Ok, so this probably wont happen, unless...
Unless they make some key additions. There are just a few key components needed, for instance, the two teams in the Super Bowl last season were the New England Patriots and the New York Giants.
New York: Amani Toomer, Plaxico Burress, Steve Smith and David Tyree. New England: Randy Moss, Daunte Stallworth, Ben Watson, Wes Welker and Jabar Gaffney.
Get my point? You will need better receivers than the Chargers if your going to win a Super Bowl.
The Chargers have Chris Chambers, Antonio Gates and Vincent Jackson. Chris Chambers is a below average first option, although some might argue that Gates is first, even though he has had recent troubles staying healthy, and Jackson is a much below average second option.
Vincent Jackson isn't terrible, but he's not a second string. He is more of a third or fourth. So if they can pickup one or two more solid receivers they should be good.
There are still some others in free agency that might me good for a pickup. Darrell Jackson used to be good, if he can get back to his old seahawk form. Im still thinking possibly David Givens or maybe Eddie Kennison also, who knows, maybe one or more of them could make a contribution.
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I used to be a huge Philip Rivers hater. I would always criticize him and whenever people would compliment him, I would disagree and put him down. Then, I started watching him more, and after I started to realise that he wasn't bad, I looked at his stats.
This past season. His completion percentage is 60.2%. He threw for 3,152 yards and 21 td's and 15 int's. He was also sacked 22 times. Now I started to think, that's not bad, so I decided to compare those stats to someone in the same draft class, Eli Manning.
Manning threw for 3,336 yards with a completion percentage of 56.1%. He threw 23 tds and 20 ints and got sacked 27 times. I would say Rivers' stats are better, I mean, he isn't as clutch as Manning, or even have as many yards or td's, but, he got sacked 5 less times, threw 5 less int's and his completion percentage was 4% worse. I think Rivers is better or at least equally good.
Now I bring myself to the defense. I'm sure we've all heard the term "Defense wins championships". Hey, it's been proved that its true, or at least it gets you there. Look at the past few years.
The New York "Football" Giants' defensive line crushed Tom Brady - the main reason Eli Manning and the Giants captured the Super Bowl title. Also some past teams in the Super Bowl relied on defense, including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baltimore Ravens and the Chicago Bears.
And so do the Chargers. Their defense is definitely not the problem. Their defense was no question one of the top five defenses last season. And considering they still have Shawne Merriman, Quentin Jammer, Luis Castillo, Antonio Cromartie, Igor Oshlansky...well you get my point.
They have the defense for a championship team that could be helped with the addition of a Middle Linebacker or Safety. For Middle Linebacker, some good possible pickups would be Rosevelt Colvin or maybe former Charger Junior Seau.
The Chargers had the 27th pick in the draft, and they selected Antoine Cason, that is not a bad pick considering they needed someone to replace Drayton Florrence.
I'm not a big Norv Turner fan, but we did win a playoff game this year, so I won't complain.
That is about all the Chargers need, with last years top rusher Ladainian Tomlinson leading the pack (although a quality backup wouldn't hurt now that they don't have Michael Turner) and those additions, they should, no, they will be a Super Bowl contender.
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8 months ago
I agree that a safety is needed, but I love our receiving corps. I honestly think it's going to be even better this year, w/ an entire year to work together and everyone hopefully healthy. I've always been a huge Vincent Jackson fan. I think he's going to put up Pro Bowl numbers this year. Middle Linebacker I also think we are fine at. The other concern is getting a good young backup running back. Sproles is great, but he's not going to be your #1 guy if LT goes down like in the AFC Championship Game. I would love to see them wait for Kevin Smith in the Third Round and trade for him (since they have neither a 2nd or 3rd Round selection). With that First pick I think they go DT Kentwan Balmer out of UNC as the predecessor to Jamaal Williams. That makes the most sense to me. No matter what they do, I think they'll be in good position to make another serious run at a Super Bowl.
8 months ago
Nanee/Davis and a full offensive scheme under the Norverator...no problemo.
We were cocky last year in the beginning...now ground and pound...
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