warhawk
Cheesehead
to judge from this one game.
Many ready to believe a rerun of last year is inevitable.
Some things you might want to consider at this point.
First of all I will say the "O" line was tentative, thought to much, and was hesitant.
Secondly, I will say that the front seven of the Chargers is a talented group.
What I would like to add is that a contributing factor to the offensive lines play was an extremely aggressive posture on the part of the Chargers in this game.
I did not see any other pre season game where a team went after the QB and blitzed as often as the Chargers in this game. I would say this was against the norm where teams generally stay with generic formations in the early pre season so they can use these games as a tool to evaluate players.
I would also say that as a result the offensive line was even more tentative and at times caught off guard.
Understandable. Teams don't prepare for their opponents in the pre season like they do during the regular season.
They don't spend time on this because there is a lot that must be accomplished in the time they have before the season starts. The luxury of time to watch film, game plan, and practice against what an upcoming team in pre-season will run does not exist.
That's why teams stay with mostly basic stuff until maybe the last game of pre-season when they want to see how certain things work.
I am not exactly sure what the Chargers got out of this other than finding out a team that wasn't expecting nearly the aggressive strategy of blitzing the QB to death didn't handle it well.
Would they have been better off seeing if their LB's were getting in the right position on pass plays, watching the corners to see if their technique was right and if the saftey got over in time to help when they should have?
Hard to tell when you've got LB's chasing the QB all over the field.
So lessons were learned. No, we weren't ready for what we will see once the regular season starts. I doubt MM really expects them to be that far along at this point.
He's using this whipping as a way to send a message of how much further they need to get and how much work needs to be done which is a good thing.
But he also knows these guys aren't nearly as bad as they were made to look in this one game either.
My guess is he may take a peak at Atlanta and what they do so in the event they come in throwing the dog, kitchen sink, and the coaches sister after Favre, they will fare better this time.
Many ready to believe a rerun of last year is inevitable.
Some things you might want to consider at this point.
First of all I will say the "O" line was tentative, thought to much, and was hesitant.
Secondly, I will say that the front seven of the Chargers is a talented group.
What I would like to add is that a contributing factor to the offensive lines play was an extremely aggressive posture on the part of the Chargers in this game.
I did not see any other pre season game where a team went after the QB and blitzed as often as the Chargers in this game. I would say this was against the norm where teams generally stay with generic formations in the early pre season so they can use these games as a tool to evaluate players.
I would also say that as a result the offensive line was even more tentative and at times caught off guard.
Understandable. Teams don't prepare for their opponents in the pre season like they do during the regular season.
They don't spend time on this because there is a lot that must be accomplished in the time they have before the season starts. The luxury of time to watch film, game plan, and practice against what an upcoming team in pre-season will run does not exist.
That's why teams stay with mostly basic stuff until maybe the last game of pre-season when they want to see how certain things work.
I am not exactly sure what the Chargers got out of this other than finding out a team that wasn't expecting nearly the aggressive strategy of blitzing the QB to death didn't handle it well.
Would they have been better off seeing if their LB's were getting in the right position on pass plays, watching the corners to see if their technique was right and if the saftey got over in time to help when they should have?
Hard to tell when you've got LB's chasing the QB all over the field.
So lessons were learned. No, we weren't ready for what we will see once the regular season starts. I doubt MM really expects them to be that far along at this point.
He's using this whipping as a way to send a message of how much further they need to get and how much work needs to be done which is a good thing.
But he also knows these guys aren't nearly as bad as they were made to look in this one game either.
My guess is he may take a peak at Atlanta and what they do so in the event they come in throwing the dog, kitchen sink, and the coaches sister after Favre, they will fare better this time.