In our short existence here in the blogosphere, this site has not been bound by any convention other than displaying a mild degree of taste and comportment, crediting those from whom we are stealing and not blogging while angry.
The last guideline was the reason why we didn’t post on the Chargers yesterday or late Sunday and we have found that in the past 2 days our anger has merely given way to complete bewilderment. And we don’t want to sound over-the-top or melodramatic but we are fairly confident in saying that this may be our last post on the Chargers for a while as it becomes increasingly difficult to rationalize time, money and emotion spent on a talented, yet clueless group of athletes coached by a hopelessly inept staff that hasn’t yet been able to figure out what is glaringly obvious to us. Besides, we are fully cognizant of the fact that we are starting to sound like a broken record. Jeez.... and to think the Chargers actually beat the Colts 23-21.
And speaking of broken… our personal breaking point for coming to this decision came this morning in reading a news item in the “Charger Report” in today’s San Diego U-T that reported, with Quentin Jammer returning from his injury, Antonio Cromartie would probably not start next week against Jacksonville. There is absolutely nothing else one needs to know about the Charger coaching staff and the reason why the Chargers are 5-4 than the fact that this defensive back, who in the last 3 games has 5 picks and 2 touchdowns, will not be starting next week. That’s it. That’s all one needs to know.
Then again, it’s the “logic” displayed above that nearly relegates the most versatile, durable and dynamic running back of his generation to “what ever happened to…?” status. Jumping Jiminy on a pogo stick… how do you forget about L.T? He is the NFL version of the “easy button”. Get this guy the rock early and often and things just take care of themselves. “Things” being incident
al stuff like the offense, the gameplan and ultimately the win-loss record.
Its also this same inexplicable “logic” that engenders an allergic reaction among Charger defenders to the team’s opposing quarterback. This is all on Ted Cottrell, the defensive coordinator, though. We saw virtually no blitzing or stunting on Sunday evening as Peyton Manning was able to just dink and dunk his way down field whenever he wasn’t throwing interceptions. And it should be noted that none of those interceptions were a result of any pressure that was being put on Manning.
Are we jumping off the bandwagon? Hardly. We’ll still be there next Sunday morning rooting these guys on against the Jaguars but we are going to take a break from our ground hog day routine here for a while.
The last guideline was the reason why we didn’t post on the Chargers yesterday or late Sunday and we have found that in the past 2 days our anger has merely given way to complete bewilderment. And we don’t want to sound over-the-top or melodramatic but we are fairly confident in saying that this may be our last post on the Chargers for a while as it becomes increasingly difficult to rationalize time, money and emotion spent on a talented, yet clueless group of athletes coached by a hopelessly inept staff that hasn’t yet been able to figure out what is glaringly obvious to us. Besides, we are fully cognizant of the fact that we are starting to sound like a broken record. Jeez.... and to think the Chargers actually beat the Colts 23-21.
And speaking of broken… our personal breaking point for coming to this decision came this morning in reading a news item in the “Charger Report” in today’s San Diego U-T that reported, with Quentin Jammer returning from his injury, Antonio Cromartie would probably not start next week against Jacksonville. There is absolutely nothing else one needs to know about the Charger coaching staff and the reason why the Chargers are 5-4 than the fact that this defensive back, who in the last 3 games has 5 picks and 2 touchdowns, will not be starting next week. That’s it. That’s all one needs to know.
Then again, it’s the “logic” displayed above that nearly relegates the most versatile, durable and dynamic running back of his generation to “what ever happened to…?” status. Jumping Jiminy on a pogo stick… how do you forget about L.T? He is the NFL version of the “easy button”. Get this guy the rock early and often and things just take care of themselves. “Things” being incident
al stuff like the offense, the gameplan and ultimately the win-loss record.Its also this same inexplicable “logic” that engenders an allergic reaction among Charger defenders to the team’s opposing quarterback. This is all on Ted Cottrell, the defensive coordinator, though. We saw virtually no blitzing or stunting on Sunday evening as Peyton Manning was able to just dink and dunk his way down field whenever he wasn’t throwing interceptions. And it should be noted that none of those interceptions were a result of any pressure that was being put on Manning.
Are we jumping off the bandwagon? Hardly. We’ll still be there next Sunday morning rooting these guys on against the Jaguars but we are going to take a break from our ground hog day routine here for a while.
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4 comments:
Dean,
I couldn't agree more about Cromartie. As he got his second pick in Sunday's game, I was thinking, hey this coaching staff finally got a clue. I didn't realize that Jammer was hurt. When I read that crap in the U-T Monday morning, I about hurled breakfast. Speaking of the U-T, what is wrong with their writers that they keep defending this clueless staff?
I am missing something, I was upset with both coaches for not throwing the red flag on "missed" pass interferance calls. Both of which were crucial to the point of the game.
I realize that I am a late comer to the recent updates to the game, but can a challenge be called on a pass interferance call that was not made?
Forgont to sign it,
The Dawg
B-Daddy, Yes... don't understand this "fair and balanced" approach of the U-T columnists. Perhaps they do not want to be denied the spread in the press box.
'Dawg, the NFL replay rules are such that one cannot challenge a judgement call like holding or interference.
Granted, all calls are "judgemental" in nature but determining whether or not a receiver stays in bounds while making a catch is subject to a degree of conclusive black and white visual evidence that judging a holding or interference call is not.
Dean
It turns out that divine intervention held the tide for both of the missed PI calls. Thanks for the clarification
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