 Chena, 58, good pick extra pass rush which isn't a bad thing, but he's no slouch, he's decent in coverage not great just needs more reps and coaching, should beat out Kyle for that olb spot,

3 Justin Jones, 91, ok pick, not much talent left that I liked at dt after him, wasn't a fan of Tim Settle, Hurst the heart issue was safer not draft him, the risk is to big, jones could have traded back and still got him, he's a good run stopping dt, no pass rush tho

4 Kaizr White, 44, good pick good coverage skills great speed and tackling, moving from strong safety to linebacker tho, so not sure how that will suit him, he's going take snaps from Adrian Phillips I'm guessing at dime linebacker for a start till he gets up to speed

5 Scott Queensbury, 61, great pick can play guard or center, best suited to center tho, great blocker seen some big downfield run blocks that where very impressive, better than Spencer pulley, so should be the back-up to pouncey if he gets injured again, he's also a die-hard fan of the chargers and to honor his favorite player Nick Hardwick as a kid he's going to wear his number

6 Dylan Cantrell, 84, good pick, he's not the greatest route runner but he's a good blocker in the run game which should help Melvin Gordon out, seen clips of him making tough jump catches against good man coverage, expect him to be good depth who will look good with Philip getting him a target here and there,

7 Justin Jackson, 32, ok pick, honestly never heard of him, he's supposed to have set college record's, for a rounder worth a flyer, can't be much worse than some of the back-ups to Melvin and Austin,

Seen some good udfa signings that can make the roster that Texas tech qb can beat out geno hopefully, there's a guard/tackle from Colorado that has good upside could be a nice backup to tevi and barksdale,

You mean Golditch? did u see/hear he was in the movie theater that nite in Aurora watching Batman when yer man came in and shot up the place. He was shot in the neck.

tripperman

Leslie91 wrote: »

You mean Golditch? did u see/hear he was in the movie theater that nite in Aurora watching Batman when yer man came in and shot up the place. He was shot in the neck.

Yeah that's him, I blanked on his name, only learned that after he signed with us, eric willimas of espn retweeted a video about him and signing with us as some Denver station covered his day three experience

Justin10

That is pretty cool, definitely rooting for him to succeed somewhere after that lucky escape.

The Tony Brown the alabama corner we signed is meant to be quite a good slot corner, be one I'll be keeping an eye on even if we are stacked at the position.

Leslie91

You lads all sorted for tickets to the game?... have yee booked flights & accommodation?

Justin10

All set.. Flying out Saturday morning and home Monday. Forget where out tickets are for but one of the sidelines anyway near the front of the Upper tier.

Leslie91

Rochey18 wrote: »

All set.. Flying out Saturday morning and home Monday. Forget where out tickets are for but one of the sidelines anyway near the front of the Upper tier.

Same here, going over Saturday morning. Back Sunday night. No accom booked yet though.

tripperman

Well today is the first game of the season looking forward to it, very concerned how it will go with bosa out and no definite answer to when he will be available to play, Rochelle and Chena is going to have to work to fill his production,
Run defense is going to be a big factor, need to see philon, square and jones/mygill fill up the lanes, mebane I'm afraid is just not the player he was and is a glaring weakness that will be targeted by Kansas,

On offense we need Phillip to play safe protect the ball, don't need a lot of turnovers like he did last year, Gordon and Austin could add some good work in both rushing and receiving, think Mike Williams could show what he can bring to the team tonight after been injured last season,

looking forward to this one going to be s good game, think it's going to be a one score game that can go either way

Leslie91

Didn't see the game but read about it. I see good ol special teams never changes... no idea why they would bring JJ Jones onto the 53, 1 fluke return in preseason does not a special teams demon make. Waste of a roster spot imho. And I see Travis is still doing the dropsies, what a waste of $ that lad is.

Oh and a sellout supposedly, 60:40 Chiefs fans was it?

Sell the team Spanos u moron, and let's move back where we belong.

setanta74

Took a year off from the Chargers after the move. Found it hard to watch last year. Came back fully "re-charged" for this season.
Tuned in last night. Same old Chargers only the city is different.

Justin10

Big game the weekend really should get back to 2-2 and then a good stretch of games we could pick up a chunk of wins.

Real pity about Joey, and unfortunately no one is offering up an alternative to help Melvin and the double team.

Anyone that's going to London, anyone going to the bolt pride party on the Saturday?

Leslie91

Rochey18 wrote: »

Big game the weekend really should get back to 2-2 and then a good stretch of games we could pick up a chunk of wins.

Real pity about Joey, and unfortunately no one is offering up an alternative to help Melvin and the double team.

Anyone that's going to London, anyone going to the bolt pride party on the Saturday?

Where is the BP party on? I might venture by... still not going to the game though, anybody know the best sports bar in the city? I'm not going out to Wembley so won't be the green man for me.