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It is not often that a football team can find their future offensive leader and their future defensive leader in the same draft. The Los Angeles Chargers hope that they just accomplished that in the 2020 NFL Draft. The Chargers used two 1st round picks to acquire their quarterback of the future on offense and the quarterback of the future on their defense. Here is a synopsis of all six Charger draft picks from the 2020 NFL draft held on April 23rd through April 25th: Round 1A – Justin H...
When the Chargers and quarterback Philip Rivers mutually agreed to part ways earlier this year, it left the team without a franchise quarterback or a quarterback of the future for the first time in about two decades. That hole lasted just a few months. With the 6th pick in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft, the Chargers selected their quarterback of the future, Justin Herbert of the Oregon Ducks. Herbert has all the tools to be an NFL franchise quarterback. Herbert is 6-feet-6, 236 pounds....
The Los Angeles Chargers will be entering the 2020 NFL draft with the need for a quarterback of the future, the need to add speed on the outside and the need to add depth on the offense. This draft will be focused on the offensive side of the ball. The Chargers were able to take care of most of their needs on defense through free agency, with the additions of cornerback Chris Harris, defensive tackle Linval Joseph and linebacker Nick Vigil. Here is our Chargers 2020 NFL mock draft for the draft...
The world champion Kansas City Chiefs have won four straight AFC West titles. They also have the Super Bowl MVP and 2018 NFL MVP, Patrick Mahomes, as their starting quarterback. He is only 24 years old. This is what the other three AFC West teams are up against. The Los Angeles Chargers, one of those three teams, have an important decision to make in the three weeks at the quarterback position. Of the four AFC West teams, the Chargers have the most questions at quarterback. Denver returns Drew...
After the release of several veteran players this off-season, including quarterback Philip Rivers, it appeared that the Los Angeles Chargers were rebuilding for the future. Any thoughts along those lines ended last week with the signing of three key veteran free agents. The Chargers added cornerback Chris Harris, right tackle Bryan Bulaga and defensive tackle Linval Joseph. All three players will be 31 years old at the start of the regular season. The addition of Harris, a nine-year veteran...
The coronavirus outbreak has canceled all springs sports around the country and may even cancel the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, which are scheduled to start on July 24th. UCLA football has been affected by this shutdown of athletics, with spring football being canceled. But with the hope that the UCLA football season will go on as scheduled, we decided to look at UCLA football and their hopes for a winning season in 2020. UCLA football is currently going through their roughest stretch...
When it comes to free agent running backs, every NFL General Manager should remember the names of Todd Gurley and David Johnson. In 2018, Gurley signed a 4-year, $57.5 million contract with the Los Angeles Rams, with $45 million guaranteed. At about the same time, Johnson signed a 3-year, $39 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals, with $31.8 million guaranteed. Gurley developed a knee issue that was later identified as an arthritic knee. In the 2018 NFC championship and in the Super Bowl,...
In college football, the top teams recruit well. In the 2020 football recruiting class, the top five teams were Georgia, Clemson, Alabama, LSU and Ohio State. Four of those five schools have won national championships in the past six years, with Georgia being the lone exception. The lone school from the Pac-12 conference in the top ten this year was Oregon, who finished 9th in the 247sports.com team recruiting rankings. Missing from the top ten for the second straight year was USC. In 2019, USC...
The 2020 NFL quarterback carousel has begun, and this year's crop of available quarterbacks could be one of the best in NFL history. The Los Angeles Chargers got this carousel started last week when they mutually agreed to end their sixteen-year relationship with Philip Rivers. The Chargers are one of the many teams that need to answer the question of who will be their starting quarterback on opening day? Rivers is a free agent and will be playing on a new team in 2020. The speculation is that...
Chargers and Rivers Agree to the End of an Era The Los Angeles Chargers and quarterback Philip Rivers have announced that they have mutually agreed to part ways, ending their 16-year relationship. Rivers will be entering free agency at the age of 38. Replacing his production will not be easy. Rivers leaves the Chargers owning more than thirty team records. He holds records in passing yards with 59,271, in touchdowns with 397, in completions with 4,907 and wins with 123. He had 235 consecutive...
The NBA trade deadline has come and gone, and the clear winner is the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers acquired forward Marcus Morris from the New York Knicks as part of a three-team trade. The Clippers sent forward Moe Harkless and a 2020 first-round pick to the Knicks for Morris. They also traded guard Jerome Robinson, a first-round pick in 2018, to the Wizards in exchange for guard Isaiah Thomas. The Knicks also received 2nd round picks from the Clippers and Wizards. The acquisition of...
The San Francisco 49ers had just taken a 10-point lead on a one-yard touchdown run by Raheem Mostert. The score had been setup by the first interception of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the postseason. Down by 10 early in the 4th quarter, the Kansas City Chiefs were in the process of putting a scoring drive together to close the gap, but Mahomes threw his second interception of the game. If the game had ended at this point, 49er quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo might have been...
The special Centennial Class for the Pro Football Hall of Fame was announced last week by the NFL, sending 15 individuals to football immortality in Canton: Harold Carmichael, Jim Covert, Bill Cowher, Bobby Dillon, Cliff Harris, Winston Hill, Jimmy Johnson, Alex Karras, Steve Sabol, Donnie Shell, Duke Slater, Mac Speedie, Ed Sprinkle, Paul Tagliabue, George Young. The list consists of 10 Seniors (players who last played more than 25 years ago), three Contributors (an individual other than a...
