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On paper, the 2022 Los Angeles Chargers look like a very good football team. The offense, which was ranked 4th in the NFL in 2021, is already very good. The defense was the reason that the Chargers were not in the playoffs last season. General Manager Tom Telesco and his staff had the team in good salary cap shape this past spring and the team was aggressive in free agency. The addition of outside linebacker Khalil Mack, cornerback J.C. Jackson, defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day, nose tackle...
While it has been fun these first two seasons with Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert flinging the football all over the field with amazing accuracy, the Chargers would be well-advised to find a No. 2 running back to help their star running back, Austin Ekeler and take a little pressure off Herbert. Ekeler is fully aware of his limitations at running back. In 2021, Ekeler had a career high of 206 carries in 16 games, a career high in rushing yardage with 911 yards, a career high in...
Wide receiver Cooper Kupp has signed a three-year contract extension with the Rams, keeping him under contract in Los Angeles through the 2026 season. In 2021, Kupp became the NFL's fourth receiving "triple crown" winner since the 1970 merger after posting a league-best 145 receptions, 1,947 receiving yards and 16 receiving touchdowns last season. Those totals in the first season of the league's 17-game era were just five receptions shy of breaking Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas' NFL single-season receptions record and 18 yards shy of...
The Los Angeles Chargers today announced an update to the date and time of the team’s Preseason Week 3 contest at New Orleans. The Bolts will now play the Saints on Fri., Aug. 26 at 5 p.m. PT. All three preseason games will be televised on CBS2 Los Angeles and Estrella, the official broadcast partners of the Los Angeles Chargers. ### 2022 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS PRESEASON SCHEDULE WEEK DATE OPPONENT TIME (PT) TELEVISION Pre 1 Sat., Aug. 13 Los Angeles Rams 7 p.m. CBS2 LA/Estrella Pre 2 Sat., Aug. 20 Dallas Cowboys 7 p.m. CBS2 LA/Estrella Pre 3 F...
After adding two cornerbacks, one safety and one defensive tackle through the NFL draft, it would have been easy to assume that the Los Angeles Chargers were done accruing talent on the defensive side of the ball. After all, they had added three free agent starters, including All-Pro cornerback J.C. Jackson, and traded for All-Pro outside linebacker Khalil Mack. The assumption that the Chargers were done would have been wrong. Since the 2022 NFL draft ended on April 30th, the Chargers have...
The 2022 NFL Draft did not go particularly well for the Pac-12 conference during the recent draft, with only 25 players selected from the conference, the lowest number in over a decade. But it did go well for the UCLA Bruin football squad, with a conference leading six players selected in the draft. The six selections were the most since 2016, when the Bruins had eight players selected in the draft. The NFL draft capped a good season for the Bruins, who went 8-4 and were rewarded with a bowl...
After being unable to consistently establish a running game and being unable to stop the run on the defensive side of the ball in 2021, Los Angeles Chargers head coach Brandon Staley and General Manager Tom Telesco were determined to address the issue in both free agency and in the 2022 NFL draft, which started last Thursday, April 28, and ended on Saturday, April 30. The running game was a real concern for Charger management. "What I think that the running game does for a quarterback is it give...
The Los Angeles Chargers have made several improvements in the off-season to their roster, but they are far from finished, especially in the highly competitive AFC West. The Chargers added four new starters on defense in linebacker Khalil Mack, cornerback J.C. Jackson, nose tackle Austin Johnson, and defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day. Those additions will help a Charger defense that was last in the NFL in third down defense. On offense, the Chargers ranked 5th in total offense in the NFL in...
The Los Angeles Chargers started free agency with $57.5 million dollars in salary cap space and a defense that was one of the worst in the NFL in 2021. The Chargers were 31st against the run in 2021 and last in third down defense in the NFL. It was obvious to the Chargers and NFL critics that the Chargers had to fix their defense. The Chargers started free agency off with a trade for a star outside linebacker Khalil Mack from the Chicago Bears. The Chargers traded a second- roundpick in the...
As expected, the Los Angeles Chargers have reached a contractual agreement with wide receiver Mike Williams, one of their key unrestricted free agents in NFL free agency. Williams is coming off his best season, with career highs in receptions with 76 and in receiving yardage with 1,146. Williams was a first-round pick in the 2017 NFL draft, the seventh pick overall in the 2017 NFL draft. The contract that the two sides agreed to is a three-year, $60 million dollar deal, with $40 million guarante...
The Los Angeles Chargers started free agency with $57.5 million dollars in salary cap space and a defense that was one of the worst in the NFL in 2021. The Chargers were 31st against the run in 2021 and last in third down defense in the NFL. It was obvious to the Chargers and NFL critics that the Chargers had to fix their defense. The Chargers started free agency off with a trade for a star outside linebacker Khalil Mack from the Chicago Bears. The Chargers traded a second-round pick in the...
As expected, the Los Angeles Chargers have reached a contractual agreement with wide receiver Mike Williams, one of their key unrestricted free agents in NFL free agency. Williams is coming off his best season, with career highs in receptions with 76 and in receiving yardage with 1,146. Williams was a first-round pick in the 2017 NFL draft, the seventh pick overall in the 2017 NFL draft. The contract that the two sides agreed to is a three-year, $60 million dollar deal, with $40 million guarante...
