PLAYERS:
David Harris,
Mark Sanchez,
Troy Aikman,
Ryan Mathews,
Antonio Gates
TEAMS: New York Jets, San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints
TEAMS: New York Jets, San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints
Thus far, the Chargers season is a lot like last year's. I pointed this out already in my Bleacher Report piece. Look, I don't claim to have the answers for this most maddening of teams. But they still do things that any observer can see are stupid. My buddy Mike is one of the few people whose football knowledge (present company excluded) I have come to really respect. Even as a Jet fan, he had these words after last year's loss in the Meadowlands:
Yeah, I think both teams are mediocre at best; the difference is Turner got outcoached again. They came out for the second half and didn’t even try to run more on the Jets. The Jets just flooded the middle of the field and took away what Rivers likes to do – at that point Turner has to make an adjustment, but of course he is not capable of making those adjustments, he is the worst coach in football. Teams have been running over the Jets and David Harris (best run stopper) was out for most of the second half....
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