Revived wrote:It’s such a good feeling knowing that the tides are turning. Bw knows I’m a big Rivers fan but man I wish so badly we could’ve had a coach like Harbaugh when he was here. They would’ve got along great personality wise too.
I’m very excited for Chargers football the next 5 years. We aren’t gonna be contenders next season and may not even be a playoff team but the building blocks will be set up.
I expect playoff team 2nd Harbaugh year and contender by 3rd year.
Next season will be a rebuild year, anything else will be a bonus.
Btw are any of you guys planning on going to any games? I most certainly will be and open to linking up if the games and dates align.
I was a big fan of Fouts (only saw the last 7 years or so of his career), Brees, after his first couple years, Rivers and now Herbert. Fouts seemed SO good at the time, but he also played in Air Coryell offense, which would help any of these guys (though he did throw more ints, but the rules were also different). Brees didn't start out well but of course got great when Rivers got drafted. It's too bad for Rivers career that he didn't start earlier when the Chargers were much better like his first year starting. Then of course they get rid of Marty.
I think Herbert has more talent than any of them though, especially when you consider everything. Brees of course ended up being awesome, but Herbert has been much better early, breaking some records. Rivers started awesome but slowly got worse after his first 7 or 8 years, taking too many risks (but his OL and coaches sucked), but still loved him.
I think they will be really competitive. I predict as many as 12 wins. I remember watching him go to Michigan (Harbaugh) and turned a bad team (same players) into a really competitive team. Then he takes the 6 win Niners to the NFC Championship his first year, SB second year and NFC championship again his 3rd. I think this team has more talent.
He just changes the entire mindset and culture. The AFC is tough, but the Chargers will be tough. It would be nice to get Aiyuk, but I think if the line is great, we will have a fairly strong running game, and Herbert can be successful passing with time in the pocket.
The AFC West also sucks, so that's 4 easy wins. But they get to play the NFC South too, and should win all of those. That's probably 8 easy wins. Being in last place, they get the Patriots, Cardinals and Titans. That could be 3 more wins. That's 11. The toughest games are the 2 vs KC and they play the AFC North. They can probably split those or at least get 1. That would be 12 or 13. Say they lose one I consider a win, that's still 11 or 12 wins. Their competition for a WC will be the NFC North, Buffalo, Miami, maybe the Jets. But I figure they are better than Pittsburgh. That leaves a pretty good competition in the AFC race. I don't see how they don't win at a minimum 10 games with that schedule though, but probably at least 11. They have 10 or 11 easy games on paper and maybe 1 or 2 more (Pitt, Tennessee).Barring a ton of injuries though. But Ben Herbert, their training guy does a lot of injury prevention work, and I imagine they will be healthy. They could also withstand a Slater injury, moving Alt to left tackle, Pipkins to right, and Salyer at guard.