While much of the early off-season discussion regarding the Los Angeles Chargers has involved quarterback Philip Rivers, there needs to be an equal amount of discussion revolving around the defensive unit of the Chargers, which regressed last season under defensive coordinator Gus Bradley. In 2019, the Chargers ranked last in the NFL in takeaways at 14. As a comparison, the Pittsburgh Steelers led the NFL in takeaways with 38. The New England Patriots were second with 36. The Chargers ranked...
Tight end Antonio Gates of the Chargers has announced his retirement from the NFL. Gates played 16 years with the Chargers, starting in 2003 and ending in 2018. Gates sat out the 2019 season as an unrestricted free agent. Gates is the NFL all-time leader from the tight end position in touchdown receptions with 116. Gates joined the Chargers as an undrafted free agent out of Kent State, having never played college football. At Kent State, Gates played basketball, averaging 18.1 points per game...
The 2019 season for the Los Angeles Chargers is over and now starts what should be a fascinating offseason in search of answers to questions. There will be player changes and coaching changes. There may be some retirements among the players. There will be key free agents to resign and new players added to the roster. But the elephant in the room will be at the quarterback position. The biggest issue the Chargers need to resolve in the offseason is their offensive line. The offensive line...
The NFL regular season is finally over and this weekend is the start of the wild-card playoff round. Here are the matchups and predictions: Buffalo Bills (10-6) at Houston Texans (10-6) Saturday, 1:35 p.m. PT Point spread: Texans, -3 points This will be the battle of two young quarterbacks. Deshaun Watson will lead the Texans and Josh Allen will lead the Bills. On paper, the Bills are the better team. The Bills have the No. 3 defense in the NFL, the No. 2 scoring defense in the NFL and the No....
The 2019 Los Angeles Chargers statistically had one of the better defenses in the NFL. They also statistically had one of the better passing offenses in the NFL. But too many mistakes throughout the season and not enough plays made on the defensive side spelled doom for the Chargers. After a 31-21 loss on the road to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, the Chargers ended the season 5-11, in last place in the AFC West. It was obvious that throughout the season that the Chargers could not...
1. Baltimore Ravens (13-2): The Ravens have clinched homefield advantage for the AFC playoffs and will rest their key starters in week 17, which includes quarterback Lamar Jackson. Any AFC team in the playoffs should be studying as to how they would slow down quarterback Lamar Jackson, the likely NFL MVP, in case of a matchup with the Ravens. 2. New Orleans Saints (12-3): Amazingly, the Saints could end up 13-3 and be forced to play a first-round game at home against the Minnesota Vikings. The S...
It was just another home game in Carson. Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr was discussing the impact of the fans and of the atmosphere after the game: "Everyone kept saying that last week was our last home, but it wasn't. Every time we come here it is a home game. We didn't use the silent count, they did. We didn't practice the silent count all week." Carr was referring to the Raiders visit to Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson on Sunday, where the Raiders had just defeated the los...
The single play epitomized the entire Chargers season. With the Minnesota Vikings leading 12-10, the Los Angeles Chargers had taken advantage of a turnover and driven to the Vikings 26-yard line with 23 seconds left in the first half. The Chargers were in field goal range but were looking for a touchdown. On second-and-2 with 23 seconds left in the second quarter, Charger quarterback Philip Rivers dropped back and attempted to move out of the way of right tackle Sam Tevi, who was bulldozed onto...
1. Baltimore Ravens (12-2): The Ravens had 12 players named to the Pro Bowl teams, tying an NFL record for most players on the Pro Bowl squad. Kicker Justin Tucker made his third pro bowl. Tucker, the most accurate kicker in NFL history, has made 23 of 24 field goal attempts this year, including two game-winners against Pittsburgh and San Francisco. Next: -10 at Cleveland Browns - Sun, Dec. 22 2. New Orleans Saints (11-3): On Monday Night against the Colts, the Saints let the NFL world know that...
One of the things that has been missing in the 2019 Los Angeles Chargers offensive attack has been the big play. They have lacked the explosive plays of the past, offensive plays of 20 yards or more. That ended on Sunday in Jacksonville. The Chargers found their offense and looked like the 2017 & 2018 Chargers, winning in convincing fashion against the Jaguars, 45-10. The Chargers exploded for 525 yards of offense and a season high 45 points. They had nine offensive plays of 19 yards or more,...
1. Baltimore Ravens (11-2): The Ravens moved one step closer to controlling homefield advantage for the AFC playoffs with a win over the Bills in Buffalo. Lamar Jackson went over 1,000 yards in rushing and is averaging 78.2 yards per game rushing, which if maintained would break the record set by Bobby Douglass of the Bears of 69.1 per game set in 1972. Next: -17 vs New York Jets - Thu, Dec. 12 2. San Francisco 49ers (11-2): Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was named the NFC Offensive Player of the...
The 2019 Los Angeles Chargers season has reached a point after thirteen weeks that almost no pundit thought would occur. The Chargers are essentially done for the year. Their hopes for the playoffs are basically over after a 23-20 loss in Denver to the Broncos. They have four more games on the schedule but with a record of 4-8, this team is not going to the playoffs. The Chargers lost another heartbreaker on Sunday against the Broncos, with Bronco kicker Brandon McManus nailing a 53-yard field...
