Bolts From The Blue
The Chargers needed to rebound their fortunes from a Week Four loss to the winless Giants in hopes of not falling into a slide. With a 3-0 start in your own division, who would ever want to see that prime head start vanish?
Well, thanks to some of the sloppiest, most undisciplined play we’ve ever seen from a Jim Harbaugh-led team, the Chargers are now on a two-game skid thanks to a waterfall of penalties and a non-existent protection plan for Justin Herbert.
All of these self-inflicted wounds have (for the time being) ruined what was setting up to be a season to remember for the Chargers. Now, it’s looking like they could end up third in the AFC West at best by the end of the season. I mean, we can only go off of how they performed in their most recent game and it was about as bad as it could have been.
The team deflated. They showed no fight after the lost fumble. It’s no wonder then that John Breech of CBS Sports gave the Chargers a “D” grade from Sunday’s performance.
“The Chargers offensive line was banged up going into this game and it definitely showed. Justin Herbert was under pressure for nearly the entire game, which made it almost impossible for the Chargers to get anything going on offense. Herbert ended up being the team’s leading rusher with 60 yards, but he only threw for 166 yards and he was sacked four times. After a promising 3-0 start, it’s now hard to say if the Chargers will be serious contenders after watching them lose two straight games. ”
I don’t think anyone would disgaree with what Breech had to say here. The Chargers are so far and away not contenders with the roster in this level of disarray.
We still don’t know how long Joe Alt will be out and now it looks like they could be without Omarion Hampton for multiple weeks. That leaves the team with a Hassan Haskins and Kimani Vidal backfield.
Not ideal!
Hard to believe the Chargers also have their best wide receiver room in years and everything else is such a mess that it doesn’t matter.
Also very much not ideal!