The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday in Super Bowl LVI, 23-20 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. It was the second Super Bowl Championship for the Rams organization, the other coming from the 1999 St. Louis Rams. It was also the second Super Bowl Championship for the City of Los Angeles. The 1983 Los Angeles Raiders won Super Bowl XVIII, beating the Washington Redskins. The Bengals earned their place in the Super Bowl by upsetting the Kansas City Chiefs three week ago on the...
Priceless! The Los Angeles Rams 23-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, was well-worth the six-year effort since owner Stan Kroenke brought the team back to Southern California. It was worth more than the multi-billion dollars he has invested into the Los Angeles area. It was for the players, the coaches, the front office and more importantly... for the fans who have waited since 1967 for the team to win its first Super Bowl in Los Angeles. "It's...
The only question remaining is: Can the Los Angeles Rams deliver the Lombardi Trophy for the very first time to the City of Angels? Head coach Sean McVay and the Rams will get their second shot at the Super Bowl in four years with their focus clearly on the prize. Favored by 4.5 points heading into Super Bowl LVI, only the Cincinnati Bengals led by their rising star quarterback Joe Burrow stand in the Rams' way of hoisting the Lombardi Trophy in their state-of-the-art house, SoFi Stadium. The...
The football stars are aligning over Southern California. As if by cosmic design the Los Angeles Rams will be participating in their second Super Bowl in the last four years. And it doesn't get any sweeter than beating the archrival San Francisco 49ers, 20-17, in the NFC Championship game at SoFi Stadium last Sunday to get there. The Rams will now face the AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, February 13, in the same Rams House in Inglewood for the NFL's crown jewel, the Vince Lombardi...
Los Angeles Chargers General Manager Tom Telesco has been with the Chargers organization for the past nine seasons, and he understands as well as anyone the frustration and the disappointment that comes when the team fails to make the playoffs, which has happened seven times in his nine seasons as the GM of the team. "I understand. I think, if you watched our team on the field this year, objectively, I think it's hard to look at this team and not be excited for the future," said Telesco at a...
The Los Angeles Rams couldn't have planned it any better for the 2021 NFL Playoffs. The NFC West Division champions will host archrival San Francisco 49ers this Sunday in Inglewood. For the first time the Rams will host the NFC Championship game as a Los Angeles franchise and it's only the second time the teams have faced each other in the Playoffs. The game essentially serves as a high-stakes dress rehearsal for Super Bowl LVI, on Sunday, February 13. The matchup was unlikely at the start of De...
From Las Vegas: Former Baltimore Ravens head coach Ted Marchibroda used to say that "more games are lost than won in the NFL." The truth is that many head coaches have said that, including the best head coach in the NFL, Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots. For the Los Angeles Chargers, that saying pretty much epitomizes their 2021 season. The Los Angeles Chargers needed a win in the season finale, and they were in the NFL Playoffs. The only thing standing in their way was the Las Vegas...
1. Green Bay Packers (13-3): The Packers clinched the homefield advantage with their blowout win over the Vikings. The biggest issue the Packers face this week is who to play and who to rest in the final meaningless game against the Lions. Next: -4 at Detroit Lions - Sun, Jan. 9 – O/U 44.5 (ATS: 12-4 – O/U: 7-9) 2. Los Angeles Rams (12-4): The Rams have clinched a playoff berth and need a win over the 49ers to clinch the division. Wide receiver Cooper Kupp leads the NFL in receptions at 138...
After seventeen weeks of the regular season and seven weeks of training camp and preseason games, the Los Angeles Chargers have arrived at that point of the season where it is win or go home. With one week left in the season, the Chargers need to win to make the playoffs. A loss means they are done for the season. The Chargers reached this point by soundly defeating the Denver Broncos, 34-13, in a Sunday afternoon game played at in Inglewood last weekend. With the loss, the Broncos record fell...
Now that Los Angeles Rams have qualified for the NFL Playoffs for the fourth time in five years, they have a chance to secure their third NFC West Division title with Sean McVay as the head coach. They can clinch the Division with a win at the Baltimore Ravens combined with a loss by the Arizona Cardinals at the Dallas Cowboys this Sunday. Three weeks ago, the Rams were in a dire situation to win the NFC West for the first time since the 2018 season. They were two games behind the Cardinals, but...
1. Green Bay Packers (12-3): The Packers, with a home game against the Vikings and a road game against the Lions, do not have much standing in the way of their clinching homefield throughout the playoffs. The road to the Super Bowl in the NFC will lead through Green Bay, again. Next: -7 vs Minnesota Vikings - Sun, Jan. 2 – O/U 46.5 (ATS: 11-4 – O/U: 6-9) 2. Los Angeles Rams (11-4): Running back Cam Akers has been activated by the Rams, five and a half months after he tore his Achilles tendon and...
Following their overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs at SoFi Stadium last week, the Los Angeles Chargers will travel to Houston to battle the Texans in a Sunday afternoon game at NRG Stadium. The game will help to determine if the Chargers can make it back to the playoffs for the first time since the 2018 season and for only the third time in the past twelve seasons. Seven teams from the AFC will make the playoffs this season and the Chargers are in the thick of the battle for one of the...
1. Green Bay Packers (11-3): The Packers have the best record in the NFL and are the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, wide receiver Davante Adams, and defensive tackle Kenny Clark were the only three Packers named to the Pro Bowl this week. All three played their high school football and college football in California. Next: -7.5 vs Cleveland Browns - Sat, Dec. 25 – O/U 45.5 (ATS: 11-3 – O/U: 6-8) 2. Los Angeles Rams (10-4): As long as the Rams have a healthy Aaron Donald on...
